Hi guys
I have a 36 Gallon Bowfront Tank
Running Aqueon 30 Quietflow Filter with stock filter options
stock heater set to 78 F
Fluval 206 Canister filter filled solely with Biomax media
I have 4 java ferns, 4 Amazon swords, 3 anubias plants, 2 moss balls and 2 silk plants and some decorations with natural smooth gravel in the tanks
I started with 6 store bought male guppies and put them in (after acclimatizing them) running the tank for 24 hours beforehand, used the dechlorinators and such, tested the water it seemed fine. I was going to go on vacation on day 5, so I did a 50 percent water change and dechlorinated it in the buckets before adding it to the tank and came back 9 days later to 3 dead guppies floating and 3 alive guppies.
Tested the water and the levels were high in everything so I freaked out and did a 50% water change and removed the dead fish. Tested the levels again and they were still high so changed more of the water and then out of the 3 guppies living 1 died each day for the next 3 days.
I ordered some fancy guppies from a breeder (6 males about 3 months old) and went to the store and bought 2 more male guppies. Acclimatized them over 2 hours and let them out. I added some tetra safe start the night after as I wasn't getting any readings spiking of anything. They all seemed fine for 5 days. Then one of the store bought ones got a chunk missing from it's tail, he didn't have any obvious spots or signs of disease I could tell and then he died in 2 days. His buddy the same kind did not have a rip in his tail and then he all of a sudden died. One of the fancy guppies i bought from a breeder got a little tear at the end of his tail that was thin and he could still swim fine, but then he died.
So now I have 5 male guppies left and I think another is going to die because he's hanging out at the bottom of the tank and laying on the gravel day and night and not swimming.
Previously half the fish that died would hide in the caves and stick to the bottoms of the tank for a few days before dying.
The temp is 78 F, I check every day and it shows 0 ammonia 0 nitrite 0 nitrate. The Ph is 7.4-7.6 depending which test I do and I don't see any of them biting each others tails, nor running into anything to hurt them. But then some are dying when their tails are perfectly fine so I'm super frustrated and don't know what else to do. I worried the big water changes killed the last 6, so I haven't done a water change this time since adding the fish and the safe start, as everything tests at 0 all the time for the past 2 weeks.
I have a 36 Gallon Bowfront Tank
Running Aqueon 30 Quietflow Filter with stock filter options
stock heater set to 78 F
Fluval 206 Canister filter filled solely with Biomax media
I have 4 java ferns, 4 Amazon swords, 3 anubias plants, 2 moss balls and 2 silk plants and some decorations with natural smooth gravel in the tanks
I started with 6 store bought male guppies and put them in (after acclimatizing them) running the tank for 24 hours beforehand, used the dechlorinators and such, tested the water it seemed fine. I was going to go on vacation on day 5, so I did a 50 percent water change and dechlorinated it in the buckets before adding it to the tank and came back 9 days later to 3 dead guppies floating and 3 alive guppies.
Tested the water and the levels were high in everything so I freaked out and did a 50% water change and removed the dead fish. Tested the levels again and they were still high so changed more of the water and then out of the 3 guppies living 1 died each day for the next 3 days.
I ordered some fancy guppies from a breeder (6 males about 3 months old) and went to the store and bought 2 more male guppies. Acclimatized them over 2 hours and let them out. I added some tetra safe start the night after as I wasn't getting any readings spiking of anything. They all seemed fine for 5 days. Then one of the store bought ones got a chunk missing from it's tail, he didn't have any obvious spots or signs of disease I could tell and then he died in 2 days. His buddy the same kind did not have a rip in his tail and then he all of a sudden died. One of the fancy guppies i bought from a breeder got a little tear at the end of his tail that was thin and he could still swim fine, but then he died.
So now I have 5 male guppies left and I think another is going to die because he's hanging out at the bottom of the tank and laying on the gravel day and night and not swimming.
Previously half the fish that died would hide in the caves and stick to the bottoms of the tank for a few days before dying.
The temp is 78 F, I check every day and it shows 0 ammonia 0 nitrite 0 nitrate. The Ph is 7.4-7.6 depending which test I do and I don't see any of them biting each others tails, nor running into anything to hurt them. But then some are dying when their tails are perfectly fine so I'm super frustrated and don't know what else to do. I worried the big water changes killed the last 6, so I haven't done a water change this time since adding the fish and the safe start, as everything tests at 0 all the time for the past 2 weeks.
