well i fed my fish last night after a 40% waterchange and the datnoid gorged itself on whitebait,prawns and mealworms leaving very little for the other fish so i had to add more food which it along with the other fish eat.
so after i was happy everyone had eaten including my new ray i left the tank alone came here did some posting etc.
i went to bed and everything was ok and it was ok when i got up for work, when i came home the house was smelling funny and when i came into the living room i could see why as there was about 10-15 whitebait and loads of mealworms decaying on the tank floor.
the ray was lifeless floating the RTG was lying on the bottom, the dat was stuck vertical in the corner (and puking some more) and everyone else was breathing real hard and not moving.
i had to remove all the food asap which broke up all over the place and do a real quick 50% waterchange as well as keeping an eye on the new ray which was hardly moving and now on the bottom.
well so far after about 2 hours sorting the tank out the fish although breathing a little hard seem fine, i even test fed the ray some small peices of prawn which it and the tig have eaten.
all the fish are now swimming properly again and my water tests show 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite, 60-80ppm nitrate and a still very stable 7.0 ph.
i really think the fish would not have lasted much longer and i will do another 50% water change again tomorrow along with a 20% every other day for a week.
it does seem that my filters have recovered and have sorted the ammonia due to the amount of nitrate still present but i will be getting another large filter to add in june just incase as this was to close for comfort.
dixon
so after i was happy everyone had eaten including my new ray i left the tank alone came here did some posting etc.
i went to bed and everything was ok and it was ok when i got up for work, when i came home the house was smelling funny and when i came into the living room i could see why as there was about 10-15 whitebait and loads of mealworms decaying on the tank floor.
the ray was lifeless floating the RTG was lying on the bottom, the dat was stuck vertical in the corner (and puking some more) and everyone else was breathing real hard and not moving.
i had to remove all the food asap which broke up all over the place and do a real quick 50% waterchange as well as keeping an eye on the new ray which was hardly moving and now on the bottom.
well so far after about 2 hours sorting the tank out the fish although breathing a little hard seem fine, i even test fed the ray some small peices of prawn which it and the tig have eaten.
all the fish are now swimming properly again and my water tests show 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite, 60-80ppm nitrate and a still very stable 7.0 ph.
i really think the fish would not have lasted much longer and i will do another 50% water change again tomorrow along with a 20% every other day for a week.
it does seem that my filters have recovered and have sorted the ammonia due to the amount of nitrate still present but i will be getting another large filter to add in june just incase as this was to close for comfort.
dixon
