Hi folks,
Need advice.
Aquarium size - 16 Gallons
Aquarium brand - Aqueon with Quietflow 10 filter
Aquarium age - 2 years
Fishes - 2 baby Platys and 1 Guppy
Decor - 1 piece ( put it a week back because of algae growing on it)
2 thick Java fern plants
1 air bubbler (recent introduced)
Test Kit - API Freshwater Master Test Kit
Stats - Ammonia 0.25 ppm, Nitrite 0 ppm, Nitrate 5.0 ppm, High Range PH 7.4
Water change frequency - 2 weeks mostly
Water - Tap water. I use Prime and API tap water conditioner
2 weeks back, I used to have total 5 fishes ( 1 guppy and 4 platy's), I bought 3 new fishes ( 1 platy and 2 guppies) and within a week 5 of them died. Fish tank stats kind of remained constant. After then I cleaned and changed the filter and did -25-50% water changes every 3-4 days. After then it has been stable and I have now 3 fishes in the tank total.
This fish tank has been like that and I every time I try to introduce new fishes, it ends up in a disaster like this. I never took the fish count more than 8 in this tank and they have all been guppies + Platy's.
Please advise what I am doing wrong and how can I make this aquarium stable to run it at its capacity. I am losing hope and thinking of getting rid of it.
Need advice.
Aquarium size - 16 Gallons
Aquarium brand - Aqueon with Quietflow 10 filter
Aquarium age - 2 years
Fishes - 2 baby Platys and 1 Guppy
Decor - 1 piece ( put it a week back because of algae growing on it)
2 thick Java fern plants
1 air bubbler (recent introduced)
Test Kit - API Freshwater Master Test Kit
Stats - Ammonia 0.25 ppm, Nitrite 0 ppm, Nitrate 5.0 ppm, High Range PH 7.4
Water change frequency - 2 weeks mostly
Water - Tap water. I use Prime and API tap water conditioner
2 weeks back, I used to have total 5 fishes ( 1 guppy and 4 platy's), I bought 3 new fishes ( 1 platy and 2 guppies) and within a week 5 of them died. Fish tank stats kind of remained constant. After then I cleaned and changed the filter and did -25-50% water changes every 3-4 days. After then it has been stable and I have now 3 fishes in the tank total.
This fish tank has been like that and I every time I try to introduce new fishes, it ends up in a disaster like this. I never took the fish count more than 8 in this tank and they have all been guppies + Platy's.
Please advise what I am doing wrong and how can I make this aquarium stable to run it at its capacity. I am losing hope and thinking of getting rid of it.