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10-13-2008, 03:31 PM
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| Teenie Weenie Fish Join Date: Sep 2008
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|  Tank water problems :( Helpppppppp Ok...so I've had my tank for about 3 months now, and unfortunately I didn't cycle it when I first got it. But I've been doing water changes and testing for ammonia, etc etc. Yesterday I came home to see 2 dead fish....and now my guppy is dying. I thought maybe I should test the water... The pH is lower than usualy..it's 6.2 (usually 7) My ammonia level is off the chart...supposedly 7.5....but I read that using products to neutralize can cause a fake high reading. I'm about to test for Nitrites...and I'll post the outcome... I just want to know what I'm doing wrong!! I don't want my fish to keep dying...plus my other tank has my guppy fry and I don't want the same thing to happen to them. Please help. |
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10-13-2008, 05:01 PM
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| Little Fish Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Lynchburg, Va
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| Same thing happened to me when I set up my 10g earlier this year. I had no idea what cycling even was, until I found MFT, but that was after I had set my tank up and had fish in it. I lost cory catfish and guppies. I think the only thing you can do to help your fish along is daily water changes. It sucks, but the alternative will probably be more fish deaths because they just can't live in water with ammonia levels that high.  I also use SeaChem Prime water conditioner- it neutralizes chlorine and ammonia, etc. I recommend it.
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10-13-2008, 05:14 PM
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| Large Fish  Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: New Orleans
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| don't worry about the ph, but that ammonia reading is bad news. you need to be doing daily water changes to keep the numbers in check. since you didn't do a fishless cycle, this process could be at least 2 months.
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10-14-2008, 01:40 AM
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| Teenie Weenie Fish Join Date: Sep 2008
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| you say the cycling could take 2 months..but i've had my tank longer than that. can my chemicals be giving me false readings?? and if so how do i tell the real readings?? also...what else could be killing off my fish? |
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10-14-2008, 01:47 AM
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| Teenie Weenie Fish  Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Eastern Illinois University
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| certain chemicals can give false readings some times. Also in a ten gallon do you have a heater or thermometer in it? What is it reading?
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10-14-2008, 04:39 PM
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| Little Fish Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Lynchburg, Va
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| My tank was up for probably a month or so before I learned what it meant to cycle, then after I bought my test kit & starting testing everything, it still took like 2 months or something ridiculous until I was done cycling.
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10-15-2008, 12:42 AM
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| Large Fish Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: New Orleans
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| have you cleaned the filter recently? when you do water changes do you gravel vac or just suck out water?
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10-15-2008, 12:48 AM
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| Large Fish Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: New Orleans
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| i was thinking that maybe you somehow removed some beneficial bacteria, which could be causing your tank to cycle again. in regards to filter cleaning, all you need to do is rinse off the filter pad in tank water you have removed while doing a water change. tap water, or replacing it, will remove all the good stuff. in terms of using a gravel vac, not much to it. simply move the siphon around in the gravel, not too deep, and get some of the junk out.
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