flatty
Aquarium Advice Regular
Ok brief history. Had a few black neons come down with Ich. Raised temp to 86 and has been there 2 weeks. I had a dwarf honey gourami die though think she might have been sick when I got her as she was pooing long white poo almost immediately. Because I didn't know how to medicate after that since noone had any symptoms aside from ich I just left the tank hot. The next day I lost a red eye tetra with no visible signs of anything. I didnt catch it for probably 12 hours and got him out of there. The same time i noticed a red mark almost like a blood blister on my ram. I checked the water and the ammonia was slightly up (.25 ppm) so I did a 25% water change. I dipped the ram in some salt water for 15 mins and then started using melafix which seems to be helping the redspot as it is hard to see anymore. I am only on my third dose of melafix but today i notice slight nitrites (.25 as well) which is probably because, i had to half butcher my filter cartridge to get the carbon out, ammonia is gone nitrates are still 0. I am pondering changing out 5 or 10 gallons (36 gal tank) but not sure if i should till i am done with the melafix stuff. Just trying to do things right. First aquarium in 20 years and to be honest i never did any maintenance before and didnt have as much trouble as i am having now that I am trying to do it right. Perhaps it was just dumb luck. Tank is bout 3 months old.
