My convicts have more babies. How do I do a water change? Last time I tried both the young ones and the older ones ended up dead and the parents freak out and hid in the driftwood along with all of the bodies they collected. I was horrified I really don't need to go through that again. We are talking about atleast 300 little fish bodies.
Convicts
- Thread starter Chenay83
- Start date
The friendliest place on the web for anyone with an interest in aquariums or fish keeping!
If you have answers, please help by responding to the unanswered posts.
If you have answers, please help by responding to the unanswered posts.
Mouth-Brooder-Fanatic
Aquarium Advice Addict
im so sorry 
how did u do the last one?
what i sugest is taking a normal siphoner and detatching the large collector bit so just the pipe remains, then put then in the corner of the tank and do it that way x
how did u do the last one?
what i sugest is taking a normal siphoner and detatching the large collector bit so just the pipe remains, then put then in the corner of the tank and do it that way x
Mumma.of.two
Aquarium Advice Obsessed
Chenay83 said:
The pH chemicals would have done it IMO. No need to add them. They can poison fish and cause huge pH fluctuations.
Ok I hope that was the problem. Tomorrow I will put the water that I take out into a small extra tank, if they start showing signs of trouble I transfer as many as I can into the tank with the old water. I will slow way down when I add the water.
Mumma.of.two
Aquarium Advice Obsessed
Try doing smaller daily water changes instead of one larger one. The water conditions wont change as much so less stress in the fry.
Mumma.of.two
Aquarium Advice Obsessed
Chenay83 said:
10-20% every 2-3 days IMO sounds about right.
Closetcanibal
Aquarium Advice Activist
dont know about the water there, but the water in iowa thank gawd is 8.2, and relativly hard: so the only thing i add is the conditioner and they love it i notice when i add the water faster they try to swim up the current lol i need females
Mumma.of.two
Aquarium Advice Obsessed
Chenay83 said:
How did it go?
Mumma.of.two
Aquarium Advice Obsessed
Chenay83 said:
That's great news!
I see you have been using strips? They are known to be very inaccurate. can I suggest a liquid test kit? API freshwater master test kit is the one to get IMO.
