Lost my 2.5 inch AT :(

[msbordes]

The little guy was growing pretty fast always out to eat. Found him swimming funny and breathing hard this morning but didn't have time to do anything as I had to rush to class. Tested my water earlier when I got back. Ammonia tested out perfect at 0. Nitrite at 0.25. But my Nitrate tested way off the charts.. I guess this happened because I added a second canister to my system. Before my tank was under filtered and I kept getting 1.0 ammonia and such. Guess I have new tank syndrome. Any suggestions on what to do?

my nitrates got that high yesterday from changing my fake plastic plants to living ones. when i lifted up the plastic plant to trow out, old food and feces "everything sitting on the plants " went all over the tank... i tested and my nitrates were off the charts i did a 50% water change and went down a lot.trough some tlc bacteria..then this morning did a 10 % and went back to normal.. was he your smallest fish? some fish are stronger than others and can take the spiked nitrates and nitrites..good luck

 

[shua71]

my nitrates got that high yesterday from changing my fake plastic plants to living ones. when i lifted up the plastic plant to trow out, old food and feces "everything sitting on the plants " went all over the tank... i tested and my nitrates were off the charts i did a 50% water change and went down a lot.trough some tlc bacteria..then this morning did a 10 % and went back to normal.. was he your smallest fish? some fish are stronger than others and can take the spiked nitrates and nitrites..good luck

I know for sure that wasn't the issue because my tank was bare with only 3 pots and 3 pieces of driftwood which I move around and clean during every water change. Its just the water coming out of the tap thats full of nitrates