03darkness
Aquarium Advice Newbie
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- Jan 3, 2014
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Hello everyone. New poster here but I'm out of ideas. So my tank has been set up for about 4 months now and everything was going fine. Had a little bacteria bloom about 2 months ago but nothing serious. Then a month after the bacteria bloom all my fish suddenly got sick and died in the 3hrs when I left the house. Tank was home to 2 blue rams, a goldfish, 2 bamboo shrimp, and 3 green barbs.
I immediately tried to save the ones I could by doing a water change and transferring them to my 10 gallon sick tank. I managed to only save the goldfish and the shrimp.
After the water change I let them heal and put them back into the tank. Everything was going fine for a month, ammonia was zero, nitrates, and nitrites read at safe and ph was at 6. So after a month of good readings and the fish looked good I figured it was safe to add some fish.
I added two bala sharks to start. Everything was going good and they were healthy about 1 1/2 inches long.
I then added 4 painted glass fish.
After A day of them being in the tank all of the fish now look sick? Ammonia levels rose a little and nitrite/nitrate levels read stressed. I put them in my sick tank and used seperators.
The only fish that doesn't look sick is my goldfish and shrimp who went through this epidemic before. Could they be infecting the tank?
I immediately tried to save the ones I could by doing a water change and transferring them to my 10 gallon sick tank. I managed to only save the goldfish and the shrimp.
After the water change I let them heal and put them back into the tank. Everything was going fine for a month, ammonia was zero, nitrates, and nitrites read at safe and ph was at 6. So after a month of good readings and the fish looked good I figured it was safe to add some fish.
I added two bala sharks to start. Everything was going good and they were healthy about 1 1/2 inches long.
I then added 4 painted glass fish.
After A day of them being in the tank all of the fish now look sick? Ammonia levels rose a little and nitrite/nitrate levels read stressed. I put them in my sick tank and used seperators.
The only fish that doesn't look sick is my goldfish and shrimp who went through this epidemic before. Could they be infecting the tank?