sleepybirde
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
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- Apr 23, 2017
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heyo, i've had a 20 gal running for about 7 months and every fish i've put in it (save for one) has died.
my original stock was 3 guppies, 2 platys and a dwarf gourami. the gourami went first, and was very bloated and pineconed before she died. Sounds like dropsy pretty clearly, but my water parameters were great. I assumed I lost her to DG Iridovirus or something, but then the platys dropped off and then the guppies, all getting bloated. The water parameters were still fine so I thought maybe I got a batch of sick fish? So i bought more guppies and platys, and these lasted longer but still died the same way. I lost two guppies in the last few days to the bloating, but my water read 0, 0, 5.
all thats left right now is a female platy i named little bit and im hoping since she's made it this long she is immune :c
I run a top fin 20gal filter with bio and chem filtration, change out the carbon every ~3wks, I do a 25% water change every week, and every time i've checked water parameters (often, with all the death happening) it's all totally fine- 0 Ammonia 0 Nitrite 5-20 Nitate. I use the API liquid test kit, so I feel its pretty reliable. My pH is high at 8.2, but they were all acclimated slowly and it is stable.
Any ideas??
my original stock was 3 guppies, 2 platys and a dwarf gourami. the gourami went first, and was very bloated and pineconed before she died. Sounds like dropsy pretty clearly, but my water parameters were great. I assumed I lost her to DG Iridovirus or something, but then the platys dropped off and then the guppies, all getting bloated. The water parameters were still fine so I thought maybe I got a batch of sick fish? So i bought more guppies and platys, and these lasted longer but still died the same way. I lost two guppies in the last few days to the bloating, but my water read 0, 0, 5.
all thats left right now is a female platy i named little bit and im hoping since she's made it this long she is immune :c
I run a top fin 20gal filter with bio and chem filtration, change out the carbon every ~3wks, I do a 25% water change every week, and every time i've checked water parameters (often, with all the death happening) it's all totally fine- 0 Ammonia 0 Nitrite 5-20 Nitate. I use the API liquid test kit, so I feel its pretty reliable. My pH is high at 8.2, but they were all acclimated slowly and it is stable.
Any ideas??