JessicaK
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
Has anyone dealt with this?? I can't seem to get it under control. When I do a water change it almost seems to make things worse. I know I need more rock and I will get some this week. I'm just afraid of adding more when I know there will be some die-off. Possibly making the problem worse.
It's driving me crazy! I've cut my lights back to about 3-4 hours a day. I'm feeding every other day and not excessively.
I'm thinking I need to take every rock out and scrub it in a bucket and replace my substrate.
Hopefully, with the tank being set up 6 months it wont cycle with a substrate change.
It's a 46 bow, 30 lbs of rock, 6 line wrasse, percula and tiny yellow watchman. I have a skimmer and a emperor 400 with no biowheels. 2 powerheads on opposite sides of the tank.
I think the problem started b/c I was only doing monthly changes and the water I used for the first few months wasn't that great. I wasn't as diligent as I should have been- I'm pregnant and I couldn't bring myself to clean a dirty tank with morning sickness! Now, I'm paying for it!
Any advice would be great!
It's driving me crazy! I've cut my lights back to about 3-4 hours a day. I'm feeding every other day and not excessively.
I'm thinking I need to take every rock out and scrub it in a bucket and replace my substrate.
Hopefully, with the tank being set up 6 months it wont cycle with a substrate change.
It's a 46 bow, 30 lbs of rock, 6 line wrasse, percula and tiny yellow watchman. I have a skimmer and a emperor 400 with no biowheels. 2 powerheads on opposite sides of the tank.
I think the problem started b/c I was only doing monthly changes and the water I used for the first few months wasn't that great. I wasn't as diligent as I should have been- I'm pregnant and I couldn't bring myself to clean a dirty tank with morning sickness! Now, I'm paying for it!
Any advice would be great!