Hey guy!
I have a problem. I have a 15 gallon tank that was fully cycled with 6 Redeye Tetras, 2 Corys, 6 Gold Shrimp, 6 Ghosts and 1 Mystery snail. As for the plants, I have 3 bundles of Anacharis which is about 10 plants. A banana plant? 2 Amazon Swords, 2 patches of dwarf grass? and 3 plants of a sword grass i believe. My substrate are smallish rocks about inch to inch 1/2 thick. For lighting I have 2 13w 6500K florecent bulbs 11 hours a day. I was battling some white hair algae and some brown algae for a bit but those have since subsided.
My problem is, the power went out overnight about a week and a half ago. When it finally came back on, the tank was fubar. The water was cloudy, half my shrimp died, my snail died and a cory died. The temp was 72 degrees when it normally sits at 80. My ammonia was through the roof and everyone seemed to be hiding. I did some rapid water changes, and tested to safer limits. I consulted my people at the local store where they didn't give me much info.
Monday, my anacharis' were yellow and covered in brown spots. Controlling the ammonia levels were impossible. So I lowered the water level to about 50% and took all the anacharis' out. replaced them with new ones and filled the tank back up. However, now, I cant even get a reading on my pH levels, ammonia is out of control again and as I figured would happen, the remaining Nitrates died off. Annnndd, my anacharis' are yellow again. The other plants seem to thrive, but not them. Should I just break it down and start over? I don't like seeing my fish hiding all the time, its not like them, I want to give them something they like you know? and healthy.
And why would my anacharis' look less healthy than the rest of my plants? I was told they were one of the hardiest bunch!
Thanks in advance!
I have a problem. I have a 15 gallon tank that was fully cycled with 6 Redeye Tetras, 2 Corys, 6 Gold Shrimp, 6 Ghosts and 1 Mystery snail. As for the plants, I have 3 bundles of Anacharis which is about 10 plants. A banana plant? 2 Amazon Swords, 2 patches of dwarf grass? and 3 plants of a sword grass i believe. My substrate are smallish rocks about inch to inch 1/2 thick. For lighting I have 2 13w 6500K florecent bulbs 11 hours a day. I was battling some white hair algae and some brown algae for a bit but those have since subsided.
My problem is, the power went out overnight about a week and a half ago. When it finally came back on, the tank was fubar. The water was cloudy, half my shrimp died, my snail died and a cory died. The temp was 72 degrees when it normally sits at 80. My ammonia was through the roof and everyone seemed to be hiding. I did some rapid water changes, and tested to safer limits. I consulted my people at the local store where they didn't give me much info.
Monday, my anacharis' were yellow and covered in brown spots. Controlling the ammonia levels were impossible. So I lowered the water level to about 50% and took all the anacharis' out. replaced them with new ones and filled the tank back up. However, now, I cant even get a reading on my pH levels, ammonia is out of control again and as I figured would happen, the remaining Nitrates died off. Annnndd, my anacharis' are yellow again. The other plants seem to thrive, but not them. Should I just break it down and start over? I don't like seeing my fish hiding all the time, its not like them, I want to give them something they like you know? and healthy.
And why would my anacharis' look less healthy than the rest of my plants? I was told they were one of the hardiest bunch!
Thanks in advance!