Hi
I just want to say thanks for all your replies......It has helped allot and special thanks Librarygirl.
I have taken out all my fish and placed them in a separate tank which i must say after doing the water change and using a friend filter is working great.....do see pictures....
Now for the larger main tank i have started from scratch. I have taken out the carbon filter and placed it for another filter and have been doing regular water change...My ammonia is below .25 and nitrate level seems stable......I have added 3x fish so far and will keep it like that for a while until i feel confident that the tanks has matured and running fine. i will carry on doing the water change but am doing around 1x water change in the morning and then let the filter do its job....The fish seem to be okay at this point..
Now for the smaller tank i have been doing around 2- 3x water change and have noticed my ammonia level has dropped to .25.....i am find it difficult to make it drop to 0..nitrate is slowly stabilizing but the ammonia is annoying...i have also delayed the feeding to twice a week......is this Okay? I use only 2x pellets........i am awaiting for the product Prime as i purchased the product from Ebay and a great price......I will let you know once i start to use it while doing the water change.
My catfish did past, well what could i have done.....i feel the damage had taken its course and there was no coming back....saying that the other one is alive and kicking!
Once again thanks....
Emran
I just want to say thanks for all your replies......It has helped allot and special thanks Librarygirl.
I have taken out all my fish and placed them in a separate tank which i must say after doing the water change and using a friend filter is working great.....do see pictures....
Now for the larger main tank i have started from scratch. I have taken out the carbon filter and placed it for another filter and have been doing regular water change...My ammonia is below .25 and nitrate level seems stable......I have added 3x fish so far and will keep it like that for a while until i feel confident that the tanks has matured and running fine. i will carry on doing the water change but am doing around 1x water change in the morning and then let the filter do its job....The fish seem to be okay at this point..
Now for the smaller tank i have been doing around 2- 3x water change and have noticed my ammonia level has dropped to .25.....i am find it difficult to make it drop to 0..nitrate is slowly stabilizing but the ammonia is annoying...i have also delayed the feeding to twice a week......is this Okay? I use only 2x pellets........i am awaiting for the product Prime as i purchased the product from Ebay and a great price......I will let you know once i start to use it while doing the water change.
My catfish did past, well what could i have done.....i feel the damage had taken its course and there was no coming back....saying that the other one is alive and kicking!
Once again thanks....
Emran