hsherman1986
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Alright, so here are the specs before I go into what is going wrong. It is a 55g trop. community. It is med/heavily planted. Gravel substrate, no driftwood or anything. Running 2 whisper 30 60 HOB, a guardian heater that came with the tank, temp is stable at 84*. Tank has been set up since the beginning of Feb., finished the cycle at the end of feb, has had fish gradually added to it since it finished cycling.
Nitrites: 0
Nitrates: 40 i think (the test is so hard to read when the result is more than 20, either way it is time for a water change. One is scheduled for tonight)
PH: 7.0
Ammonia: 0
Ok, about a week ago, we finished battling a case of ich, hence why the temp is so high. We have been gradualy turning it down until we get to 78*. We used the heat and salt method (seemed better for our loaches and ottos). No casualties through treatment.
tankmates are as follows:
during ich treatment- 10 zebra danios, 10 neon tetras, 6 black neon tetras, 5 lemon tetras, 5 silver hatchetfish, 4 harlequin rasboras, 3 clown loaches, 3 ottos, and 8 asst. platies.
now- 9 neon tetras, 9 black neons, 4 lemon tetras, 5 silver hatchetfish, 3 harlequin rasboras, 2 clown loaches, 2 possibly only 1 otto (can't find the second one), and 6 platies.
after a few casualties, i made an assumption that was probably wrong, and took back a territorial clown loach. Well, that didn't fix my problem. When I took him back, I bought a single neon tetra to replace the dead one, and bought four black neons to take that school up to ten. Those are the only additions since the end of the ich treatment. The danios got moved to their own tank btw.
since taking the loach back and adding the newbs, I found a black neon floating by the filter (couldn't tell if it was one of the new ones, or one of the ones I had prior to ich treatment), a neon tetra stuck to the filter (it was not the new one, it was a preexhisting neon), and stood back and watched an otto die (that was so sad to watch, but it was too late to do anything about it). All three of these deaths either happened today, or were discovered by me today.
Now, what the hell is going on here!? I have had 1 lemon tetra, 1 harlequin rasbora, 2 neons, 1 black neon, 1 maybe 2 ottos, and 2 platies die in the past week!!! Any ideas are welcome, I don't want to loose anymore fish!
Nitrites: 0
Nitrates: 40 i think (the test is so hard to read when the result is more than 20, either way it is time for a water change. One is scheduled for tonight)
PH: 7.0
Ammonia: 0
Ok, about a week ago, we finished battling a case of ich, hence why the temp is so high. We have been gradualy turning it down until we get to 78*. We used the heat and salt method (seemed better for our loaches and ottos). No casualties through treatment.
tankmates are as follows:
during ich treatment- 10 zebra danios, 10 neon tetras, 6 black neon tetras, 5 lemon tetras, 5 silver hatchetfish, 4 harlequin rasboras, 3 clown loaches, 3 ottos, and 8 asst. platies.
now- 9 neon tetras, 9 black neons, 4 lemon tetras, 5 silver hatchetfish, 3 harlequin rasboras, 2 clown loaches, 2 possibly only 1 otto (can't find the second one), and 6 platies.
after a few casualties, i made an assumption that was probably wrong, and took back a territorial clown loach. Well, that didn't fix my problem. When I took him back, I bought a single neon tetra to replace the dead one, and bought four black neons to take that school up to ten. Those are the only additions since the end of the ich treatment. The danios got moved to their own tank btw.
since taking the loach back and adding the newbs, I found a black neon floating by the filter (couldn't tell if it was one of the new ones, or one of the ones I had prior to ich treatment), a neon tetra stuck to the filter (it was not the new one, it was a preexhisting neon), and stood back and watched an otto die (that was so sad to watch, but it was too late to do anything about it). All three of these deaths either happened today, or were discovered by me today.
Now, what the hell is going on here!? I have had 1 lemon tetra, 1 harlequin rasbora, 2 neons, 1 black neon, 1 maybe 2 ottos, and 2 platies die in the past week!!! Any ideas are welcome, I don't want to loose anymore fish!