Wardcarrie5
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
I have a 75g freshwater tank
-2 Silver Dollars
-2 Pearl Gouramis
-1 Yellow Gouramis
-2 Dwarf Gouramis
-1 Red Tail Shark
I started the tank the beginning of October 2011 with fish after 2nd week. Had an ammonia bloom and have been changing water every other day 40-75% changes. Last week, my ammonia went to 0 and nitrites were high but thought my cycle was finally moving. Changed water again and nitrites went down significantly (as expected). Two days later my Ammonia and Nitrites are really high 2.0 and over. I have been using Prime and Stress Zyme to protect the fish, I'm also using Mexafil because I have tail rot on one of the fish and a fungus on tail of silver dollar. I keep doing water changes but nothing is happening. I have also put Ammo Chips in Filter (I have three, bio filter 90g, Canister Filter 70g, and a 30g filter). I have only washed the filters in tank water (on days that I haven't changed water and only one time for each filter and that was about 3 weeks ago). I have vaccuumed that gravel over and over but don't know what the deal is...help.
-2 Silver Dollars
-2 Pearl Gouramis
-1 Yellow Gouramis
-2 Dwarf Gouramis
-1 Red Tail Shark
I started the tank the beginning of October 2011 with fish after 2nd week. Had an ammonia bloom and have been changing water every other day 40-75% changes. Last week, my ammonia went to 0 and nitrites were high but thought my cycle was finally moving. Changed water again and nitrites went down significantly (as expected). Two days later my Ammonia and Nitrites are really high 2.0 and over. I have been using Prime and Stress Zyme to protect the fish, I'm also using Mexafil because I have tail rot on one of the fish and a fungus on tail of silver dollar. I keep doing water changes but nothing is happening. I have also put Ammo Chips in Filter (I have three, bio filter 90g, Canister Filter 70g, and a 30g filter). I have only washed the filters in tank water (on days that I haven't changed water and only one time for each filter and that was about 3 weeks ago). I have vaccuumed that gravel over and over but don't know what the deal is...help.