Talvari
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So heres the issue... Ive had my 55 gallon tank running for more than a year, almost a year and a half. Its a semi aggressive tank. I started off with 6 tiger barbs, two gouramis, a hifin pleco, and adopted two clown loaches.
I moved back in May and one of the gouramis did not survive the move.
I recently redid my tank (four months back?) to black sand/eco complete, have live plants, added a few pieces of driftwood for my pleco, and added an African Brown Knife.
I lost power, tank temp dropped, my tank got ick. It cleared up within four weeks, but I lost both my clown loaches.
I replaced the loaches with rainbowfish, knowing that the loaches would have gotten too big for my tank.
About four/five weeks ago, I added two bristlenose pleco to grow out for my 46 gallon planted tank.
In the past two weeks, I have had five fish die. Two rainbows, two tiger barbs, and my gold gourami (who was around 5 inches long). The ammonia reading is 0. Nitrite, 0. Nitrate, 5. I do water changes every 7-10 days, and take out about half of the water. The fish are showing no signs of illness.
Someone proposed to me that it could be my African Brown Knife going after the fish at night. How likely is this???
I moved back in May and one of the gouramis did not survive the move.
I recently redid my tank (four months back?) to black sand/eco complete, have live plants, added a few pieces of driftwood for my pleco, and added an African Brown Knife.
I lost power, tank temp dropped, my tank got ick. It cleared up within four weeks, but I lost both my clown loaches.
I replaced the loaches with rainbowfish, knowing that the loaches would have gotten too big for my tank.
About four/five weeks ago, I added two bristlenose pleco to grow out for my 46 gallon planted tank.
In the past two weeks, I have had five fish die. Two rainbows, two tiger barbs, and my gold gourami (who was around 5 inches long). The ammonia reading is 0. Nitrite, 0. Nitrate, 5. I do water changes every 7-10 days, and take out about half of the water. The fish are showing no signs of illness.
Someone proposed to me that it could be my African Brown Knife going after the fish at night. How likely is this???