Issues w/ Keeping my Fish Alive....
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hey guy. well first of all to clear up some issues i have tested all his water peramiters and for now they seem to be with in decent limits. no nitrate/nitrites issues ammonia is ok and ph levels good now after water change. 7.2.. so with that said at first he thought it was a bacterial issue due to his fish getting a white film over the eyes and the fins being frayed. what scott is calling pirahnas are not truely that. he had 2 silver dollars and a red belly pacu..(he is a true novice to the hobby but in his defence he cares for his fish alot and will do what it takes to keep them healthy including a new tank.) all of scotts fish currently are smaller in size. in a 120 he should be ok for a few months but we have addressed the issue of a larger tank. it may come as a shock to every one but he is doing everything right. he has relized there is an issue and he is reaching out to the proper people for help. not like many fish keepers out there that do not have the fishes well being in mind. i have recieved some good advice here and you guys are always straight shooters so lets try and help him out. i directed scott to this sit for possitve help. i know that this is the place to get it.
oh and for the record i 100% agree with the plywood tank build idea... it will be necessary in the near future.
by the way scott you have a real nice den area that could hold a 300g tank no problm,or bigger.. lets start this week!! lol
Now we know your tank isn't cycled and your fish are suffering from ammonia. You should never have any ammonia in your tank, and you should (yes should) have nitrAtes. That is step one.
ok let me clarify... when i said ammonia was ok i figured it was understood that there was none.. as for nitates it was within limmits. when i get home i will post exact peramiters. but eigther way i still dont think that he cycled his tank properly and he began to stock it to quickly.
scotts origional tank was a 30 gal with just a few tetras and such. after owning that tank for about 1 week he saw my setup and got ambitious and went and bought a 55g, "at this point scott caugt the fever of fish keeping" he began stocking it immidiatlty. i then told him he needed to go bigger in tank size yet again cause his eyes were to big for his setup. all of this occured in a 3 week time period. i do not belive he ever gave his tank time to cycle or gave fish time to get into a comfort zone of there new habbitate. so i belive between all the tank changes and not cycle of tank aswell as stressed out fish... this has all contributed to the issues at hand.
(to say that two parameters are zero and the other is ok clearly indicates that the third parameter is not zero. Deduction.)
Is the exact opposite of
So how can both be true?
Either, way, we're here to help you, not argue. So at this point it is known that the stock must be thinned out for sure. Since you aren't coming clean about water parameters, it's clear they need help, which is no surprise. We can easily assert that the first steps to be taken are to get rid of most of the fish and greatly increase water change frequency.
