Pleco
Aquarium Advice Freak
I've now lost 3 fish in the course of 3 days... Pleco started acting less reclusive coming out of the cave more around a week ago, i didnt think much of it.. he was swimming about the bottom today and just all of a sudden flipped over on his back.. dead.. Lost a neon for for unexplained reasons, and a beacon tetra to a swim bladder issue. I lost a snail too, but he had exhibited odd behavior since i purchased him.
after the neon went i did a 50% water change (thursday), should i do another large change today? I really didnt think much of the neon death, then the pleco died literally about 40 minutes ago.. I added some melafix to my tank as i dont have any pimafix at this time, i also added some prime to my tank even though my water parameters are fine except nitrites read a bit higher than they ever have.
I have AC so that will eventually suck out the melafix, but i dont have anymore filter floss to make a makeshift filter for my tank, and i dont think its wise to run without a filter at all.
I really can't figure this out, im not sure if the fish were just unhealthy from the start/ammo poisening from the bio-spira cycling 6 months ago caught up to them or if there is something going on in my tank that i just cant figure out.
I'm really frustrated right now trying to figure out if there is something going on in my tank, any assistance or advice would be helpfull. I'm about ready to pull my hair out and im very sad to keep losing my pets that i try so hard to keep healthy.
I do weekly 25% water changes and bi-weekly gravel vacs. I am having a bout wiht diatoms at the moment too. They only thing that was introduced to my tank were some red cherry shrimp which my significant other made the mistake of dumping the contents in to my tank instead of just netting out the shrimp.. I can guess what it is all day long, but i really need some help as i dont want to see any more of my fish die The pleco and the neon looked fine, no noticeable issues with the bodies.
-Pleco
after the neon went i did a 50% water change (thursday), should i do another large change today? I really didnt think much of the neon death, then the pleco died literally about 40 minutes ago.. I added some melafix to my tank as i dont have any pimafix at this time, i also added some prime to my tank even though my water parameters are fine except nitrites read a bit higher than they ever have.
I have AC so that will eventually suck out the melafix, but i dont have anymore filter floss to make a makeshift filter for my tank, and i dont think its wise to run without a filter at all.
I really can't figure this out, im not sure if the fish were just unhealthy from the start/ammo poisening from the bio-spira cycling 6 months ago caught up to them or if there is something going on in my tank that i just cant figure out.
I'm really frustrated right now trying to figure out if there is something going on in my tank, any assistance or advice would be helpfull. I'm about ready to pull my hair out and im very sad to keep losing my pets that i try so hard to keep healthy.
I do weekly 25% water changes and bi-weekly gravel vacs. I am having a bout wiht diatoms at the moment too. They only thing that was introduced to my tank were some red cherry shrimp which my significant other made the mistake of dumping the contents in to my tank instead of just netting out the shrimp.. I can guess what it is all day long, but i really need some help as i dont want to see any more of my fish die The pleco and the neon looked fine, no noticeable issues with the bodies.
-Pleco