Bettadan2486
Aquarium Advice Newbie
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- May 26, 2022
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Hey all, I need help ASAP. I got permission to clean and take care of my boyfriends parents fish tanks. The one I need help with is a 55gal freshwater tropical mixed tank. With angels, Cory's, plecos, tetras, and other fishies I'm not sure what they are, and a snail. Everything has been going fine, but I've been saying and saying the tank is overstocked and I can do ten water changes a week and I can't keep the nitrates down. So I keep telling them to get rid of plastic plants. But no. So what I have to deal with is what i got. I'll have pics of entire tank. But two days ago ONE of the x-rays tetras looked about dead. All of the other fish always look healthy. He has like, white spots all over, but they are IN his skin, so I don't think it's ick, plus only two of the fish have it. It's a x-ray tetra and a glow tetra. The lips of the x-ray seem to be like ate off, and the skin seems irritated, not only the skin, the veins and gills seem to be too. But the glowie has a bump on the top of his head, and a cloud bump on his eye and his side fins seem to be sore. The fish aren't itchy, they seem to be hurting. I added a lil overdose of stress coat, and I dosed it correctly for the prime. Hopefully that will help. But please any info I would GREATLY appreciate. IM SO STUCKKK
I added a pic of the healthy X-ray tetra, and the entire tank, (ALL THE OTHER FISH AND TWO SNAILS ARE HEALTHY/SHOWING NO SIGHT OF BEING SICK)
55gal
9 or 10 small fish
Double tetra filter
Water parameters 0ammonia 0nitrite 8.0 ph and HIGH nitrates.
I added a pic of the healthy X-ray tetra, and the entire tank, (ALL THE OTHER FISH AND TWO SNAILS ARE HEALTHY/SHOWING NO SIGHT OF BEING SICK)
55gal
9 or 10 small fish
Double tetra filter
Water parameters 0ammonia 0nitrite 8.0 ph and HIGH nitrates.