Hello everyone
I got a 55g tank from friend, not knowing anything about fishes I went to local fish store and got some beginner tips. So I bought filter and they said run tank for 24-48hrs before I could put any fish. I came in next day......
here is a list of fish they sold me saying it was fine to put in brand new tank....
1 red tail catfish
1 shovelnose catfish
16 small convicts
1 oscar
2 jack dempsy
2 small silver fish (don't know what they're called)
1 craw-fish
currently down to 9 convicts and no more craw-fish....
Needless to say ammonia/nitrite/nitrate are all off the charts. Tank has been up for 4-5 weeks. I did move tank to different location bc I got algae bloom from sunlight. During move I rinsed the gravel off (yeah bad i know now....).
Ok so I went to petsmart and they said use Prime do 20-30% water change daily, then put stress coat after.
I bought sponge filter thing that is coming tomorrow and saw this ceramic water bottle thing on youtube that i might do too.
So not sure what I can do to help this along. Even after water changes daily for last 5 days here is what its reading:
ammo 2-4
nitrite 5 (max reading, petsmart said it was 10 when I took them sample)
nitrate 20-40
Thanks
I got a 55g tank from friend, not knowing anything about fishes I went to local fish store and got some beginner tips. So I bought filter and they said run tank for 24-48hrs before I could put any fish. I came in next day......
here is a list of fish they sold me saying it was fine to put in brand new tank....
1 red tail catfish
1 shovelnose catfish
16 small convicts
1 oscar
2 jack dempsy
2 small silver fish (don't know what they're called)
1 craw-fish
currently down to 9 convicts and no more craw-fish....
Needless to say ammonia/nitrite/nitrate are all off the charts. Tank has been up for 4-5 weeks. I did move tank to different location bc I got algae bloom from sunlight. During move I rinsed the gravel off (yeah bad i know now....).
Ok so I went to petsmart and they said use Prime do 20-30% water change daily, then put stress coat after.
I bought sponge filter thing that is coming tomorrow and saw this ceramic water bottle thing on youtube that i might do too.
So not sure what I can do to help this along. Even after water changes daily for last 5 days here is what its reading:
ammo 2-4
nitrite 5 (max reading, petsmart said it was 10 when I took them sample)
nitrate 20-40
Thanks