fstop14
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
I have a 20g freshwater setup with live plants that I bought from a local pet store (private owned, not PetSmart or the like). Until last night, my tank was stocked with 3 "peppermint" tetras, 3 silvertip tetras, 2 "balloon belly" ram cichlids (dwarf), and one leopard cory cat.
Yesterday one silvertip died. I did a 50% water change since it was time to do one. When I got up this morning, one more silvertip had died and BOTH of my Rams. Checked the bio levels and they were: Nitrate-15ppm, Nitrite-0.2ppm, Chlorine-0ppm, Alkalinity-170ppm, Ammonia-0.5ppm, and pH-7.6. When I got home from work, the last silvertip died. The peppermints and cory are fine. I did another 50% water change and added AquaSafe Plus like always. I'm really lost as to what happened. Levels are all good. Water temp is right at 80.
Any help would be great! Haven't had any fish die since I set up the tank last July.
Yesterday one silvertip died. I did a 50% water change since it was time to do one. When I got up this morning, one more silvertip had died and BOTH of my Rams. Checked the bio levels and they were: Nitrate-15ppm, Nitrite-0.2ppm, Chlorine-0ppm, Alkalinity-170ppm, Ammonia-0.5ppm, and pH-7.6. When I got home from work, the last silvertip died. The peppermints and cory are fine. I did another 50% water change and added AquaSafe Plus like always. I'm really lost as to what happened. Levels are all good. Water temp is right at 80.
Any help would be great! Haven't had any fish die since I set up the tank last July.