Morning all,
Question for the braintrust ...
As I mentioned on my post last week, we just got a new 20 gallon tank and my kids are super excited to get into this hobby.
We were hoping to try a fish-in cycle but nothing seems to be going right.
Last week, we tried introducing 3 glofish tetras. All water levels (ammonia etc.) were at 0, pH approximately 7.8 and water temp around 25-26 C. I had added some seachem stability as well.
The water was very cloudy, which I assume was a bacterial bloom, but the fish store said that is should be OK to introduce the fish.
I acclimated them for 20-30 minutes and then added them to the tank. Not much later, one of them was already at the surface gasping for air. By the next morning, he was dead and stuck to the filter intake. The other two were alive but very lethargic. A few hours later they were gone as well.
Since then, I've been testing daily and adding stability almost every day. Number have been steady at 0 except for one day where the ammonia might have been between 0-0.25 ppm. Went back down though.
Yesterday I tried again with three glowlight danios (recommended by LFS). Water has been completely clear for a few days already and levels all at zero. I also added a small air stone to improve oxygenation just in case.
This morning, one of the danios was dead, again stuck to the filter. Another one died within a couple of hours and the last is gasping at the surface again. Tried feeding him a small pellet but he totally ignored it.
I'm at my wits end and don't know what else to do. My kids are understandably upset at seeing all of these dead fish
Any suggestions or recommendations would be greatly appreciated.
Question for the braintrust ...
As I mentioned on my post last week, we just got a new 20 gallon tank and my kids are super excited to get into this hobby.
We were hoping to try a fish-in cycle but nothing seems to be going right.
Last week, we tried introducing 3 glofish tetras. All water levels (ammonia etc.) were at 0, pH approximately 7.8 and water temp around 25-26 C. I had added some seachem stability as well.
The water was very cloudy, which I assume was a bacterial bloom, but the fish store said that is should be OK to introduce the fish.
I acclimated them for 20-30 minutes and then added them to the tank. Not much later, one of them was already at the surface gasping for air. By the next morning, he was dead and stuck to the filter intake. The other two were alive but very lethargic. A few hours later they were gone as well.
Since then, I've been testing daily and adding stability almost every day. Number have been steady at 0 except for one day where the ammonia might have been between 0-0.25 ppm. Went back down though.
Yesterday I tried again with three glowlight danios (recommended by LFS). Water has been completely clear for a few days already and levels all at zero. I also added a small air stone to improve oxygenation just in case.
This morning, one of the danios was dead, again stuck to the filter. Another one died within a couple of hours and the last is gasping at the surface again. Tried feeding him a small pellet but he totally ignored it.
I'm at my wits end and don't know what else to do. My kids are understandably upset at seeing all of these dead fish
Any suggestions or recommendations would be greatly appreciated.