Basically, what happened was I medicated my tank with Triple Sulfa from API and it has caused my beneficial bacteria to die causing ammonia spikes of 1-2ppm. I thought I was doing good for my fish (a few had some white stuff on them) but I have now caused stressful ammonia levels and the fish look WORSE.
My tank has been running well for 2 years, no problems all healthy. 6 months ago I brought 3 new neons to add to my current school and silly me didn't QT new fish and all 3 died and left some type of fungus/disease to my healthy fish (thats the white stuff I was talking about) It was defiantly the triple sulfa that killed my beneficial bacteria because straight after medicating I noticed symptoms of ammonia poisoning.
I guess you live and learn.. all I can do now is tackle this ammonia problem. People have been advising me to do 50 per cent water changes every day until the ammonia settles its self out. I am also thinking of purchasing 'API quick start cycle' (this is a product that you add to the tank and it contains beneficial bacteria)
Anyone have any tips? Please note- i don't own a second fish tank.
Do you agree that I keep up with the 50 percent WC daily? How long until this problem resolves itself?
My tank has been running well for 2 years, no problems all healthy. 6 months ago I brought 3 new neons to add to my current school and silly me didn't QT new fish and all 3 died and left some type of fungus/disease to my healthy fish (thats the white stuff I was talking about) It was defiantly the triple sulfa that killed my beneficial bacteria because straight after medicating I noticed symptoms of ammonia poisoning.
I guess you live and learn.. all I can do now is tackle this ammonia problem. People have been advising me to do 50 per cent water changes every day until the ammonia settles its self out. I am also thinking of purchasing 'API quick start cycle' (this is a product that you add to the tank and it contains beneficial bacteria)
Anyone have any tips? Please note- i don't own a second fish tank.
Do you agree that I keep up with the 50 percent WC daily? How long until this problem resolves itself?