nyrmel
Aquarium Advice Regular
ok firstthing first
tank running since early may first fish motherday, seccond set june first
water nitrate was running in the 15 to 20 just droped to ZERO about 2-3 days ago
Nitrite - none detected in last 10 days or so
Ammo-same
GH 70-soft
alk 100
ph ~7
so this last week I lost my 3rd (and last)neon tetra (first 2 died in days) and last night I lost my catfish
my water that was looking pretty clear all along (cloudy for an hour or two after WC then good again) has for the last few days gotten well extra bubbly kinda cloudy (checked it doesnt seem to really have a color) and some of my plants started to die back that where doing well and they appear to have a brownish coating on them.
Things I know happened
one of my fish had fry after coming home from the LFS
my new snails are burrowing (though I clean my gravel during wc which I do about every 48 hours or so)
I have more fish (went from 6-3-8counting snail-6 again+fry and tiny snails)
my light has 2wpg and runs in two 4 hour shifts a day and there is no direct sunlight on tank room itself is generally fairly dark. I added cycle when I started tank but have used last 2 weeks I add florapride to refill water for plants fish are fed trop flakes i mixed with blood worms and algea wafers
soooo any thots???? what is up with my plants and why are they brown coated, and why does my water no longer look clear?
SOOOOOO
tank running since early may first fish motherday, seccond set june first
water nitrate was running in the 15 to 20 just droped to ZERO about 2-3 days ago
Nitrite - none detected in last 10 days or so
Ammo-same
GH 70-soft
alk 100
ph ~7
so this last week I lost my 3rd (and last)neon tetra (first 2 died in days) and last night I lost my catfish
my water that was looking pretty clear all along (cloudy for an hour or two after WC then good again) has for the last few days gotten well extra bubbly kinda cloudy (checked it doesnt seem to really have a color) and some of my plants started to die back that where doing well and they appear to have a brownish coating on them.
Things I know happened
one of my fish had fry after coming home from the LFS
my new snails are burrowing (though I clean my gravel during wc which I do about every 48 hours or so)
I have more fish (went from 6-3-8counting snail-6 again+fry and tiny snails)
my light has 2wpg and runs in two 4 hour shifts a day and there is no direct sunlight on tank room itself is generally fairly dark. I added cycle when I started tank but have used last 2 weeks I add florapride to refill water for plants fish are fed trop flakes i mixed with blood worms and algea wafers
soooo any thots???? what is up with my plants and why are they brown coated, and why does my water no longer look clear?
SOOOOOO