See if you can talk her into upgrading the filtration too. 2 whisper 40's is not strong enough filtration for that tank.. A simple powerhead attached to a sponge filter can work wonders because it will suck all of the feces towards it making it easier to siphon out. I have this setup in all my tanks regardless of the other filters attached to them for this reason alone.
Tank Water Issue
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Hoyo12;3770929; said:
i would add an AC purely for mechanical filtration, just load the bastard with sponges, filter floss and clean it often. i think this will work best IMO..
Sounds alot like old tank syndrome.
Mulm builds up over time and eventually causes the bacteria colony to crash and usually a PH crash as well.
The best fix would be to remove all decor from the tank. And do some daily 50-75% water changes for about a week. And vac the substrate at every water change. Then add some cycle booster that works such as safe start by tetra. And check the param's daily and do a 50% water change anytime you see a ammonia or nitrite reading over .5ppm. Which will not happen if you use enough safe start.
good luck
Mulm builds up over time and eventually causes the bacteria colony to crash and usually a PH crash as well.
The best fix would be to remove all decor from the tank. And do some daily 50-75% water changes for about a week. And vac the substrate at every water change. Then add some cycle booster that works such as safe start by tetra. And check the param's daily and do a 50% water change anytime you see a ammonia or nitrite reading over .5ppm. Which will not happen if you use enough safe start.
good luck
x2 on hybridtheory16's "Old Tank Syndrome" <-- OTS article
Vacuum the crap out of your gravel. Sounds like you've made a good start with the water changes, get a test kit and start testing the water parameters. I'd be interested to know what the PH is of that tank, I bet even after 2 water changes its 2 points below your tap water.
Watch your water parameters, daily water changes and REALLY clean your gravel while doing it.
Vacuum the crap out of your gravel. Sounds like you've made a good start with the water changes, get a test kit and start testing the water parameters. I'd be interested to know what the PH is of that tank, I bet even after 2 water changes its 2 points below your tap water.
Watch your water parameters, daily water changes and REALLY clean your gravel while doing it.
I agree with everyone here so far. More water changes, more filtration, less feeding. I know sometimes we just have to keep our fish in the tanks we have until we can upgrade. Im in that boat right now, so I just do alot of maintennance.
On my 60 gallon with one 12" red devil Im doing 2-3 50% water changes a week. My overstocked 120g im doing twice a week as well. Id like to do more but it takes so long.
Good luck. Im wonderring if the oill in the bologna is a factor?
On my 60 gallon with one 12" red devil Im doing 2-3 50% water changes a week. My overstocked 120g im doing twice a week as well. Id like to do more but it takes so long.
Good luck. Im wonderring if the oill in the bologna is a factor?
Alright, thanks for the help guys. I'll hopefully grab a test kit today and get to work on the tank. The Male Peacock doesn't look very good, probably won't last very long but I'm afraid that if I move him he will die from the stress. Just hope he pulls through.
Lost the male Peacock and possibly the female soon.
I talked to someone that was at my LFS, and they believe that cleaning out the bottom of the tank, and doing the 50% water change may have triggered New Tank Syndrome. So he recomended that I use 'NutraFin Cycle' to help get the biological balance back to normal. Hopefully it does something.
Right now I feel that if I leave the female Peacock in the tank she will end up dying within the next 24 hours. Should I remove her and put her into a different tank??? Too much stress? She looks worse every time I look at her.
I talked to someone that was at my LFS, and they believe that cleaning out the bottom of the tank, and doing the 50% water change may have triggered New Tank Syndrome. So he recomended that I use 'NutraFin Cycle' to help get the biological balance back to normal. Hopefully it does something.
Right now I feel that if I leave the female Peacock in the tank she will end up dying within the next 24 hours. Should I remove her and put her into a different tank??? Too much stress? She looks worse every time I look at her.
it could have but i doubt the water change had anything to do with it water changes do nothing to your BB unless you leave untreated water in for a length of timeHoyo12;3772594; said:
cleaning the substrate may have but again i doubt it i think your looking at a tank thats underfiltered and under maintained hence your problems add more filtration do more and/or larger water changes thin out the stock a bit and you will be fine
move the peacock if you really think she is looking bad but make sure to acclimate her slowly to the new tank water. chances are it will be drastically different from the params in this tank
