shellygirl55
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hi everyone!!
i posted yesterday on the welcome forum and everyone was so nice i mentioned i was having tank problems and someone suggested i start a new thred about what is going on so maybe i could get some advice. i am a newbee however, so i may sound really silly because i am just learning, so bear with me please....
i have always wanted to get in to this hobby, so i went to an estate sale a year ago and purchased my tank there...
the tank is a 55 gallon. it has a fluval 304 filter, a heater, and a bubbler. it already had caves for hiding spots and some sticks for deco and about 3 inches of gravel, and lights on top..
the tank was already stocked with fish. it had 9 neons, 4 clown loaches, a bala shark and 2 9 inch plecos, a rainbow shark, and a huge cory catfish. i talked to the daughter and she told me her parents had had the tank for 5 years, the clown loaches and cory and plecos had been in there since the set up of the tank.
had this tank up and running for about a year and everything was great. no real problems. i slowly added fish myself as well, I aquired a flounder fish and a couple of tigerbarbs, some glass fish, and a peacock eal. all was still well for months...
last week things started acting funny. the neons were staying at the top of the tank gasping for air. the bala kept swimming up to the top and banging his head on the glass, and they were all just acting funny.did several 20% water changes, vaccummed the tank a few times, did a water sample at the pet store, they told me water was fine.
I lost a clown loach, my bala shark, all my glass fish, my cory and all my neons. I did find out from the pet store that we were supposed to have those white rocks ( i can't remember the name) in our filter to keep the good bacteria. none came with the filter. so we purchased that, as well as some tetra start stuff that is supposed to put the good bacteria in the tank. we used that as directed. we have also done a 50% water change. I am at a loss as to what to do. everything is still acting crazy in my tank.
today i am going to go buy a test kit, as i don't have one and we have been taking our water to the fish store for testing. ( i did read not to buy strips) but other than that does anyone have any ideas for me??
thanks in advance for your help, sorry if i sound really unknolagable... i am learning
i posted yesterday on the welcome forum and everyone was so nice i mentioned i was having tank problems and someone suggested i start a new thred about what is going on so maybe i could get some advice. i am a newbee however, so i may sound really silly because i am just learning, so bear with me please....
i have always wanted to get in to this hobby, so i went to an estate sale a year ago and purchased my tank there...
the tank is a 55 gallon. it has a fluval 304 filter, a heater, and a bubbler. it already had caves for hiding spots and some sticks for deco and about 3 inches of gravel, and lights on top..
the tank was already stocked with fish. it had 9 neons, 4 clown loaches, a bala shark and 2 9 inch plecos, a rainbow shark, and a huge cory catfish. i talked to the daughter and she told me her parents had had the tank for 5 years, the clown loaches and cory and plecos had been in there since the set up of the tank.
had this tank up and running for about a year and everything was great. no real problems. i slowly added fish myself as well, I aquired a flounder fish and a couple of tigerbarbs, some glass fish, and a peacock eal. all was still well for months...
last week things started acting funny. the neons were staying at the top of the tank gasping for air. the bala kept swimming up to the top and banging his head on the glass, and they were all just acting funny.did several 20% water changes, vaccummed the tank a few times, did a water sample at the pet store, they told me water was fine.
I lost a clown loach, my bala shark, all my glass fish, my cory and all my neons. I did find out from the pet store that we were supposed to have those white rocks ( i can't remember the name) in our filter to keep the good bacteria. none came with the filter. so we purchased that, as well as some tetra start stuff that is supposed to put the good bacteria in the tank. we used that as directed. we have also done a 50% water change. I am at a loss as to what to do. everything is still acting crazy in my tank.
today i am going to go buy a test kit, as i don't have one and we have been taking our water to the fish store for testing. ( i did read not to buy strips) but other than that does anyone have any ideas for me??
thanks in advance for your help, sorry if i sound really unknolagable... i am learning