What's going on in my tank? Dead angel? Krib with cloudy eye?
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Transport water should never enter the main aquarium, acclimatize your fish by dripping. Get a measurement kit as soon as you can, how are your fish doing at the moment? Corydoras are indicators of poor water quality when they swim to the surface very frequently. What biological material do you have in your filtration? Did you rinse the substrate well when you got it?
In my opinion, there is a clear imbalance in your water quality, and the first thing to do is look for stability in your system.
In my opinion, there is a clear imbalance in your water quality, and the first thing to do is look for stability in your system.
Thanks
Lalo J.
When you say measurement kit, I have the API master kit so can measure ph, ammonia, nitrites and nitrates. Is there something else I need to measure?
My cory's don't swim to the surface much, in fact I rarely see them do it. Most of their time sifting the sand and occasionally glass surfing (my other cories used to glass surf all the time)
Yes I thoroughly rinsed the substrate when I got it, of course I didn't know the history though.
My filter includes the media that came with it: Filter Media (1x Wool, 3x Sponges (2 Blue, 1 Black), Filter Noodles and Bio Balls). I mixed the filter noodles (ceramic) and bio balls (plastic) together in the same cartridge and added Seachem matrix to the other cartridge.
Lalo J.
When you say measurement kit, I have the API master kit so can measure ph, ammonia, nitrites and nitrates. Is there something else I need to measure?My cory's don't swim to the surface much, in fact I rarely see them do it. Most of their time sifting the sand and occasionally glass surfing (my other cories used to glass surf all the time)
Yes I thoroughly rinsed the substrate when I got it, of course I didn't know the history though.
My filter includes the media that came with it: Filter Media (1x Wool, 3x Sponges (2 Blue, 1 Black), Filter Noodles and Bio Balls). I mixed the filter noodles (ceramic) and bio balls (plastic) together in the same cartridge and added Seachem matrix to the other cartridge.
The kribs eye seems to have completely healed, so I think it must have just been an injury which doesn't surprise me because she's (or maybe he!) a ruffian. All I've done is a routine water change/gravel vac on Saturday (was a week since the last one), cleaned a few light algae spots from the glass, emptied my snail trap and removed a few extras from my plants...
I've been watching the fish closely though and have noticed a couple of things I'm not happy about - my angels are gold (gold at the top then white) and some of the 'gold' looks like it's 'wearing off' on one of the angels, which makes me concerned about it's scales or slime coat. The other surviving angle appears to have a white spot on one of it's fins but no other signs of anything wrong, so I added some stress guard yesterday and have kept watching them.
Now I notice my other krib (not the one that had hurt it's eye) has white spots on its tail... so I'm a bit worried there is something fungal happening. They are not small sand-like spots, rather they look part of the fin and are more transparent.
I've used the blue treatment before in this tank when my injured little lady krib showed similar spots (she was mortally injured by an uninterested male) but no other fish every showed signs of it, so either I caught it early or it was more stress related that fungal or parasitic...?
I'll try to get pics.
I've been watching the fish closely though and have noticed a couple of things I'm not happy about - my angels are gold (gold at the top then white) and some of the 'gold' looks like it's 'wearing off' on one of the angels, which makes me concerned about it's scales or slime coat. The other surviving angle appears to have a white spot on one of it's fins but no other signs of anything wrong, so I added some stress guard yesterday and have kept watching them.
Now I notice my other krib (not the one that had hurt it's eye) has white spots on its tail... so I'm a bit worried there is something fungal happening. They are not small sand-like spots, rather they look part of the fin and are more transparent.
I've used the blue treatment before in this tank when my injured little lady krib showed similar spots (she was mortally injured by an uninterested male) but no other fish every showed signs of it, so either I caught it early or it was more stress related that fungal or parasitic...?
I'll try to get pics.
This is the other angel with the 'colour wearing off' - for want of a better term LOL.
His/her gills seem to protrude more than the other's, and there's more redness. Don't know if this is anything of concern or not. I'm a bit worried about 'splayed poo' - kind of coming out looking shredded rather than the usual cylindrical shape.
One of the ventral fins is curling a bit oddly today.
His/her gills seem to protrude more than the other's, and there's more redness. Don't know if this is anything of concern or not. I'm a bit worried about 'splayed poo' - kind of coming out looking shredded rather than the usual cylindrical shape.
One of the ventral fins is curling a bit oddly today.
In my opinion I think your first angel is fine, although there is a little redness in the mouth area. Your second angel is more affected by redness, this is due to frequent changes in the temperature of the water and deficiencies in its quality and can lead to septicemia. As I mentioned earlier, you need to improve your water quality soon. I see that you are using plastic bioballs, many people don't recommend them but in my experience they are useful, you just have to know how to use them, they are always placed after a mechanical filtration medium, otherwise detritus will be stored in them and the quality of the water will decrease. Possibly there is your problem, rinse all your filter media very well, make sure that the bioballs are completely clean, and place mechanical filtration before them. By the way, I think your two angels are female.
Thanks
Lalo J.
, that's all very helpful. I don't believe the redness on the angels has changed since I got them... so whether it's related to my water conditions or not, I'm not sure. However everything else certainly needs looking at, and if the redness isn't meant to be there, obviously I need to look at improving that as well.
What you say about the bioballs is helpful. My cannister was supposed to have wool in top compartment, ceramic noodles in middle compartment and plastic bioballs in the bottom compartment. Because I got the Seachem matrix I put that in the bottom compartment, and instead of throwing the bioballs out I added them into the middle compartment with the noodles, figuring that the more suface area for good bacteria the better (and it didn't overfill the compartment)... but maybe I did it around the wrong way. Could this be causing some of my problem?
I will move the matrix to the middle compartment and put the bioballs in the bottom, either with the noodles or remove the noodles altogether?
I will get hubby to help me take the cannister apart and give it another clean on Saturday, and clean the bioballs if they're dirty, and re-arrange the media. Maybe I'll post before and after pics here
I'm also worried about the amount of gunk in the hoses - see pics. Is this normal? We rinsed them out with the hose a few weeks ago but a lot of the stuff didn't budge, I think they'll need soaking in bleach. Apart from the fact it looks gross, how much of a concern is this?
Also wondering if I need to be doing partial water changes every couple of days at the moment... or leave it at weekly?
I had two guppies die today...? Tested water again and pH has dropped slightly which is unusual, otherwise similar readings: pH 7.2, Ammonia 0, Nitrite 0, Nitrates approx 40
Lalo J.
, that's all very helpful. I don't believe the redness on the angels has changed since I got them... so whether it's related to my water conditions or not, I'm not sure. However everything else certainly needs looking at, and if the redness isn't meant to be there, obviously I need to look at improving that as well.What you say about the bioballs is helpful. My cannister was supposed to have wool in top compartment, ceramic noodles in middle compartment and plastic bioballs in the bottom compartment. Because I got the Seachem matrix I put that in the bottom compartment, and instead of throwing the bioballs out I added them into the middle compartment with the noodles, figuring that the more suface area for good bacteria the better (and it didn't overfill the compartment)... but maybe I did it around the wrong way. Could this be causing some of my problem?
I will move the matrix to the middle compartment and put the bioballs in the bottom, either with the noodles or remove the noodles altogether?
I will get hubby to help me take the cannister apart and give it another clean on Saturday, and clean the bioballs if they're dirty, and re-arrange the media. Maybe I'll post before and after pics here
I'm also worried about the amount of gunk in the hoses - see pics. Is this normal? We rinsed them out with the hose a few weeks ago but a lot of the stuff didn't budge, I think they'll need soaking in bleach. Apart from the fact it looks gross, how much of a concern is this?
Also wondering if I need to be doing partial water changes every couple of days at the moment... or leave it at weekly?
I had two guppies die today...? Tested water again and pH has dropped slightly which is unusual, otherwise similar readings: pH 7.2, Ammonia 0, Nitrite 0, Nitrates approx 40
Well, the best option will be to clean your filter media, in addition, these filters need to be cleaned every 3-4 weeks precisely to prevent detritus from accumulating. At a certain point, mechanical filtration no longer retains as much as it should and begins to let waste pass through, which in this case accumulates at the bottom and in its bioballs. Clean your filter and rinse your bioballs, don't forget to do it with water from the same tank, add a new mechanical filtration medium, siphon the bottom of your tank and do a 40% water change. That should be fine, also if you want to clean your hoses you can do it with a bottle brush like the one in the next photo. Don't worry if they aren't completely cleaned.Thanks
What you say about the bioballs is helpful. My cannister was supposed to have wool in top compartment, ceramic noodles in middle compartment and plastic bioballs in the bottom compartment. Because I got the Seachem matrix I put that in the bottom compartment, and instead of throwing the bioballs out I added them into the middle compartment with the noodles, figuring that the more suface area for good bacteria the better (and it didn't overfill the compartment)... but maybe I did it around the wrong way. Could this be causing some of my problem?
I will move the matrix to the middle compartment and put the bioballs in the bottom, either with the noodles or remove the noodles altogether?
I will get hubby to help me take the cannister apart and give it another clean on Saturday, and clean the bioballs if they're dirty, and re-arrange the media. Maybe I'll post before and after pics here
I'm also worried about the amount of gunk in the hoses - see pics. Is this normal? We rinsed them out with the hose a few weeks ago but a lot of the stuff didn't budge, I think they'll need soaking in bleach. Apart from the fact it looks gross, how much of a concern is this?
Also wondering if I need to be doing partial water changes every couple of days at the moment... or leave it at weekly?
I had two guppies die today...? Tested water again and pH has dropped slightly which is unusual, otherwise similar readings: pH 7.2, Ammonia 0, Nitrite 0, Nitrates approx 40View attachment 229043View attachment 229044
Were the hoses and tubing for the canister filter subjected to lots of light? Natural or otherwise?
I've got canisters that have been running for 6-8yrs where the tubing only has a very light surface build up. The tubing gets no direct light though.
Also, if your canisters need cleaning every 3-4 weeks, you need more filtration or less stock and feeding.
I've got canisters that have been running for 6-8yrs where the tubing only has a very light surface build up. The tubing gets no direct light though.
Also, if your canisters need cleaning every 3-4 weeks, you need more filtration or less stock and feeding.
