GoldLenny
Senior Member? Do I get a 5% disc.?
OK. The good news is that the survivors should still survive even though you made a few boo-boos. Since they survived the first 24 hours, their odds go way up now.
What are your nitrite readings? If they are 1ppm or less, then the pinch or two of salt per 10G will protect the fish. If the nitrite is over 1ppm, then do a series of 25% PWC's... the reason for the series is that IF your tap water is way off from the baseline, then you don't want to do too much, too fast. You might have to do a couple or few 25% PWC's, every two hours to keep the nitrites in check but I'm betting this is just a very short glitch in things caused by the low O2 (and/or high CO2 levels caused by your PWC).
ALWAYS treat the water with dechlor before adding it to your tank. If you have a Python water changer system, then you can add the dechlor to the tank first and then let the Python refill the tank by splashing into the tank which will also help to ingas/outgas the water.
Also, most folks don't know it but the dechlor products actually lower the O2 levels when they are first doing their thing so when doing the big PWC and using dechlor (and if you overdosed as so many folks do), that would further cause lower O2 level issues. I only recently learned just how bad dechlor can affect O2 levels. I know I've always stressed for folks to do a series of smaller PWC's rather than one big one, when they had fish, I just didn't know why it was so important. Read this thread for more info... http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=232193
What are your nitrite readings? If they are 1ppm or less, then the pinch or two of salt per 10G will protect the fish. If the nitrite is over 1ppm, then do a series of 25% PWC's... the reason for the series is that IF your tap water is way off from the baseline, then you don't want to do too much, too fast. You might have to do a couple or few 25% PWC's, every two hours to keep the nitrites in check but I'm betting this is just a very short glitch in things caused by the low O2 (and/or high CO2 levels caused by your PWC).
ALWAYS treat the water with dechlor before adding it to your tank. If you have a Python water changer system, then you can add the dechlor to the tank first and then let the Python refill the tank by splashing into the tank which will also help to ingas/outgas the water.
Also, most folks don't know it but the dechlor products actually lower the O2 levels when they are first doing their thing so when doing the big PWC and using dechlor (and if you overdosed as so many folks do), that would further cause lower O2 level issues. I only recently learned just how bad dechlor can affect O2 levels. I know I've always stressed for folks to do a series of smaller PWC's rather than one big one, when they had fish, I just didn't know why it was so important. Read this thread for more info... http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=232193