smoutylad22
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My partner got me out of bed yesterday afternoon after I'd done a night shift to tell me something is wrong with the fish. I raced downstairs to find that most of them were swimming at the surface, a couple of amano shrimps were lying upside down at the bottom of my tank! I was thinking what the hell is going on.
My tank has been up and running for 15 months having done a fish less cycle. I've had no problems at all in this time. I do water changes on a Monday and Thursday religiously, vacuuming the substrate etc.
I immediately did a huge water change about 3:30pm to see if that would solve the problem. All was well after the water change, the fish were swimming fine and acting normal and the shrimp were fine too. Just before I was due to leave the house for work at 9:00pm the fish and shrimp looked in real trouble again, my german blue rams were at the surface along with the shrimp. My 3 remaining cardinal tetras (I lost 2 while this was happening) and 2 peppered corys were just fine as were my 3 endlers.
Straight away I tested the water and the readings were spot on as they always are. I'm mystified as to why things are starting to go wrong with my tank. Any suggestions as to what the problem might be?
I had to leave for work and I'm really not looking forward to seeing my tank in the morning ?
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My tank has been up and running for 15 months having done a fish less cycle. I've had no problems at all in this time. I do water changes on a Monday and Thursday religiously, vacuuming the substrate etc.
I immediately did a huge water change about 3:30pm to see if that would solve the problem. All was well after the water change, the fish were swimming fine and acting normal and the shrimp were fine too. Just before I was due to leave the house for work at 9:00pm the fish and shrimp looked in real trouble again, my german blue rams were at the surface along with the shrimp. My 3 remaining cardinal tetras (I lost 2 while this was happening) and 2 peppered corys were just fine as were my 3 endlers.
Straight away I tested the water and the readings were spot on as they always are. I'm mystified as to why things are starting to go wrong with my tank. Any suggestions as to what the problem might be?
I had to leave for work and I'm really not looking forward to seeing my tank in the morning ?
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