mickitiffen
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
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- Dec 23, 2007
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I have a 20 gallon tank
2 albino cat fish
1 ghost knife
2 gouramis
1 snail
live plants
Water parameters have tested normal, no ammonia present, nitrites(3), nitrate(40), ph, kh/gh are high(180 or so-but I have been told this is not a problem.
I have cleaned out the Eheim filter and replaced the pad last week, cleaned the Eheim prefilter and treated the tank with Amquel. Usually I do 1 large water change a month but last week I did 2 including vacuuming the gravel on the last one.
I had a large Pleco who died and over the past month I have replaced it with 3 more Plecos and each time they live about 3 days and then die. The 3 that died all came from the same store. Before they die they seem to be not doing much, just hanging on the tank, but then again I assume that is common behavior.
I had a lot of algae but gave the Pleco a wafer as well. Some of the algae seems red. I have been cleaning it out.
All the other fish are acting normal and seem fine.
I am perplexed. Any suggestions?
2 albino cat fish
1 ghost knife
2 gouramis
1 snail
live plants
Water parameters have tested normal, no ammonia present, nitrites(3), nitrate(40), ph, kh/gh are high(180 or so-but I have been told this is not a problem.
I have cleaned out the Eheim filter and replaced the pad last week, cleaned the Eheim prefilter and treated the tank with Amquel. Usually I do 1 large water change a month but last week I did 2 including vacuuming the gravel on the last one.
I had a large Pleco who died and over the past month I have replaced it with 3 more Plecos and each time they live about 3 days and then die. The 3 that died all came from the same store. Before they die they seem to be not doing much, just hanging on the tank, but then again I assume that is common behavior.
I had a lot of algae but gave the Pleco a wafer as well. Some of the algae seems red. I have been cleaning it out.
All the other fish are acting normal and seem fine.
I am perplexed. Any suggestions?