Ok I came into the fish world without any knowledge. I learned along the way..its been almost a year now.. for some reason i have had on and off problems with my 2 tanks. they will be fine for months then all of a sudden AMMONIA. right now both my 90 gallon and my 55 gallon are hovering around 2-4.0ppm. I have no clue why. i have cut feedings to 1 time a day. and now im gonna take a couple days off of feeding. the 90 gallon has 2 pictus cats...2" and 4". 2 giant danios, 3 2-3" firemouths, 1 2" JD, 1 2" convict. 1 5" pleco, 1 1 1/2" GT, and a 1" green severum. all the fish are pretty small. i have 2 110ac, and 1 350 magnum. i added extra media to the ac110s...another thread someone suggested removing the carbon. (which I did).
My 55 gallon tank is a lil more crowded because i took some fish outta the 90 gallon and used the 55 as a "temp" home cuz the ammonia was lower at the time... has 1 3" choc cichlid. 3 1" german rams, 1 2" bolivian ram, 6" ornate poly, 4 3" earth eaters, 4 2" gold gouramis. this tank has 4 AC30's on it.
what is there i could do...i cant rehome and wont rehome fish right now. so lets get to another step. i dont wanna hear compatability issues either..i know how mfk is lol. filter wise or product wise i wanna know what i can do. i tried adding extra media. ive added "stability" which i think might have worked a lil bit. what can other people suggest i do. would adding biospira work?
better yet why is the ammonia high? i have enough filtration i think...the tank was cyclced...even if for some reason the cycle started over wouldnt it sort itself out? and why hasnt it yet..its been like a month or more having this problem...thanks guys for all your help.
and elaborate on the " do WC" cuz ive been doin 25-40 percent since ive had these issues..and they have not helped one bit.
My 55 gallon tank is a lil more crowded because i took some fish outta the 90 gallon and used the 55 as a "temp" home cuz the ammonia was lower at the time... has 1 3" choc cichlid. 3 1" german rams, 1 2" bolivian ram, 6" ornate poly, 4 3" earth eaters, 4 2" gold gouramis. this tank has 4 AC30's on it.
what is there i could do...i cant rehome and wont rehome fish right now. so lets get to another step. i dont wanna hear compatability issues either..i know how mfk is lol. filter wise or product wise i wanna know what i can do. i tried adding extra media. ive added "stability" which i think might have worked a lil bit. what can other people suggest i do. would adding biospira work?
better yet why is the ammonia high? i have enough filtration i think...the tank was cyclced...even if for some reason the cycle started over wouldnt it sort itself out? and why hasnt it yet..its been like a month or more having this problem...thanks guys for all your help.
and elaborate on the " do WC" cuz ive been doin 25-40 percent since ive had these issues..and they have not helped one bit.
