Alleybooboo
Aquarium Advice Newbie
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Hello everyone!
I have a 29 gallon tank that has been up since November. I currently have 3 tetras, 2 pencil fish, a rummy nose, a guppy, an angelfish, 2 marble hatchetfish, a clown Pleco, a peacock eel, an upside down catfish, a swordtail, a juli cory, and a green Cory. (phew!) Everything was fine and working properly until about 3 weeks ago after we added 5 new fish, when suddenly the ammonia level went off-the-charts high. As in, the scale runs from yellow to green and our water turned a VERY dark green, almost to a blue. We immediately bought ammo-lock but stopped using it after the first dosage. I read online that it could be because of a dead fish, there were none. Too many fish, but we really dont have that many. So, I assumed it was over-feeding. I cleaned the gravel, but when a fish died I knew i had to get a better opinion. So I went to the local fish store and talked to the owner after he confirmed our sky-high levels, and he recommended quick-start to put the good bacteria back in it, and to stop feeding them for a week. Fast forward a week later, after doing 20% water changes every other day as instructed by the local fish store owner, and the levels haven't dropped at all. Meanwhile, 4 fish have died. Called the store owner and explained to him who I am, but he just recommended quick-start again... 3 days later I fed them some flakes, did a water change the next day, and then three days later fed them flakes and an algae wafer, which was consumed. I read that plants could reduce ammonia, but apparently my fishtank's LED lighting isn't plant-friendly...
Please help me! It's been about three weeks since the ammonia levels shot up, and they haven't budged a bit. I have done everything I can think of to lower the ammonia, read so many blogs and googled various phrases but nothing that anyone has recommended has worked. I am SOOOO worried about losing another fish!!!
Has this ever happened to anyone else?
I have a 29 gallon tank that has been up since November. I currently have 3 tetras, 2 pencil fish, a rummy nose, a guppy, an angelfish, 2 marble hatchetfish, a clown Pleco, a peacock eel, an upside down catfish, a swordtail, a juli cory, and a green Cory. (phew!) Everything was fine and working properly until about 3 weeks ago after we added 5 new fish, when suddenly the ammonia level went off-the-charts high. As in, the scale runs from yellow to green and our water turned a VERY dark green, almost to a blue. We immediately bought ammo-lock but stopped using it after the first dosage. I read online that it could be because of a dead fish, there were none. Too many fish, but we really dont have that many. So, I assumed it was over-feeding. I cleaned the gravel, but when a fish died I knew i had to get a better opinion. So I went to the local fish store and talked to the owner after he confirmed our sky-high levels, and he recommended quick-start to put the good bacteria back in it, and to stop feeding them for a week. Fast forward a week later, after doing 20% water changes every other day as instructed by the local fish store owner, and the levels haven't dropped at all. Meanwhile, 4 fish have died. Called the store owner and explained to him who I am, but he just recommended quick-start again... 3 days later I fed them some flakes, did a water change the next day, and then three days later fed them flakes and an algae wafer, which was consumed. I read that plants could reduce ammonia, but apparently my fishtank's LED lighting isn't plant-friendly...
Please help me! It's been about three weeks since the ammonia levels shot up, and they haven't budged a bit. I have done everything I can think of to lower the ammonia, read so many blogs and googled various phrases but nothing that anyone has recommended has worked. I am SOOOO worried about losing another fish!!!
Has this ever happened to anyone else?