RewindsRetro
Aquarium Advice Newbie
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Hi everyone,
I have a tank of 12 tetras, 6 neon and 6 neon black and 2 small apple snails. I just did a 30% water change and everything was fine, tonight the neons are acting normal but the neon black are gasping at the top for air. I immediately did another 25% water change and for an hour they all seemed fine and then they started doing it again but less continuously. This is only affecting the black neons still... I do not have an air pump or air stone or whatever but I read several places they didnt need them with a proper filter, which I believe I have. I don't want them to die, i've grown attached... what can i do tonight in the middle of the night to stop this?
I use Prime conditioner in the water before I change it, and the filter is the hang off the back filter that came with the tank with a brand new filter when i did the water change, Tank is heated to a consistent 75 degrees. With one live plant and a few caves.
And please don't judge me but I got all high and mighty over how well my Betta tank was doing and I jumped into having this second tank full of tiny fish before I had it properly cycled, it was dumb, like those getting your kid a bunny on Easter dumb, but now I have them and they are not going to suffer for my stupidity, so that's why I am here.
Water levels with test strips are in the normal range with the exception of hard water which is high here. They were fine for 3 months with those conditions.
I have a tank of 12 tetras, 6 neon and 6 neon black and 2 small apple snails. I just did a 30% water change and everything was fine, tonight the neons are acting normal but the neon black are gasping at the top for air. I immediately did another 25% water change and for an hour they all seemed fine and then they started doing it again but less continuously. This is only affecting the black neons still... I do not have an air pump or air stone or whatever but I read several places they didnt need them with a proper filter, which I believe I have. I don't want them to die, i've grown attached... what can i do tonight in the middle of the night to stop this?
I use Prime conditioner in the water before I change it, and the filter is the hang off the back filter that came with the tank with a brand new filter when i did the water change, Tank is heated to a consistent 75 degrees. With one live plant and a few caves.
And please don't judge me but I got all high and mighty over how well my Betta tank was doing and I jumped into having this second tank full of tiny fish before I had it properly cycled, it was dumb, like those getting your kid a bunny on Easter dumb, but now I have them and they are not going to suffer for my stupidity, so that's why I am here.
Water levels with test strips are in the normal range with the exception of hard water which is high here. They were fine for 3 months with those conditions.