Hi, this is my first post.
I have a bunch of problems with my tank. Can anyone help. Thanks in advance
i have, sick fish, a snail with poor shell and plant disease
4 FISH + 1 SNAIL
One large black Moore 8cm from head to end of tail, two very small gold fish about 3 cm, a bristle nose about 8cm long. And a 4cm golden snail
The black Moore has a fuzzy white fungus on its lips
The large black Moore, bristle nose and snail have been in the tank for 10 months and the two small gold fish for two weeks.
The large gold snail has a very poor shell. The shell is weak and has stripes wrapping around the snail where the shell is very thin
TANK
The tank is 120 litre tank, with surface area about 75cm X 40 cm
I have had the tank set up for about 10 months
PARAMETERS
about PH 7.2 – 7.3
Ammonia 0
23-24 Degrees Celsius
I have just started adding some lysophos bacteria occasionally
The only filtration is an Aqua Clear 20 filter in the tank
I change about a third to a half of the water approximately once a week
the water has an oily slick on the surface
I have an automatic fish feeder which feeds them Wardly goldfish pellets twice a day. (it probably dispenses a bit more than they need)
PLANTS
I have a large piece of drift wood with Fiji fern on it. And one Anubis plant which I put in the tank about a week ago. There is some kind of grey mold or fungus on the edges of the leaves (not the black fuzzy mold some people get, its more like tiny grey curly hairs about 3 millimeters long ). Also there is rusty dark brown patches on of the leaves with some holes through the leaves.
LIGHT
I have a GLO T5 light with one small fluoro tube which was running at 10 hours a day until a weeks ago, I have changed it to 7.5 hours. I recently reduced the hours of light because the fiji fern was getting some transparent sections at the ends of the leaves.
The transparent ends of the leaves seem to be happening less however
thanks for your help
I have a bunch of problems with my tank. Can anyone help. Thanks in advance
i have, sick fish, a snail with poor shell and plant disease
4 FISH + 1 SNAIL
One large black Moore 8cm from head to end of tail, two very small gold fish about 3 cm, a bristle nose about 8cm long. And a 4cm golden snail
The black Moore has a fuzzy white fungus on its lips
The large black Moore, bristle nose and snail have been in the tank for 10 months and the two small gold fish for two weeks.
The large gold snail has a very poor shell. The shell is weak and has stripes wrapping around the snail where the shell is very thin
TANK
The tank is 120 litre tank, with surface area about 75cm X 40 cm
I have had the tank set up for about 10 months
PARAMETERS
about PH 7.2 – 7.3
Ammonia 0
23-24 Degrees Celsius
I have just started adding some lysophos bacteria occasionally
The only filtration is an Aqua Clear 20 filter in the tank
I change about a third to a half of the water approximately once a week
the water has an oily slick on the surface
I have an automatic fish feeder which feeds them Wardly goldfish pellets twice a day. (it probably dispenses a bit more than they need)
PLANTS
I have a large piece of drift wood with Fiji fern on it. And one Anubis plant which I put in the tank about a week ago. There is some kind of grey mold or fungus on the edges of the leaves (not the black fuzzy mold some people get, its more like tiny grey curly hairs about 3 millimeters long ). Also there is rusty dark brown patches on of the leaves with some holes through the leaves.
LIGHT
I have a GLO T5 light with one small fluoro tube which was running at 10 hours a day until a weeks ago, I have changed it to 7.5 hours. I recently reduced the hours of light because the fiji fern was getting some transparent sections at the ends of the leaves.
The transparent ends of the leaves seem to be happening less however
thanks for your help