Water Parameters

[Deep Blue Sea]

hmm I dont think the goldfish did anything since I used that technique for my 215g and it was fine. When was your last water change? did you change the filter cartridge? how much are you feeding?

 

[jclyde13]

You need to change a lot more than 25%, I would do 50-60% changes daily until the ammonia and nitrites are at 0 and the nitrates are below 40.


Did you test your water during and after cycling, and if so, what were the parameters before you added the oscars?

 

[Jeffrey_L]

hmm I dont think the goldfish did anything since I used that technique for my 215g and it was fine. When was your last water change? did you change the filter cartridge? how much are you feeding?

Actually - yes I did change the filter cartridge about a week ago. I replaced everything.

And as far as feeding goes, I can say yes I have been feeding them until there bellies are nice and round..

 

[rhodes_96]

It's a 20 Gal tanks with a Aqua Clear 20 filter - I know it's a little small to be keeping Oscars in as they grow fairly quickly and big. I will be upgrading very soon.

I'm assuming that it's an all in one filter... " if there's such a thing ".

Update:

I just finish doing the water change. Waiting for the tank to clear up a little and plan on doing a test.

Looks like your tank is still cycling from what you have described. Having oscars is a small tank I would want the most efficient bio media I can use in your filtration unit. Oscars create a lot of waste for their size, maybe your bio filtration cannot cope with them. Something like seachem matrix or equivalent high surface bio media to fit above the foam insert. Forget the carbon.

Keep your existing bio media remove the carbon and replace with equivalent bio media like I described above. Use of seachem prime is fine during cycling to allow detoxify ammonia and nitrite into harmless food sources for BB. I would slow down now on the water changes let the tank stabilize and cycle.

 

[jclyde13]

Actually - yes I did change the filter cartridge about a week ago. I replaced everything.

And as far as feeding goes, I can say yes I have been feeding them until there bellies are nice and round..

You eliminated most of your benificial bacteria when you swapped out everything. Now the tank is going through a mini-cycle. You are going to need to do very frequent water changes to keep your parameters under control until the bacteria spreads enough to eliminate the ammonia and nitrites.

 

[Jeffrey_L]

You need to change a lot more than 25%, I would do 50-60% changes daily until the ammonia and nitrites are at 0 and the nitrates are below 40.


Did you test your water during and after cycling, and if so, what were the parameters before you added the oscars?

The last time I did a water change of 25% was about 2 weeks ago. Today I did a 50% change.

Also I wish I did do the test before I added them but as stupid as I can be sometimes I didn't.

 

[Deep Blue Sea]

you should be doing water changes every week and I think because you changed the whole filter out you eliminated most of the bacteria that stops amonia and converts nitrites into nitrates. Your tanks going through a mini cycle so Id suggest doing daily water changes and using prime or amquel +

 

[jclyde13]

you should be doing water changes every week and I think because you changed the whole filter out you eliminated most of the bacteria that stops amonia and converts nitrites into nitrates. Your tanks going through a mini cycle so Id suggest doing daily water changes and using prime or amquel +

So basically exactly what I already said.

 

[Jeffrey_L]

Thanks, I'm going to look into seachem matrix a little more.

 

[Deep Blue Sea]

So basically exactly what I already said.

haha sorry I hadnt refreshed my page in awhile but yes basically what drgnfrc said lovin the pumpkin too drgnfrc lol