help cichlids dying

[Cwetherford]

Crazy ammonia spike I used medicine to lower it I have had a blue neon die this morning and a African and a sunburst dying what do I do to help them respond quick

 

[Donkey Gun]

do a 75% water change immediately.

 

[Donkey Gun]

but let's figure the source while your doing that.

How big of a tank?
how many fish?
How long has the tank been running?
what are your water parameters?
was the tank cycled?

 

[Donkey Gun]

do a 75% water change immediately.

hopefully you have a good water dechlorinator. I use Prime, it also detoxifies existing nitrates trites and ammonia.

 

[Cwetherford]

55 gallon 8 cichlids 5 catfish 1 plecco and its been running like 3 months and yes its cycles

 

[Donkey Gun]

what dechlorinator are you using for your water changes?

Do you do them weekly?

 

[DerekMartinez]

hopefully you have a good water dechlorinator. I use Prime, it also detoxifies existing nitrates trites and ammonia.

Prime is a very good dechlorinator but a bit pricey I have the bottle that treats up to 5000 gallons and it cost $20 but it'll help with your ammonia spike. I would recommend u get it but that's just me.

 

[Donkey Gun]

Prime is a very good dechlorinator but a bit pricey I have the bottle that treats up to 5000 gallons and it cost $20 but it'll help with your ammonia spike. I would recommend u get it but that's just me.

Worth every drop in my opinion...

 

[Cwetherford]

It's just like good start stuff

 

[DerekMartinez]

Yep its the best out there IMO. My ammo lvls were in the middle of 0 and .25 and it brought it right down to 0.

 

[DerekMartinez]

55 gallon 8 cichlids 5 catfish 1 plecco and its been running like 3 months and yes its cycles

If you get some prime you could double up doses. A cap full treats 50 gallons but if its bad u could do that and see if it'll bring it down faster.

 

[Donkey Gun]

No, you use it to dose the water for your water changes.

You should be doing partial water changes (pwc) at least once a week. The new water you put in the tank should be dosed with some kind of dechlorinator to remove the chlorine, chloramine, and ammonia from your tap water. The good thing about prime is it also detoxifies the nitrites and nitrates that are currently in your tank.

Have you tested your water today?

 

[DerekMartinez]

Yea my ammo lvl is at 0 its good.

 

[DerekMartinez]

I do close to a 50% pwc once a week

 

[Donkey Gun]

No, you use it to dose the water for your water changes.

You should be doing partial water changes (pwc) at least once a week. The new water you put in the tank should be dosed with some kind of dechlorinator to remove the chlorine, chloramine, and ammonia from your tap water. The good thing about prime is it also detoxifies the nitrites and nitrates that are currently in your tank.

Have you tested your water today?

This was a response for

It's just like good start stuff

 

[DerekMartinez]

This was a response for

My bad lol

 

[Donkey Gun]

no worries! Just wanted to make sure you knew that I wasn't disagreeing with you.

 

[DerekMartinez]

Its all good lol