Last week I had five happy clown loaches but this week all hell has broken loose. One jumped out of the tank and died sometime before Tuesday. I just found a dead one today and another clearly in severe distress, laying on it's back at the bottom 'panting'. I saw another one just hiding but it didn't seem ill. I have not hunted for the fifth one.
They used to come out every morning for feeding, 4 out of 5 anyway, one is kind of shy. That stopped Tuesday and I figured they were upset about their friend missing. I know how crazy their behavior can be. Clearly something I have done has made them ill. No visible signs. My other fish in the tank, glow tetras, are all fine.
I have been struggling to get my plants to thrive and control algae growth and this other black stuff that grows if I use Algae Fix. I was afraid I overdosed with Algae fix or Excel.
My nitrates have been stable at 10-20, I did two changes last weekend and another emergency change today. My PH is about 6.8 or so. Phosphates at 1-2 ppm. I also have CO2 injection which I started about two weeks ago and nearly killed my fish on the first day, but that has been well under control since then, 2 bubbles/sec or less and only on 1 hour ahead of lights being on/off. I have never detected ammonia or nitrates. Any ideas what I should test for or do? (Going to do another water change shortly.)
They used to come out every morning for feeding, 4 out of 5 anyway, one is kind of shy. That stopped Tuesday and I figured they were upset about their friend missing. I know how crazy their behavior can be. Clearly something I have done has made them ill. No visible signs. My other fish in the tank, glow tetras, are all fine.
I have been struggling to get my plants to thrive and control algae growth and this other black stuff that grows if I use Algae Fix. I was afraid I overdosed with Algae fix or Excel.
My nitrates have been stable at 10-20, I did two changes last weekend and another emergency change today. My PH is about 6.8 or so. Phosphates at 1-2 ppm. I also have CO2 injection which I started about two weeks ago and nearly killed my fish on the first day, but that has been well under control since then, 2 bubbles/sec or less and only on 1 hour ahead of lights being on/off. I have never detected ammonia or nitrates. Any ideas what I should test for or do? (Going to do another water change shortly.)