I awoke this morning to see that my big guy had passed on. It hurt so much to see that.. It was so sudden, he had shown 0 signs of illness and was eating like a pig. His home was a 75gal, which I know is small for a common. He was going to be upgraded to a 6x2x2...
My water parameters are as fallows: Ammonia-.25, Nitrite-0, Nitrate-40, pH-6
I noticed that the pH has dropped down from 6.8. The Nitrate has been high like that for awhile. As for them ammonia, I guess I need to increase the frequency of my water changes. I usually change 25% once a week. I was already planning to step up my water changes to 25% twice per week.
Tank mates(And I already know it's overstocked): 1 LMB, 1 Bluegill, 1 small Koi, 3 large comet/common goldfish & 2 small comet/common goldfish. I am building a pond for the koi and goldfish in the spring. The LMB and Bluegill will get the 6x2x2 tank. I am going to take out the smallest goldie and move it to the 40B.
Filtration: 1 AC110 and 1 Emperor 400
I fed the pleco vegies(cucumber, zucchini, squash, etc) about twice per week. They were large pieces so I left them in the tank, and once they were eaten the plec would go 1-2 days before it recieved another. The other fish are fed 1-2 times per day. On days where they're fed once they got either worms, crickets, or earthworms. Some days, goldfish flakes/disks are added.
2 days earlier I had just finished treating the tank with Quick Cure. The goldfish had gotten a bacterial infection that has been succesfully treated.
I hope this is enough information for you all. I am now going to dedicate this thread to my pleco Eclipse. I sure will miss him..
My water parameters are as fallows: Ammonia-.25, Nitrite-0, Nitrate-40, pH-6
I noticed that the pH has dropped down from 6.8. The Nitrate has been high like that for awhile. As for them ammonia, I guess I need to increase the frequency of my water changes. I usually change 25% once a week. I was already planning to step up my water changes to 25% twice per week.
Tank mates(And I already know it's overstocked): 1 LMB, 1 Bluegill, 1 small Koi, 3 large comet/common goldfish & 2 small comet/common goldfish. I am building a pond for the koi and goldfish in the spring. The LMB and Bluegill will get the 6x2x2 tank. I am going to take out the smallest goldie and move it to the 40B.
Filtration: 1 AC110 and 1 Emperor 400
I fed the pleco vegies(cucumber, zucchini, squash, etc) about twice per week. They were large pieces so I left them in the tank, and once they were eaten the plec would go 1-2 days before it recieved another. The other fish are fed 1-2 times per day. On days where they're fed once they got either worms, crickets, or earthworms. Some days, goldfish flakes/disks are added.
2 days earlier I had just finished treating the tank with Quick Cure. The goldfish had gotten a bacterial infection that has been succesfully treated.
I hope this is enough information for you all. I am now going to dedicate this thread to my pleco Eclipse. I sure will miss him..
