Hi everyone,
Im wondering if you can help. Ive been keeping fish in a small 30 litre tank for the last few years and have just bought a 70litre Jewel tank.
Ive had varous fish over the years, mostly cold water and temperate. Ive set the new tank up, added the water and some Safe Start and moved my fish over the next day. 3 x Danios, 2 x tetras and 2 x corydoras. For 2 days they all seemed happy but this morning i found the tanl very cloudy and the Tetras and Danios gasping for air at the top. I changed 25% of the water but the Tetras and one Danio died shortly after.
Ive done another 50% water change but it looks like its getting cloudy again. Ive read somewhere that the tank can sort itself out, is it better to keep doing partial water changes, should i go and buy some chemicals to help or leave it to sort itself out?
From reading posts on here about cycling ive figured out that my mistake was not to do a fishless cycle - ive never done one before with my smaller tank so it didnt occur to me to do one this time.
Any advice much appreciated! I hate seeing the tank cloudy and the fish in distress and dying.
Im wondering if you can help. Ive been keeping fish in a small 30 litre tank for the last few years and have just bought a 70litre Jewel tank.
Ive had varous fish over the years, mostly cold water and temperate. Ive set the new tank up, added the water and some Safe Start and moved my fish over the next day. 3 x Danios, 2 x tetras and 2 x corydoras. For 2 days they all seemed happy but this morning i found the tanl very cloudy and the Tetras and Danios gasping for air at the top. I changed 25% of the water but the Tetras and one Danio died shortly after.
Ive done another 50% water change but it looks like its getting cloudy again. Ive read somewhere that the tank can sort itself out, is it better to keep doing partial water changes, should i go and buy some chemicals to help or leave it to sort itself out?
From reading posts on here about cycling ive figured out that my mistake was not to do a fishless cycle - ive never done one before with my smaller tank so it didnt occur to me to do one this time.
Any advice much appreciated! I hate seeing the tank cloudy and the fish in distress and dying.