mikeyost12
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
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Hey everyone, I am by no means a expert on fish keeping and had a 55G tank stocked with gold fish for about 4 years. I recently switched over to more tropical freshwater fish and because of my in experience, had terrible results, loosing all of my fish except my Danios and my Albino Cats.
I bought an API Mast Test Kit 3 days ago and my initial reading came out 7.8PH, Ammonia 0, Nitrite 0, Nitrate 160 (out of this world). I immediately did a 70% water change and ran the same test two days ago (Day 2). That reading was 7.8PH, Ammonia climbed to .25, Nitrite 0, Nitrate 30-40 (Better there). I did another water change, this time about 50% and ran more test today. My readings today was 7.8PH, Ammonia still at .25, Nitrite 0, Nitrate closer to the 40 mark. I did notice 2 of my fish had Ick so my tank is being medicated right now (I did not do a water change today. I am going to do a 25% change tomorrow and add more medication into the tank.)
So with all of that being said, I am currently running a Emperor 400 for my filtration and although it is a good filter, I feel like with more media in a Canistar filter I may be better off....... My only source of water is well water also. I have been looking at various filters online and the one I am leaning towards is the Fluval 406.
Am I accurate on going to a canister filter? Pros and Cons? My numbers seem to fluctuate on me, will a canister filter help stabilize my parameters? Is the Fluval 406 a good one to purchase? (Once I figure out exactly what I am doing with keep steady water quality I would like to upgrade to a 75G tank, would this filter work on that size tank also?)
I appreciate all of your help
I bought an API Mast Test Kit 3 days ago and my initial reading came out 7.8PH, Ammonia 0, Nitrite 0, Nitrate 160 (out of this world). I immediately did a 70% water change and ran the same test two days ago (Day 2). That reading was 7.8PH, Ammonia climbed to .25, Nitrite 0, Nitrate 30-40 (Better there). I did another water change, this time about 50% and ran more test today. My readings today was 7.8PH, Ammonia still at .25, Nitrite 0, Nitrate closer to the 40 mark. I did notice 2 of my fish had Ick so my tank is being medicated right now (I did not do a water change today. I am going to do a 25% change tomorrow and add more medication into the tank.)
So with all of that being said, I am currently running a Emperor 400 for my filtration and although it is a good filter, I feel like with more media in a Canistar filter I may be better off....... My only source of water is well water also. I have been looking at various filters online and the one I am leaning towards is the Fluval 406.
Am I accurate on going to a canister filter? Pros and Cons? My numbers seem to fluctuate on me, will a canister filter help stabilize my parameters? Is the Fluval 406 a good one to purchase? (Once I figure out exactly what I am doing with keep steady water quality I would like to upgrade to a 75G tank, would this filter work on that size tank also?)
I appreciate all of your help