I just cleaned my tank & suddenly my oscar's eyes are all cloudy....anyone know a cure for this??
Gotta situation with my Oscar's Eyes....anyone have/had the same situation???
- Thread starter CichlidScotty
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How old is the tank? What are your water params? Size o the tank? What filter? Params of your tap water? Do you use a conditioner such as Seachem Prime when you do water changes? Temp of the tank???
All of these things could be a culprit.
Lots of advice will come rolling in once these questions get answered.
Mike
All of these things could be a culprit.
Lots of advice will come rolling in once these questions get answered.
Mike
I've had my Tiger for 2-3yrs, tank I've only had for 2yrs, it's a 180gallon running on a Fx5 and a Emperor 400 Bio-Wheel, I use Prime (never used anything else)....the Temperature is at 79-80F and My tank has had high Nitrate so I added a nitrate remover to my filter.
What nitrate remover did you use? What do you describe as high nitrates. High for me is 40ppm. Is I possible that your denitrate chemical whiped out your fx5 and your having an ammonia spike?
Mike
PS: do you have a test kit to give us an exact read right now?
Mike
PS: do you have a test kit to give us an exact read right now?
my ammonia is at zero and I use Fluval Lab Series Nitrate Remover
My Nitrate was at 40ppm - 80ppm
My Nitrate was at 40ppm - 80ppm
I just did another test....my ammonia was at .5 amd my nitrate was at 40ppm - 80ppm still...and the rest is perfect
Yeah. You should have 0 ammonia. I'm thinking you have a nitrate bed somewhere, maybe in your fx5 or your substrate bed. Do a thorough gravel vac and a 50-60% water change for the next 3 days. Also I suggest you get into your fx5 and give it a thorough rinse out. Lastly, I'd try to get away from the nitrate remover. I think it's masking a bigger problem.
Mike
Mike
I cleaned the tank just a couple days ago, did 40% cuz I can't have it any lower with my monters in it