Sarretty
Aquarium Advice Newbie
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I recently moved from florida to colorado. I have a 90 gallon planted tank with two canister filters. (overkill) I do a small water change during the week and a large (over half) change on the weekend.
I HAD (6)2.5-3" discuss three bushynose plecos 20 cardinals and two rams in the tank. It is pretty heavily planted already.
This tank has all new gravel and was running for a month before I received the discus. The discuss have been in the tank healthy bright and happy for the last 3 weeks since I received them.
Yesterday evening I did an approximate 65% water change. I added tap water with the python water hose and used dechlorinator. I observed them for a few minutes and all seemed well and then didn't see the tank again until this morning.
This morning 3 discus where at the surface dead, ones stomach actually swelled and burst. Two others where on the floor and one is still alive but at the surface of the tank.
The cardinals where all at the surface too with no losses there. I also notice the plecos surfacing more than usual.
Nitrates and nitrites are all minimal. Ph is in the high end.
But it all seems to stem from the water change last night. There where not any issues until then.
One note is that it seemed that they went to the surface after one of the other water changes too until input in an airstone to agitate the water. I removed it with no issues after about 24 hours. Also I did notice the discus stomachs appeared fatter last night but I had just fed them and they where pigging out.
I feed them a mix of beefheart flakes vegi flakes and bloodworms.
Does anything stand out? Have you heard or experienced this before? I'm not sure where to go from here.
I appreciate your assistance and time...
I HAD (6)2.5-3" discuss three bushynose plecos 20 cardinals and two rams in the tank. It is pretty heavily planted already.
This tank has all new gravel and was running for a month before I received the discus. The discuss have been in the tank healthy bright and happy for the last 3 weeks since I received them.
Yesterday evening I did an approximate 65% water change. I added tap water with the python water hose and used dechlorinator. I observed them for a few minutes and all seemed well and then didn't see the tank again until this morning.
This morning 3 discus where at the surface dead, ones stomach actually swelled and burst. Two others where on the floor and one is still alive but at the surface of the tank.
The cardinals where all at the surface too with no losses there. I also notice the plecos surfacing more than usual.
Nitrates and nitrites are all minimal. Ph is in the high end.
But it all seems to stem from the water change last night. There where not any issues until then.
One note is that it seemed that they went to the surface after one of the other water changes too until input in an airstone to agitate the water. I removed it with no issues after about 24 hours. Also I did notice the discus stomachs appeared fatter last night but I had just fed them and they where pigging out.
I feed them a mix of beefheart flakes vegi flakes and bloodworms.
Does anything stand out? Have you heard or experienced this before? I'm not sure where to go from here.
I appreciate your assistance and time...