Sev swimmin sidways help

[KrystyonWayne24]

Ok my sevs r swimmin sideways when i came home from my moms tonight. I did about a 30% water change earlier in the day and they wrre fine. Now they r swimmin on thier side. I havent noticed anything going on with them before now. My water is ammo 0, ph 7.6 always been there, nitrate 80?, nitrite 0. Need help dont want to lose them.

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[koh the face stealer]

If I remember correctly you have a 75 gallon with the 2 Aqueon 55/75s and were trying to plant the tank? You have 2 8" severums, 3 gbrs and a handful of cories?

What have you done differently recently to the tank?

80 nitrates is bad. You want the nitrates to stay below 10.

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[petspoiler]

your nitrates are way too high. if that is after a partial water change, it was much higher before.
do massive wc & get that down to no more than 20. I consider 40 high and needs big change.
re-examine your feeding amounts, filter maintenance, tank stock density & increase water changes to stabilize readings lower.

check your tap water. mine comes out at 10 so using Prime is essential.

 

[KrystyonWayne24]

My nitrates have always been between 40-80 and they all been fine. I do two small water chanhes each week and about a 30% every two weeks. I siphon the bottom every other day.

Everything seems fine this morning but will be checking water again in a few. Also we had massive storms blow through last night and im wondering if that had anything to do with it.

Also why would nitrates be so high and how can i keep them down?

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[koh the face stealer]

Nitrates would be high because of over stocking, over feeding, trapped food or waste in a dead spot, or not enough water changes and or substrate vacuuming/siphoning.

You can keep them down by adding more water changes to your maintenance, don't over feed or overstock, and adding a nitrate filter using pothos.

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[koh the face stealer]

Long exposure to high concentrations of nitrate can be lethal. It is known as the silent killer.

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