Hi All
What an idiot I have been.
Bought a fluval edge 46 from PAH chain store and was instructed to follow the instruction in the tank. ie adding Nutrafin Aqua Plus Water Conditioner and
Nutrafin Cycle Biological Aquarium Supplement. One Week later I took a sample of the water to said chain store and was informed that I can put fish in it and not to change the water for at least 2 weeks.
Needless to say week 2 red eye tetra developed white spots which I am treating with WS3 white spot treatment which worked on day of treatment but then at the end of the 48 interval between treatments the spots came back. I'm now on interval 4 of treatment and today I went to a local fish store and bought some king british testing strips.
Its not looking good all my fish have ICH (2 Platties and 3 red eye tetras)
water reading is as follows:-
ammonia - almost 0
PH - Between 6.4 and 6.8
KH - 180
GH - 0
Nitrate - approx 40 mg/l
Nitrite - between 1 & 5 mg/l - I would say nearer to 5 on the colour scale
as Nitrite is high I did a 15% water change and treated for chlorine before pouring back into the tank
- persuaded local shop to give me some of their filter stones which I have put into the filter
- added 2 plants
- increased oxygen by leaving a 2inch gap for water to from filter to dispense into tank creating bubbles
What else can I do? I will test daily. Should I
do 10 - 20% daily water change
continue to treat for white spot
is it worth me squeezing the water & yuck from my neighbour's filter sponge onto my filter sponge? (She isn't keen on giving me a bit of her existing sponge)
Please any advice will be welcomed as I feel very very bad that my fish is suffering
What an idiot I have been.
Bought a fluval edge 46 from PAH chain store and was instructed to follow the instruction in the tank. ie adding Nutrafin Aqua Plus Water Conditioner and
Nutrafin Cycle Biological Aquarium Supplement. One Week later I took a sample of the water to said chain store and was informed that I can put fish in it and not to change the water for at least 2 weeks.
Needless to say week 2 red eye tetra developed white spots which I am treating with WS3 white spot treatment which worked on day of treatment but then at the end of the 48 interval between treatments the spots came back. I'm now on interval 4 of treatment and today I went to a local fish store and bought some king british testing strips.
Its not looking good all my fish have ICH (2 Platties and 3 red eye tetras)
water reading is as follows:-
ammonia - almost 0
PH - Between 6.4 and 6.8
KH - 180
GH - 0
Nitrate - approx 40 mg/l
Nitrite - between 1 & 5 mg/l - I would say nearer to 5 on the colour scale
as Nitrite is high I did a 15% water change and treated for chlorine before pouring back into the tank
- persuaded local shop to give me some of their filter stones which I have put into the filter
- added 2 plants
- increased oxygen by leaving a 2inch gap for water to from filter to dispense into tank creating bubbles
What else can I do? I will test daily. Should I
do 10 - 20% daily water change
continue to treat for white spot
is it worth me squeezing the water & yuck from my neighbour's filter sponge onto my filter sponge? (She isn't keen on giving me a bit of her existing sponge)
Please any advice will be welcomed as I feel very very bad that my fish is suffering