It's a fairly new tank. I have been having about a fish a day dying. I have only two kinds of fish, for now. I have a few guppies and a few Mollys.
Started with about 10 in a 10 gal tank. Now it has about half that amount. Water temp is ok. Thought it was one of my guppies killing off the others. it is particularly aggressive to other fish. One guppie had about half a fin forn off.
We have live plants in about 1/3 of the tank. We added plsnts because one Molly and one Guppy had a bunch of fry and needed a place to hide.
On a hunch today I tested the water. Almost ever parameter is in the danger area. GH is on the low side of normal, KH is about 40, Ph is 6, Nitrite is 5, Nitrate is about 100.
My problem is what is the best way to fix this? Im thinking a water change might be the first place to start. It's been about a week with this water. But my water source might be suspect too. Its loaded with chemicals to the point my wife and I drink bottled water.
The other question is does fixing one parameter mess up another? Is there one parameter I should start with or try to fix all at same time?
I'll be researching this tonight, and going to aquarium store tomorrow. But you guys are the expert.
Started with about 10 in a 10 gal tank. Now it has about half that amount. Water temp is ok. Thought it was one of my guppies killing off the others. it is particularly aggressive to other fish. One guppie had about half a fin forn off.
We have live plants in about 1/3 of the tank. We added plsnts because one Molly and one Guppy had a bunch of fry and needed a place to hide.
On a hunch today I tested the water. Almost ever parameter is in the danger area. GH is on the low side of normal, KH is about 40, Ph is 6, Nitrite is 5, Nitrate is about 100.
My problem is what is the best way to fix this? Im thinking a water change might be the first place to start. It's been about a week with this water. But my water source might be suspect too. Its loaded with chemicals to the point my wife and I drink bottled water.
The other question is does fixing one parameter mess up another? Is there one parameter I should start with or try to fix all at same time?
I'll be researching this tonight, and going to aquarium store tomorrow. But you guys are the expert.