I have a 55 gallon tank that has been set up and running for 8 months. I had a 5 inch green sunfish that just died yesterday and a common pleco that is still alive but acting strangely and i think it is going to be dead soon.
I have an undergravel filter and a whisper 60 hang on back filter. I do a weekly 15 gallon water change with well water. I use Tetra AquaSafe to condition the water prior to putting the water in the tank. I check the water weekly with Quick Dip strips for ammonia, nitrate, nitrite, hardness, clorine, alkalinity and ph. The Ammonia is 0, nitrate is under 20, nitrite is 0, hardness is around 150, clorine is 0, alkalinity is around 180 and ph is between 7.2 and 7.8. About a month ago I started putting FloraPride in the water for the plants. I also have had an outbreak of what I beleive is blue/green algae in the tank about three weeks ago. It almost looks floresent blue. I tried Algaefix but for a week and a half but it did not help. Water changes and wiping the algae off seem to have it under control. The water temperature was 81 degrees when the sunfish died. That is the usual temperature of the tank.
Two days ago my Sunfish started acting strangely. It would dart around the tank very fast and digging out holes in the gravel. Came home from work last night and it was dead. Had him for 7 months with no problems. Don't know what I did that killed him. Now my Pleco is darting around the tank very fast and not hiding from the light like usual. I just did a 25 gallon water change and got the temperature of the tank down to 78 degrees.
Don't know what I am doing wrong. Any help would be appriciated.
I have an undergravel filter and a whisper 60 hang on back filter. I do a weekly 15 gallon water change with well water. I use Tetra AquaSafe to condition the water prior to putting the water in the tank. I check the water weekly with Quick Dip strips for ammonia, nitrate, nitrite, hardness, clorine, alkalinity and ph. The Ammonia is 0, nitrate is under 20, nitrite is 0, hardness is around 150, clorine is 0, alkalinity is around 180 and ph is between 7.2 and 7.8. About a month ago I started putting FloraPride in the water for the plants. I also have had an outbreak of what I beleive is blue/green algae in the tank about three weeks ago. It almost looks floresent blue. I tried Algaefix but for a week and a half but it did not help. Water changes and wiping the algae off seem to have it under control. The water temperature was 81 degrees when the sunfish died. That is the usual temperature of the tank.
Two days ago my Sunfish started acting strangely. It would dart around the tank very fast and digging out holes in the gravel. Came home from work last night and it was dead. Had him for 7 months with no problems. Don't know what I did that killed him. Now my Pleco is darting around the tank very fast and not hiding from the light like usual. I just did a 25 gallon water change and got the temperature of the tank down to 78 degrees.
Don't know what I am doing wrong. Any help would be appriciated.