fed up,what am i doing wrong

[midnight]

my fish keep getting cloudy eye and white fungus growth
i do w/c about every 2 weeks
amm is 0 to low
no chlorine
use salt
use prime
clean filter media in buckets of tank water
240g
lightly stocked,2ft silver aro,2-10" pacus,12" pleco,few misc 4" fish
light feedings,2-3 times a week
thats all i can think of telling ya
so any ideas?
im already downsizing but i want to keep this tank going
just seems like it wont end

 

[flopping flamingos]

I would Do 50-80% wc every week and see if that helps.

 

[Pwn]

Are you getting ammonia, or is that a typo? If you are getting ammonia, the tank isn't cycled.

Maybe you can post pictures so the illness can be ID'd....maybe it has nothing to do with the water perams and something to do with one of the fish. If it is a fish causing the mess, you can quarantine them one by one until you find out who it is.

 

[Tongue33]

Where did the tank come from and did you do anything to it?? has it ever been resealed?

 

[balton777]

amm is 0 to low

If the tank is getting ammonia you don't have enough biological filtration. Are you rinsing your media? Just leave it alone and let the bacteria grow. I've never washed my bio-media. Your ammonia should be at zero at all times. Even the lowest amount of ammonia is going to jack up your fish. You need to invest in more bio-filtration and with those big fish, they need to have a 60-70% water change weekly. For extra filtration, You can cheaply run an extra AC110 with a custom cut sponge at the bottom and fill the rest to the top with Rena Chemstars and bio rings. I put the rings in onion bags. (you know, the plastic net bags that onions from the supermarket come in). That would do a ton of good.

 

[midnight]

just remembered to say all this
pump is a quiet one 4000 "thanks rallysman!!!"
also i have a good setup filter if you have never seen my setup
pretty much 2 w/d filters
first has a/c padding,felt and bio balls
second has lots of bio balls,scrubbies,sponges
also has a small uv filter

I would Do 50-80% wc every week and see if that helps.

cant seem to do that lol

Are you getting ammonia, or is that a typo? If you are getting ammonia, the tank isn't cycled.

Maybe you can post pictures so the illness can be ID'd....maybe it has nothing to do with the water perams and something to do with one of the fish. If it is a fish causing the mess, you can quarantine them one by one until you find out who it is.

usually no amm,just tested and its between 0.25 and 0.50
last w/c was a week ago

tank has been up since last year so not cycled shouldnt be it

pix would just be cloudy eye and white fuz,normal stuff lol
and its all the fish
first it was the aro with cloudy eyes
then it cleared
then one of the pacus got it so bad it was blind
cleared up
now my aro is getting it again along with my pleco
never ends

 

[Pufferpunk]

Nitrite, nitrate? What is your water change schedule?

 

[midnight]

Where did the tank come from and did you do anything to it?? has it ever been resealed?

um
got it from a friend of the family
my gramps made it around 30 years ago for him
was saltwater till i swapped it to fresh "lots of soaking and cleaning last year"
never been resealed,hope i never have to

If the tank is getting ammonia you don't have enough biological filtration. Are you rinsing your media? Just leave it alone and let the bacteria grow. I've never washed my bio-media. Your ammonia should be at zero at all times. Even the lowest amount of ammonia is going to jack up your fish. You need to invest in more bio-filtration and with those big fish, they need to have a 60-70% water change weekly. For extra filtration, You can cheaply run an extra AC110 with a custom cut sponge at the bottom and fill the rest to the top with Rena Chemstars and bio rings. I put the rings in onion bags. (you know, the plastic net bags that onions from the supermarket come in). That would do a ton of good.

i dont clean the bio balls and scrubbies,just clean felt and a/c padding
see above about filter

Nitrite, nitrate? What is your water change schedule?

no tester for those
w/c around every 2 weeks,try for sooner but it ends up about every 2 weeks give or take

 

[Pwn]

I can't say the ammonia is the cause of the problem, but if you are getting any ammonia at all then the tank is not cycled, and I'm sure that isn't helping matters.

Throw a test on your water source and see if that is where it is coming from...

Hope things work out for you

 

[Tongue33]

Are there any other contaminants that could be getting into the tank???