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s_perry

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i have a 90G tank, set up 2 days ago, but i used water from my previous tank, so i only had to add enough that i would have to add when doing a water change, did everything i normally would do, water conditioner, etc. heater check to 78.
most of my fish are 2-3 " but include : RS severum, JD, firemouth, 2 peacock bass, a hifin pleco, a cory, and 8" BGK. planted, amazon sword, and a peice of bogwood. everything was well in my other tank, and everything has been fine the past 2 days, but i just came home to all my fish trying to breathe near the top of the tank, so i did a test and everything seemed fine, nothing out of the ordinary. not sure what to think of it, went to the store, the guy there said the only other thing it could be is a gill parasite from my 2 new peacock bass, (but theyve been fine for a week) any suggestions may help. i really dont want to lose anything, especially my BGK.
 
are you using a liquid test kit?

i personally wouldn't think gill "parasites", i would think lack of Oxygen in the water. i would add at least one air stone (preferably on a foam/sponge filter)and do good sized water change. then i would go to the LFS and buy a master test kit from API. it comes with the most common water test solutions, instruction cards and all the glass vials you need to do the tests.

then do a regular water change daily until the readings from your new test kit are 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite and SOME nitrate (something more than zero, but hopefully less than 20).
 
The water from the 90g will have little, if any BB....my quess is your tank is cycling and your fish are suffering from amonia poisoning. Now, what to do? big water change for your first step. 50% or more. Second step, get some filter media from an established tank, IE the old tank or your other tank, and add it to your current canister filter. Second step, monitor amonia/nitrite using a test kit, if it begins to spike again, water change. Goodluck, and feel free to ask more questions!
 
balton is right.. you didn't switch over the filtration too? that and i believe a fluval 305 is a little on the wimpy side for a 90 gallon tank. might want to add a little something else. like a foam/sponge filter? or a larger canister? or both?

and i believe, that BB needs a minimum temp of 80 degrees to do it's thing, so raise the temp up to about 85 or 86. those peacock bass babies need the higher temps and more oxygen.

and if that ontario is ontario, CA i have a brand new never used fluval 405 still in it's original packaging that i'll sell for cheap.. and i'll even include some seeded media to put in it.
 
One of the main short term symptoms of ammonia is the displacement of oxygen in the water. The more ammonia that's in the water, the less oxygen is available to your fish and your filter. This will severely stress your fish and pose a threat of suffocation....so, you should have 'seeded' your filter with existing biomedia. Do it now.
 
the filter was on a pervious tank, so it should have been fine i assumed. its not a new filter. and the test at the store said the ammonia was low apparently, cause that was my first thought.
im going to do some water changes, and also hook up my biowheel filter i have to get some more oxygen pumping, i have some ammo chips i could throw in there too to help out.
 
s_perry said:
the filter was on a pervious tank, so it should have been fine i assumed. its not a new filter. and the test at the store said the ammonia was low apparently, cause that was my first thought.
im going to do some water changes, and also hook up my biowheel filter i have to get some more oxygen pumping, i have some ammo chips i could throw in there too to help out.
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The ammonia should NOT have read that it was low. Ammonia should be at zero. You don't have enough biofiltration on your tank.
 
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