bigsmoker205
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hi,i'm in northern ireland.i have around 20 fish in my tank,some discus,angel fish,mollies,large pleco,loaches and a stingray..2 died today.when i came home two where floating.one was a stick insect looking sucker,the other a shark looking silver fish with a red stripe fading to yellow round it.dont know names sorry.tested water and it was way toxic!
nitrate 40
nitrite 1.0
ammonia 8.0
ph is ok at 7.2 - 7.6
i changed the water,nearly 80% and it barely changed this,so i changed it again,nearly 80%,still not going down much.cleaned filters,added a small secondary fluval in tank filter there to help the fluval 205 i have running it.
recently i added a stingray to my tank.never had any bother before.change water once every month 50%.clean filter every 1-2 months as it needs it.i'm always testing my water and have only ever seen nitrate go anywhere near this level.reat are normally fine.
filter hoses seemed to be quite blocked and water flow had decreased around 50% today.running fine now.just cant get levels to go down no matter how much water i seem to change.
heres pics of water levels
1st test before water change.scary...
2nd test after 1st change
3rd test after 2nd water change
my normal tap water tested just in case.seems normal i think??
should i keep changing the water till these levels come right down?they dont seem to have changed very much for 2 70-80%% water changes.the discus and the pleco seem to be losing colour fast and the stingray has completely buried itself in the gravel.am very concerned for them as i'm sure you all understand.
please help me help my fish.thanks,
michael
nitrate 40
nitrite 1.0
ammonia 8.0
ph is ok at 7.2 - 7.6
i changed the water,nearly 80% and it barely changed this,so i changed it again,nearly 80%,still not going down much.cleaned filters,added a small secondary fluval in tank filter there to help the fluval 205 i have running it.
recently i added a stingray to my tank.never had any bother before.change water once every month 50%.clean filter every 1-2 months as it needs it.i'm always testing my water and have only ever seen nitrate go anywhere near this level.reat are normally fine.
filter hoses seemed to be quite blocked and water flow had decreased around 50% today.running fine now.just cant get levels to go down no matter how much water i seem to change.
heres pics of water levels
1st test before water change.scary...
2nd test after 1st change
3rd test after 2nd water change
my normal tap water tested just in case.seems normal i think??
should i keep changing the water till these levels come right down?they dont seem to have changed very much for 2 70-80%% water changes.the discus and the pleco seem to be losing colour fast and the stingray has completely buried itself in the gravel.am very concerned for them as i'm sure you all understand.
please help me help my fish.thanks,
michael