Disaster HELP!!!

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Thanks everybody. Yes Ammerman I have learned a lot but I know better. I didn't measure and I know better, thats the worst part. Regarding the big water changes (2 tanks), my rationale was that the Co2 displaced the oxygen in the tanks? basically suffocating over $100 of beautiful fish. What a horrible way to go:irked:

so...I figured the big water change I did would remove most of it, and thats why i did it. The worst part is that i discovered what I had done when I was getting ready for work the next morning so I had to wait all day til I got home to change the water. by then the few that were trying to survive died off too. MAN THIS SUCKS!

If that GT dies I'm really gona get pissed :(
 
I'm sorry for your losses, but please don't feel like a dumbass. I used a Formalin bath on one of my tanks and forgot to change the water until the next morning.
Losses for me:
2 Discus
2 Cories
and I temporarily blinded the remaining fish.
 
Scottfree;802683; said:
This is good advice, keep doing small % water changes and hope they puul through. One thing you'll have to contend with is you;ve probably killed all your beneficial bacteria, so you'll be cycling again, so feed very sparingly.
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Why would I have killed the bacteria? Isn't co2 present in an aquarium as a biproduct of the fish breathing? in smaller amounts of course. With that in mind I should probably nix the whole co2 fert addition period.

I was going to grab just 2 or 3 fish to place in the 30 gallon to keep the current bio cycle going. That should let me figure out what I'm gona do with it. I'd really like rams again as these were only juveniles (about 1").
 
Good morning everyone!

Good News, The GT has most of his color back but the eyes are still cloudy. He ate some pellets this morning too.

Both tanks have begun cycling again, as they are both cloudy. Looks like ScottFree was right!

Looks like he might make it after all.

Does the cloudy eye cause permanent damage or blindness?? :confused:
 
Headrush;802936; said:
Why would I have killed the bacteria? Isn't co2 present in an aquarium as a biproduct of the fish breathing?
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Your bacteria are aerobic; they require oxygen also.
 
It was a CO2 product? In that case I would increase aeration on the tanks, and there are oxygen supplements on the market in pill form. Believe it is called oxygenex.
 
Ok its been a week now. The GT is eating but is still having trouble finding the food. Still a white film on his right eye but the left looks to be almost completely healed. Looking like he's getting picked on a bit cause he's a little weak right now, but otherwise is swimming and acting ok. Shows some agression toward the smaller fish (firemouth etc.) so I think he's coming around. I can try to get a pic if you guys think it's needed...

One of his pectoral fins is ripped and he looks a little stressed still. I was going to grab some ich treatment tonight but am not sure if medication would be a good idea right now. What do you folks think? :confused: :confused:

Also, as far as aeration, I have two AC110's runing and the surface agitation is very good right now.
 
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