Jsarita68
Aquarium Advice Regular
Well I thought I had my tank cycled but apparently not. Both my guppies died of parasites and fungus. I have had my 13 gallon freshwater tank up and running since April 18th. It also contains Dwarf Sagittaria, Guppy Grass and Watersprite. The plants seem to be doing fine. I had taken part of a friend's filter who's tank has been up and running for a while and who's fish appear to be healthy and put it into my filter when I added my fish on April 25th. I was under the assumption that the filter from my friend's tank would introduce good bacteria to my tank and it would cycle very quickly. I also believed the plants would assist the process. I did a 30% water change two days later and two days after that noticed my fish were getting sick. To make a long story short one died of the parasite and the other of a white fungus on the body. Now I don't know what to do. I want to wait until my tank cycles completely before adding any new fish but I don't know how to do that. Should I start completely over cleaning everything? What should I do with my plants as I don't want them to die too? Should I just leave the tank alone and test to see if its cycling on it's own or do I need to add ammonia? Will the ammonia kill my plants? Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks! ~Julie
P.S. The pic is of my test results. There were a few days I didn't test because the fish were in a quarantine tank as I tried to medicate them. Didn't go well.
P.S. The pic is of my test results. There were a few days I didn't test because the fish were in a quarantine tank as I tried to medicate them. Didn't go well.