Im at my wits end. Idk what it is with me and angels. We just dont mix I guess. This is my 3rd round of angels. Spread out over a year.
Its always the same thing.
I get them, place them in a tank (1&2 time no QT, 3rd time they are) I use water from my big tank in my QT.
They get clamped fins, start to hang out at the surface lose their slime coat then die. I lost 3/3 of my first batch, 2/3 of the 2nd(the surviving one is still not in my big tank. Hes in QT right now. I dont understand what is wrong here.
I even took readings of the water from the tank they were purchased from with this last batch.
Original tank readings were:
Ammonia .5
Nitrite 0
Nitrates 160ppm
Ph was 6.8
My tank:
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrates ~270ppm
Ph 7.4-7.6
I just dont know what I'm doing wrong. They seem fine when I first get them. Hungry little pigs very friendly and then everything goes south. I dont know how to be successful with angels. Any pointers or insight as to what could be happening?
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Its always the same thing.
I get them, place them in a tank (1&2 time no QT, 3rd time they are) I use water from my big tank in my QT.
They get clamped fins, start to hang out at the surface lose their slime coat then die. I lost 3/3 of my first batch, 2/3 of the 2nd(the surviving one is still not in my big tank. Hes in QT right now. I dont understand what is wrong here.
I even took readings of the water from the tank they were purchased from with this last batch.
Original tank readings were:
Ammonia .5
Nitrite 0
Nitrates 160ppm
Ph was 6.8
My tank:
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrates ~270ppm
Ph 7.4-7.6
I just dont know what I'm doing wrong. They seem fine when I first get them. Hungry little pigs very friendly and then everything goes south. I dont know how to be successful with angels. Any pointers or insight as to what could be happening?
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