BondStreet
Aquarium Advice Regular
Hi--
So here's the thing. My tank, up until recently has been amazing. Plant growth has been great, and the fish have been seemingly fine.
However, about 4 days ago, a couple of my angels died and since, about 7 more fish have died. They all looked completely healthy except the angel that died. It was very new to the tank, it NEVER ate and eventually looked sick and died. The other fish that died, however, never showed any symptoms of illness.
A little more about the tank. It is a 75gal planted. I do weekly water changes(30%) and feed twice a day without excess. I checked the chemistry and all important factors are totally fine(NH3, nitrite/ate, pH has been steady - no rapid changes and temp is steady at 81). Now I have had the tank up and running well since Jan and have NOT done any changes to any of the media in the filter - could that be a potential problem? None of the fish in my tank now have any symptoms of disease at all! Just hoping I am not ignoring warning signs of disaster in my tank.
Also, on that note, what is the real word on changing filter media if at all? I have talked to several different "experts", researched on the net, and at the LFS and everyone says something somewhat different. Do I just rinse? Or change completely some of the media? I have a Eheim 3-tray.
Anyways, thanks for any help!
Bondstreet
PS - I have a community tank (bout 25 fish) of tetras, cats, plecos, platys, gouramis, guppies, mollies, blue rams, and a loach.
So here's the thing. My tank, up until recently has been amazing. Plant growth has been great, and the fish have been seemingly fine.
However, about 4 days ago, a couple of my angels died and since, about 7 more fish have died. They all looked completely healthy except the angel that died. It was very new to the tank, it NEVER ate and eventually looked sick and died. The other fish that died, however, never showed any symptoms of illness.
A little more about the tank. It is a 75gal planted. I do weekly water changes(30%) and feed twice a day without excess. I checked the chemistry and all important factors are totally fine(NH3, nitrite/ate, pH has been steady - no rapid changes and temp is steady at 81). Now I have had the tank up and running well since Jan and have NOT done any changes to any of the media in the filter - could that be a potential problem? None of the fish in my tank now have any symptoms of disease at all! Just hoping I am not ignoring warning signs of disaster in my tank.
Also, on that note, what is the real word on changing filter media if at all? I have talked to several different "experts", researched on the net, and at the LFS and everyone says something somewhat different. Do I just rinse? Or change completely some of the media? I have a Eheim 3-tray.
Anyways, thanks for any help!
Bondstreet
PS - I have a community tank (bout 25 fish) of tetras, cats, plecos, platys, gouramis, guppies, mollies, blue rams, and a loach.