Need help!! SOS ammonia!!

terror

terror

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Need help!!
when i got home. my silver arowana has white slime all over his body
its commed with 3 superreds.
I tested for ammonia and it was 1 mg/l .
i must have overfed them with mp yesterday.
any advice? how much water should i change?

help please.

currently making 30% water change and using anti chlorine and Aqutan.
ph is lower than 6 i think. tested and its much more yellow than my test kit can detect which is 6.0

Fish load is 2 12 inch asian arowanas ,. 1 20 inch asian aro. 1 20 inch silver aro.
and 10 adult silver dollars.
filtration is 1 eheim 2250. 1 4 ft Overhead filter and a 15 gal sump tank.
bio media are ceramic rings foam bio balls and filter floss.


must have overfed yesterday

need advice.

Its 10:"30 pm here and there are no open lfs
any thing i can do? after changing 30% water the ammonia seems to still be the same? though the silver aro seems to have less slimeover him.

also how about my filter medias, should i rinse them in tank water?
 
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I would keep doing water changes until the ammonia is 0. Thats probably the best thing you can do to lower it. :)
 
terror said:
Need help!!
when i got home. my silver arowana has white slime all over his body
its commed with 3 superreds.
I tested for ammonia and it was 1 mg/l .
i must have overfed them with mp yesterday.
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Umm..What's mp?:confused: How many times and how much did you feed them yesterday?
Fish load is 2 12 inch asian arowanas ,. 1 20 inch asian aro. 1 20 inch silver aro.
and 10 adult silver dollars.
filtration is 1 eheim 2250. 1 4 ft Overhead filter and a 15 gal sump tank.
bio media are ceramic rings foam bio balls and filter floss.
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What size is your tank?
Its 10:"30 pm here and there are no open lfs
any thing i can do? after changing 30% water the ammonia seems to still be the same? though the silver aro seems to have less slimeover him.
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I'd do more water changes until the ammonia is kept below 0.25.
also how about my filter medias, should i rinse them in tank water?
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Not necessary IMO.
 
thanks for the replies.
mp is market prawn.
my tank is 300 gal.
was waiting for tomorrow morning before i do a water change again. will it be ok?
or should i do it now? its midnight here but i can;t sleep:(
1 of my worries regarding changing water is out tapwater is about 7.5 my tanks water is less than 6.
i perform weekly 40-505 water change.
but i'm afraid if my tank has am,monia and i perform a very big water change my tanks water might reach 7?
planning to get some ammonia nuetralizer maybe amlock first thing in the morning?
 
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Do as many & as large WC necessary, to get & keep the ammonia/nitrite at 0.
 
if you have a dechlorinator that removes ammo you could use that for the time being, until the WC's do the trick.
 
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