LindaC
Aquarium Advice Freak
I have been loosing my fish over the past month, ever since the pressure gauge on my Milwaukee all in one regulator blew out, yes this could just be a coincidence but after loosing my last Otto last night, I am very concerned that this might be the problem.
It blew out right before I went on vacation and right before I left my female apisto red tail died on me. Then while I was on vacation, my female Blue Ram died. Once I got back, I noticed that my male Ram wasn't looking to well and acting strangely, loosing weight and then he died. Last week I picked up 4 Neon Tetras at the LFS and they all died and took my two Lemon Tetras along with them. My Lemon Tetras were very hardy, I've had them for almost a year, they lived through my tank cycle, two ICK outbreaks and were swimming around with such vigor only a couple of days before they died.
I thought the Tetras died because of the Neons bringing in some bacteria and me not putting them into QT before I added them to my tank, but then a few days later I found one of my two Ottos dead and just this morning found the other one dead.
The last remaining fish in my 29 gallon planted tank is the male Apisto red tail, who appears to be okay but has been doing this funny thing with his mouth lately, like he's chewing gum and this morning before I left for work, I turned on the light and he wasn't doing it, which leads me to believe that these deaths have something to do with the CO2.
My water parameters are all fine, 0 ammonia, 0 nitrites, nitrates 15-20, KH is 70 ppms and PH is between 6.5 -6.6. I have a couple of different test kits, the Hagen and I also have a PH reader in my tank, the new ones by Mardel that last for 4 weeks.
Would the pressure gauge have something to do with this? If it wasn't for the red tail breathing strangely at night, I wouldn't be concerned about the CO2 but this leads me to belive he's having a hard time breathing by the end of the day. I finally ordered a new CO2 regulator, it's been shipping and I should receive it on Friday. I bought the Best of the Best this time for aquariumplants.com.
Any thoughts or advice is greatly appreciated. I'd hate to loose my red tail, he's a big boy and been with me for 9 months.
Thank you!
It blew out right before I went on vacation and right before I left my female apisto red tail died on me. Then while I was on vacation, my female Blue Ram died. Once I got back, I noticed that my male Ram wasn't looking to well and acting strangely, loosing weight and then he died. Last week I picked up 4 Neon Tetras at the LFS and they all died and took my two Lemon Tetras along with them. My Lemon Tetras were very hardy, I've had them for almost a year, they lived through my tank cycle, two ICK outbreaks and were swimming around with such vigor only a couple of days before they died.
I thought the Tetras died because of the Neons bringing in some bacteria and me not putting them into QT before I added them to my tank, but then a few days later I found one of my two Ottos dead and just this morning found the other one dead.
The last remaining fish in my 29 gallon planted tank is the male Apisto red tail, who appears to be okay but has been doing this funny thing with his mouth lately, like he's chewing gum and this morning before I left for work, I turned on the light and he wasn't doing it, which leads me to believe that these deaths have something to do with the CO2.
My water parameters are all fine, 0 ammonia, 0 nitrites, nitrates 15-20, KH is 70 ppms and PH is between 6.5 -6.6. I have a couple of different test kits, the Hagen and I also have a PH reader in my tank, the new ones by Mardel that last for 4 weeks.
Would the pressure gauge have something to do with this? If it wasn't for the red tail breathing strangely at night, I wouldn't be concerned about the CO2 but this leads me to belive he's having a hard time breathing by the end of the day. I finally ordered a new CO2 regulator, it's been shipping and I should receive it on Friday. I bought the Best of the Best this time for aquariumplants.com.
Any thoughts or advice is greatly appreciated. I'd hate to loose my red tail, he's a big boy and been with me for 9 months.
Thank you!