Hi all, sorry if this has been discussed ad nauseum, but I'm not sure exactly what to do next. I started a new 10g tank with 3 platys and despite monitoring the ammonia level and doing regular water changes, they all died. I noticed that two of them had white spots; I'm assuming that was ich. I've definitely learned my lesson and am planning to do fishless cycling before restocking, but I'm not sure what I should do next - do I need to break down the tank, clean everything and start from scratch, or should I just do a water change and keep the filter so as not to lose any bacteria? Also, my ammonia test kit is a few years old; is it possible that the test results could have been showing a falsely low ammount of ammonia? Thanks much in advance.
- Steve
- Steve