Calvin and Kyle
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- Feb 3, 2013
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Hey everybody!! I'm new to this community! And kinda new to fish! So excuse me if you can!
I set up a new tank, let it sit for about 4 days running. Introduced 3 fish for about 2 days and feed them to introduce waste and ammonia. Pulled the fish. Waited about a week and a half during which there appeared to be a bacteria bloom, tank got cloudy for a couple of days and cleared up. I tested the water it read:
Ph: 7.5
Nitrites and nitrates: 0
The hardness was fine I can't remember what it read at that time.
And ammonia was at .5.
My only fish store in the area is Petco, I talked to them and said it would be okay to add some fish at this point.
I added some Anubis and I'm pretty confident I added way too many fish!!
4 tiger barbs, 4 green tiger barbs, 1 upside catfish. All in the juvenile stage except two tigers.
All in a 29 gal tank. They were fine and happy for a couple days, during which I only fed them once and it was half a blood worm cube. They ate the majority and I pulled the left over food out.
Since then, they have all died except one fish. I've been doing partial water changes every other day, and the ammonia just sits at .5 I worry for the last fish. I don't want him to die but the ammonia won't seem to drop. But supposedly it's not even a lethal amount? Help? I'm pretty new to this!
I set up a new tank, let it sit for about 4 days running. Introduced 3 fish for about 2 days and feed them to introduce waste and ammonia. Pulled the fish. Waited about a week and a half during which there appeared to be a bacteria bloom, tank got cloudy for a couple of days and cleared up. I tested the water it read:
Ph: 7.5
Nitrites and nitrates: 0
The hardness was fine I can't remember what it read at that time.
And ammonia was at .5.
My only fish store in the area is Petco, I talked to them and said it would be okay to add some fish at this point.
I added some Anubis and I'm pretty confident I added way too many fish!!
4 tiger barbs, 4 green tiger barbs, 1 upside catfish. All in the juvenile stage except two tigers.
All in a 29 gal tank. They were fine and happy for a couple days, during which I only fed them once and it was half a blood worm cube. They ate the majority and I pulled the left over food out.
Since then, they have all died except one fish. I've been doing partial water changes every other day, and the ammonia just sits at .5 I worry for the last fish. I don't want him to die but the ammonia won't seem to drop. But supposedly it's not even a lethal amount? Help? I'm pretty new to this!