OoO!!fcamargo6thave;2120952; said:
you have toxic water brother and your tank is not cycled...do you have any place to put those fish while you cycle the tank?
Foggy/Cloudy Water
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you have toxic water brother and your tank is not cycled...do you have any place to put those fish while you cycle the tank?
Well on my 125 i have about 300g of filtration and you have about like 250, my tanks been set up for about a few months shy of a year. Listen Are you over feeding what are the levels in your tank, try not feeding your fish for a day and pick up the good bacteria from your LFS and use as instructed. try fedding your fish every other day
The cloudy water is coming from the ammonia. I think you got the 'nitrite' wrong. The fish would've been dead days ago if nitrites are 20. Did you mean 2? Even so, that's toxic and so is the 2 ppm ammonia. Get to work changing water. 50% twice a day even if you've got good safe tap water. Those fish are sick, I promise you.
You guys maybe right I might be overfeeding the fish.. What I will do is feed them every other day... I did put beneficail bacteria and u are right the nitrites is 2... So my main concern is the health of the fish.... What do u guys suggest I do??? I have no were to put the fish so that being said... What would u guys do if u were in my situation. What steps do i take from here ??
Like was said, 50% water changes 1-2 times daily until the tank has cycled. It may take awile.Your main concern now is saving the fish!
Well since you asked....heh heh...
If it were my tank.....I'd be doing a 50% water change in the morning and a 50% in the evening. If your tap water matches the tank water (kh/gh/pH) I'd be doing even more. I wouldn't let the ammonia get over .25 or the nitrites over .50. That's what I'd do.
You can add 1/4 tsp/10 gal salt to help with gill function because of the nitrites. SkepticalAquarist.com has some great articles and contrary to popular belief you only need a bare pinch of salt for gill function. Read their articles, they're awesome.
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If it were my tank.....I'd be doing a 50% water change in the morning and a 50% in the evening. If your tap water matches the tank water (kh/gh/pH) I'd be doing even more. I wouldn't let the ammonia get over .25 or the nitrites over .50. That's what I'd do.
You can add 1/4 tsp/10 gal salt to help with gill function because of the nitrites. SkepticalAquarist.com has some great articles and contrary to popular belief you only need a bare pinch of salt for gill function. Read their articles, they're awesome.
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Okay thanks guys I am very new to owning such a big tank... NOw when you guys mean de chlorined water what does that exactly mean?? What I do is siphon the rocks for poop and debris next use my python to run water from my sink and then add stress coat and salt as well as a aqua safe product that is supposed to de chlorine the water... Does this sound right... Well here are the little guys.. Does the water seem cloudy to any of you guys and girls... BTW everyone has been very helpful
Nice fish that are going to be HUGE fish in 9 months. Yea, the water does look cloudy.
And you're doing the water changes just fine the way you are, you'll just need a whole lot of them in the next 3 wks.
When the other poster said 'declorinated water' he meant water that's had declorinator added to it (which you do anyway) so that's fine. You only need a small amount of salt while it's cycling. Salt isn't recommended once your tank is cycled.
And you're doing the water changes just fine the way you are, you'll just need a whole lot of them in the next 3 wks.
When the other poster said 'declorinated water' he meant water that's had declorinator added to it (which you do anyway) so that's fine. You only need a small amount of salt while it's cycling. Salt isn't recommended once your tank is cycled.
