swissysrule
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
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- Dec 17, 2016
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Hello, I am a very bad fish owner! I have a long story to tell.
I have a 29 gal. freshwater tank. Last night before adding new water, I put in kordon Amquel plus ammonia detoxifier to the small pot of water. I added that water to tank.
I did not do a water change prior to adding water. And I did not read the directions.(stupid me) for how much ammonia detoxifier to put in. It also detoxifies nitrate, nitrite, clorine. & chloramines. I thought more was better.
So I woke up this morning to find quite a few dead fish. I was horrified! Only a handful survived.
Not knowing what happened.
I went back and read the directions on the kordon AmQuel Plus ammonia detoxifier.
I put in way to much the night
before. I should of used only 15ml. for 30 gallons. (Said 5 ml
per 10 gal.) I put in 40 ml. !!!
The bottle said can moderatly reduce oxygen levels. In the first hours after use. Be sure circulation/aeration is adequate. I have a hob filter for a 50 gal. tank & a bubble wand. DID I sufficate my POOR fish!! ???
I did a water check this morning with a API freshwater master test kit. The only thing that was off was the Nitrates. It read 160 ppm.
I am realativly new to fish keeping. I"ve had my set up over a year.
WHAT DID I DO WRONG ? I'm a fish killer. Help!
I have a 29 gal. freshwater tank. Last night before adding new water, I put in kordon Amquel plus ammonia detoxifier to the small pot of water. I added that water to tank.
I did not do a water change prior to adding water. And I did not read the directions.(stupid me) for how much ammonia detoxifier to put in. It also detoxifies nitrate, nitrite, clorine. & chloramines. I thought more was better.
So I woke up this morning to find quite a few dead fish. I was horrified! Only a handful survived.
Not knowing what happened.
I went back and read the directions on the kordon AmQuel Plus ammonia detoxifier.
I put in way to much the night
before. I should of used only 15ml. for 30 gallons. (Said 5 ml
per 10 gal.) I put in 40 ml. !!!
The bottle said can moderatly reduce oxygen levels. In the first hours after use. Be sure circulation/aeration is adequate. I have a hob filter for a 50 gal. tank & a bubble wand. DID I sufficate my POOR fish!! ???
I did a water check this morning with a API freshwater master test kit. The only thing that was off was the Nitrates. It read 160 ppm.
I am realativly new to fish keeping. I"ve had my set up over a year.
WHAT DID I DO WRONG ? I'm a fish killer. Help!