Hello everyone!
So I got 110l tank that I've been cycling since the 14th of April 2014 (so 17 days now).
For the first 10 days I had nothing in the tank, and then I added a few plants.
Three days ago (14 days after I first switched everything on in the tank) I got two Longfinned Zebra Danios to put in. They seem to be doing well although one of them appears to be bullying the other at times.
I have two problems and they are as follows:
1. The plants started to go brown and soon after that long thready stuff started to grow from one of them. The other plants are also going brown and have little bits of white deposit on them too. The leaves on some of them are starting to go see-through, some are getting holes, and some are rotting. At first I thought it might be a light issue (2x T8 - it's a Jewel Rekord 800 tank) but it's the leaves that get the most light that are having this problem. Some which are in the shade of ornaments are actually doing fine.
I went back to the shop and got fertilizer drops and C02 and have been adding these but they don't seem to have made any difference. I bought a special plant substrate so I doubt that's the problem... Any ideas or suggestions as to what the problem might be?
2. I've been testing the water and I currently have:
pH approx 7.5
Ammonia .25ppm
Nitrite 0ppm
Nitrate 0ppm
I did a 25% water change the other day to help keep the ammonia down and I also cleaned the white cotton sponge at the top of the filter quite thoroughly (was this a mistake)? I've read online that after 2 weeks the nitrogen cycle should be at a stage where ammonia is gone and nitrite is on the rise...but this doesn't seem to be happening in my tank. Any suggestions?
I'm new to all this...my first fish tank ever...so would be so grateful for help! I just want to keep my little fish happy! :/
THANKS!
So I got 110l tank that I've been cycling since the 14th of April 2014 (so 17 days now).
For the first 10 days I had nothing in the tank, and then I added a few plants.
Three days ago (14 days after I first switched everything on in the tank) I got two Longfinned Zebra Danios to put in. They seem to be doing well although one of them appears to be bullying the other at times.
I have two problems and they are as follows:
1. The plants started to go brown and soon after that long thready stuff started to grow from one of them. The other plants are also going brown and have little bits of white deposit on them too. The leaves on some of them are starting to go see-through, some are getting holes, and some are rotting. At first I thought it might be a light issue (2x T8 - it's a Jewel Rekord 800 tank) but it's the leaves that get the most light that are having this problem. Some which are in the shade of ornaments are actually doing fine.
I went back to the shop and got fertilizer drops and C02 and have been adding these but they don't seem to have made any difference. I bought a special plant substrate so I doubt that's the problem... Any ideas or suggestions as to what the problem might be?
2. I've been testing the water and I currently have:
pH approx 7.5
Ammonia .25ppm
Nitrite 0ppm
Nitrate 0ppm
I did a 25% water change the other day to help keep the ammonia down and I also cleaned the white cotton sponge at the top of the filter quite thoroughly (was this a mistake)? I've read online that after 2 weeks the nitrogen cycle should be at a stage where ammonia is gone and nitrite is on the rise...but this doesn't seem to be happening in my tank. Any suggestions?
I'm new to all this...my first fish tank ever...so would be so grateful for help! I just want to keep my little fish happy! :/
THANKS!