Okay. So then tonight we will do a water change and Monday we will do another. The only conditioner we use right now is the topfin water conditioner as our normal is out of stock everywhere around us. Our tap water tests good. No issues there. When we make water for our water changes we test it before adding it to the tanks and everything is perfect. Currently we are feeding Xtreme Aquatic Foods cichlid pellets. They are really small. Peewee sized. Sinking. We also alternate with Hikari cichlid staple, size mini. And from time to time we do frozen brine.
What Is Killing My Fish?!
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I am definitely going to change the way we do water changes. We have never had this problem in the past. Our tanks have been established for over a year. Not sure what has caused this change but I want to get it fixed.
One other thing that I forgot to mention, not sure if it matters or not. My husband introduced new rocks into our tanks. He got them from a local fish store and we soaked them in hot hot water and then let them air dry away from anything before adding them to the tanks. That is really the only new thing in our tanks.
Great to hear this sorry for the late reply. Most rocks sold in the lfs are normally aquarium safe so tbh don't know if the rocks caused any issues.
I don't see an issue with some of the rocks though not sure which rocks you added.
Any chance you can post a couple of full tank pics? You do have some nice looking fish in the 4th or last pic!
Do you do any gravel vacuuming during a water change?
How about the frequency of filter cleaning?
I don't know if you do any online ordering but consider using Seachem Prime or Seachem Safe (powdered) as your water conditioner since you have a few aquariums. Either product will neutralize chlorine or chloramine in your tap water and won't add slime coat additives or other stuff not needed.
Are you still filling new water with buckets? If so, you may want to consider getting a Python water changer so you can fill directly from the faucet, assuming you have a faucet that would accept the faucet adapter. It's a real game changer to avoid lugging buckets of water around!
Any chance you can post a couple of full tank pics? You do have some nice looking fish in the 4th or last pic!
Do you do any gravel vacuuming during a water change?
How about the frequency of filter cleaning?
I don't know if you do any online ordering but consider using Seachem Prime or Seachem Safe (powdered) as your water conditioner since you have a few aquariums. Either product will neutralize chlorine or chloramine in your tap water and won't add slime coat additives or other stuff not needed.
Are you still filling new water with buckets? If so, you may want to consider getting a Python water changer so you can fill directly from the faucet, assuming you have a faucet that would accept the faucet adapter. It's a real game changer to avoid lugging buckets of water around!
