i think my BGK is dying. HELP PLEASE ANYONE!!!

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ok so nothing yet, she flared down and nothings happened :( it really looked like they were getting ready for it but oh well. itll probably happen after i get this ammonia sorted out. thinking i might do a water change now, apparently they can spark it off to. do my second change, ammonia still at 1.0 or so
 
hey everyone, so i stuck to just doing the one water change today. i did put a second air pump in today and they still seem ok at 24 degrees. i was unable to do the salt thing yet as the shop was already closed when i was told bout it by you guys.

should i do a 50% water change now or wait till the morning and check all the levels and do it then? is there anything else i can do to try and get the ammonia down?.

oh and also i have a piece of driftwood, anyways to sink it? ive heard bout nailing slabs to it or something but not sure what they mean by that. :) any input would be gr8.
 
mundegus;1942556; said:
hey everyone, so i stuck to just doing the one water change today. i did put a second air pump in today and they still seem ok at 24 degrees. i was unable to do the salt thing yet as the shop was already closed when i was told bout it by you guys.

should i do a 50% water change now or wait till the morning and check all the levels and do it then? is there anything else i can do to try and get the ammonia down?.

oh and also i have a piece of driftwood, anyways to sink it? ive heard bout nailing slabs to it or something but not sure what they mean by that. :) any input would be gr8.
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do another 50% water change. If you will use driftwood, i suggest that you boil it first to remove nitrates and bad bacteria before using it. If you don't have any pot that big to put the driftwood, boil water from the kettle and wash the DW with hot water. (This also helps sink the driftwood)
 
Just keep doing water changes - that is the key right now.

I personally don't agree with too low a temp - it can lower the fishes ability to fight of disease and infections. I also don't agree with adding salt - but then we just offer opinions here and everyone seems to have their own.

Do what YOU think is right - based upon how your fish and levels are responding.
Water changes and regular testing are really the only 'fix' until the cycle is done and everything stabilzes.

Good Luck
 
Trick for sinking driftwood - use fishing line and tie it to a big rock... works like a charm. Do this after you have boiled it - not instead. It will eventually get 'water logged' and stay in place on its own, then you just cut the fishing line and remove it.
 
I'm not sure what I did wrong, but I had a piece of Malaysian driftwood that I boiled, ran through the dishwasher (no soap), and soaked completely underwater in a tub weighted down with bricks for FIVE MONTHS and it still wouldn't sink!!! I know that this works for other people, but I've been unsuccessful so far. I would be careful putting nails (metal) in the tank unless you know exactly what they are. Hopefully tying it down will work for you. Mine was so buoyant that I would have to have put a boulder in the tank. I have some big rocks, and nothing would hold it down.
 
dmed;1943917; said:
I'm not sure what I did wrong, but I had a piece of Malaysian driftwood that I boiled, ran through the dishwasher (no soap), and soaked completely underwater in a tub weighted down with bricks for FIVE MONTHS and it still wouldn't sink!!! I know that this works for other people, but I've been unsuccessful so far. I would be careful putting nails (metal) in the tank unless you know exactly what they are. Hopefully tying it down will work for you. Mine was so buoyant that I would have to have put a boulder in the tank. I have some big rocks, and nothing would hold it down.
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There must be some air pockets on the DW.
 
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