A week ago I had five Rosy Barbs in my aquarium, now I have three. The fish seem to gradually get skinny and less active and then eventually go belly up. The two females died first, and a male is starting to swim "funny" as in not fighting the current or floating in akward positions, like on its side.
Parameters:
-30 gallon aquarium set up for over a year now (the rosy barbs have been in the aquarium for a month) with two rummy nose tetras and a plecostimus (all three of which are doing just fine)
--Ammonia: right around .25-.5 ppm
--Nitrites: 0 ppm
--Nitrates about 5-10 ppm
--pH: 7.0
-Using a biowheel 200 filter
-The nitrates were high a week ago, so I did a water change of about 50% and now it is down to the amount above
-While doing that water change I vacuumed the gravel.
-I use ph 7.0 powder to adjust the water I put in the aquarium.
-I feed the fish TetraMin Tropical Crisps flake food once every day.
On a side note, the Nitrates in my aquarium always seem to skyrocket every week. I usually do partial water changes every two weeks, but lately it seems I have to do them more often.
I hope I have provided enough information, and I hope you can help (as it seems my local fish store owner is not helping much). Thank you.
-Joseph
Parameters:
-30 gallon aquarium set up for over a year now (the rosy barbs have been in the aquarium for a month) with two rummy nose tetras and a plecostimus (all three of which are doing just fine)
--Ammonia: right around .25-.5 ppm
--Nitrites: 0 ppm
--Nitrates about 5-10 ppm
--pH: 7.0
-Using a biowheel 200 filter
-The nitrates were high a week ago, so I did a water change of about 50% and now it is down to the amount above
-While doing that water change I vacuumed the gravel.
-I use ph 7.0 powder to adjust the water I put in the aquarium.
-I feed the fish TetraMin Tropical Crisps flake food once every day.
On a side note, the Nitrates in my aquarium always seem to skyrocket every week. I usually do partial water changes every two weeks, but lately it seems I have to do them more often.
I hope I have provided enough information, and I hope you can help (as it seems my local fish store owner is not helping much). Thank you.
-Joseph
