HELP URGENT!!

[fug202]

I don't know. I don't have a test kit.

But I got the water tested at the LFS yesterday all the guy there said was my pH was a problem and my ammonia I forgot to ask if the pH was to high or too low. I also did a WC yesterday and I do one. Once a week.

Did your tank have time to cycle after you set it up? If not, that would likely explain the high ammonia (i.e., the bacteria that break down ammonia and nitrites haven't established). Ammonia is very toxic and could explain the labored breathing of your blood parrot, and the deaths of the others. Frequent large water changes will be needed to help dilute the toxin until your tank cycles. It may take several weeks. Not sure if too much damage has already been done to your fish.

Also, it's worth purchasing an Ammonia/Nitrite/Nitrate test kit so you won't be guessing about when the tank becomes stable.

 

[Miguel]

Looks like it never cycled.

Water changes are a must, but not big ones, you need the nitrogen cycle to run its course.

 

[fug202]

Looks like it never cycled.

Water changes are a must, but not big ones, you need the nitrogen cycle to run its course.

True, but you still have to reduce the ammonia sufficiently otherwise the remaining fish are unlikely to survive. Perhaps frequent, moderate water changes would be best. Either way it sounds there will be enough ammonia in the water to prime the cycle.

 

[petspoiler]

So I moved my fish halfway across the country and I set it it up and my fish have just been dropping dead. I have already had 2 pictus catfish die.

I don't know. I don't have a test kit.

But I got the water tested at the LFS yesterday all the guy there said was my pH was a problem and my ammonia I forgot to ask if the pH was to high or too low.

I also did a WC yesterday and I do one. Once a week.

you need to post exactly how you handled moving your filters & the media inside them.
an uncycled tank can be deadly, but if your filter was setup with a whole bunch of dead organic material inside, that would pump large amount of toxins into the tank. even worse than just having uncycled conditions.

 

[Parrotsrule]

you need to post exactly how you handled moving your filters & the media inside them.
an uncycled tank can be deadly, but if your filter was setup with a whole bunch of dead organic material inside, that would pump large amount of toxins into the tank. even worse than just having uncycled conditions.

I put the filter in a little bucket (with no water)

What should I do?

Do you have any experience with the bacterial cycle stuff?

 

[Parrotsrule]

My blood parrot died awhile ago just trying to prevent future deaths.

 

[Parrotsrule]

So what should I do?? I know that I need ammonia to cycle but ammonia will kill my fish!

 

[joeypaul]

Read about the nitrogen cycle process. Alot. Buy api test kit, and daily water changes with prime. Took my tank 2.5 months to fully cycle

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[gregor7777]

You're in for some more hurt, I think. You tank likely has to cycle, and it's a slow process. Daily water changes are needed, which might slow down the cycle, but will make the tank more hospitable to your fish short term.

 

[TahoeFish]

Sounds like your biological filter has failed which would explain high ammonia readings. You need to cycle the tank but you might be able to speed things up if someone with a tank can give you some medium out of their filters. Then you can use that to "seed" your filter, bringing in the bacteria that you need to process ammonia and nitrites. You will need to get a test kit so you can keep track of ammonia and nitrite on your own until the tank is cycled. If ammonia or nitrite readings are above zero you will have to do a water change with a good conditioner like Prime.

Good luck.