laxpatrick
Aquarium Advice Activist
0 for 6. The last of my 6 "first" fish (tiger barbs) in my 55 gal just croaked. Put them in Friday night, seemed to be doing quite well. Saturday morning 5 of them had given up the ghost.
I'd been cycling for over 1.5 months, thought I was done, nitrites hit zero, did a big water change, waited a week, did another water change. Water was greenish/cloudy before and a bit after (and now definitely is) but I'd had the lights on for 10 hours a day and a couple of plants (which weren't making it due to the low light, so now they're gone).
So - I've got a fair bit of algae growing on the decorations and plastic plants. For filtration I've got a Rena XP2 as well as my top fin 60 (big HOB).
My plan is to keep light dosing ammonia for the next week to see if I stabilize over that time. Should I keep the lights off? Just not sure what to do next... Before I attempt to put a few fish in the tank.
Thanks in advance
I'd been cycling for over 1.5 months, thought I was done, nitrites hit zero, did a big water change, waited a week, did another water change. Water was greenish/cloudy before and a bit after (and now definitely is) but I'd had the lights on for 10 hours a day and a couple of plants (which weren't making it due to the low light, so now they're gone).
So - I've got a fair bit of algae growing on the decorations and plastic plants. For filtration I've got a Rena XP2 as well as my top fin 60 (big HOB).
My plan is to keep light dosing ammonia for the next week to see if I stabilize over that time. Should I keep the lights off? Just not sure what to do next... Before I attempt to put a few fish in the tank.
Thanks in advance