FinNipper
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
I've been in this game for about 3 months now, and I've learned SO much from reading around in this forum. Thank you all!
1. My tank is 3 months old and I really haven't tested the water that much(I now know that's doing things the wrong way ). I had been medicating my tank for a bit(fungus clear, melafix, and quick cure), but now the medication is all gone, the water is crystal clear, but my nitrite level is crazy high(now that I've bought all the necessary tests). I'm pretty sure I've disturbed the biological filtration trying to save one guppy(which died ) in the main tank because I didn't have a hospital tank(which I do now). I think my plecostomous is breathing very rapidly because of my water condition. The ammonia is at about .25-.5 and my nitrates are at 10. A few hours ago, I added 20ml of bio-spira to my 20 gal tank, will my nitrites go down to 0? I don't want my Pleco to die! The rest seem just fine, but I don't want to take any chances here. I've done several 15-25% water changes before adding the bio-spira to get rid of the high nitrite level, but that didn't work, so I'm relying on the bio-spira.
2. My african dwarf frog died a couple of days ago, didn't show any signs of stress, just sat at the bottom of the tank, no movement. Was it my water condition or the salt that I added to the tank? My lfs told me that salt can do a number on frogs. Do I even really need salt unless I'm using it for medication in my hospital tank? Thanks for any advice..
3. Most of my fish "sleep" about a centimeter from the top of the tank..quiet..is that normal? They're not gasping for air or anything, just wondering.
Henri
20 Gallon Tank
Penguin 125 bio-filter (could cleaning all the brown gunk in there affect filtration?)
No live plants
6 Guppies (2 of which are 2 months old)
3 White clouds
3 zebra danios
2 scissortail rasboras
1 Plecostomous (moving around a lot..heavy breathing :? )
1 ghost shrimp...somewhere in there
~84 degrees
1. My tank is 3 months old and I really haven't tested the water that much(I now know that's doing things the wrong way ). I had been medicating my tank for a bit(fungus clear, melafix, and quick cure), but now the medication is all gone, the water is crystal clear, but my nitrite level is crazy high(now that I've bought all the necessary tests). I'm pretty sure I've disturbed the biological filtration trying to save one guppy(which died ) in the main tank because I didn't have a hospital tank(which I do now). I think my plecostomous is breathing very rapidly because of my water condition. The ammonia is at about .25-.5 and my nitrates are at 10. A few hours ago, I added 20ml of bio-spira to my 20 gal tank, will my nitrites go down to 0? I don't want my Pleco to die! The rest seem just fine, but I don't want to take any chances here. I've done several 15-25% water changes before adding the bio-spira to get rid of the high nitrite level, but that didn't work, so I'm relying on the bio-spira.
2. My african dwarf frog died a couple of days ago, didn't show any signs of stress, just sat at the bottom of the tank, no movement. Was it my water condition or the salt that I added to the tank? My lfs told me that salt can do a number on frogs. Do I even really need salt unless I'm using it for medication in my hospital tank? Thanks for any advice..
3. Most of my fish "sleep" about a centimeter from the top of the tank..quiet..is that normal? They're not gasping for air or anything, just wondering.
Henri
20 Gallon Tank
Penguin 125 bio-filter (could cleaning all the brown gunk in there affect filtration?)
No live plants
6 Guppies (2 of which are 2 months old)
3 White clouds
3 zebra danios
2 scissortail rasboras
1 Plecostomous (moving around a lot..heavy breathing :? )
1 ghost shrimp...somewhere in there
~84 degrees