alwyzchanging
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10 Gal Tank
Community fish tank: red eye, cardinal & neon tetras, dwarf frogs, guppies & 1 mystery snail.
Temp: Constant 85 F
30 Gal water filter
1 Java fern live plant
regular aquarium gravel
OLD WATER READING AS FOLLOWS-
Nitrate:0
Nitrite:0
Hardness:75-150
Chlorine:0
Alkalinity:Off the chart low (way below 0)
PH: Off the chart acidic (way below 6.2)
Ammonia: *Didnt take a sample of this
Temp:85 F
CURRENT WATER READING AS FOLLOWS-
Nitrate:0
Nitrite:0
Hardness:75
Chlorine:0
Alkalinity:80
PH:7.2
Ammonia:0
Current temp: 85 F
**Please note that all water treatments I did, I have been giving the recommended dosage as described on the bottles.
MY PROBLEM:
Okay so the problem happened 2 weeks ago, half of my fish died and it looked like an outbreak of fin rot pretty much. So I did a 25% water change and medicated them with pimafix & melafix. Problem didnt go away, seemed to get worse so 2 weeks later, majority of my fish died. The dead bodies floated around the tank like jelly and it looked like white (translucent)skin. At this time I removed all the dead fish, cleaned out the water filter and did a 95% water change, left over fish seemed to be getting better- this is when I started doing a 50% water change every 3 days (at this time I also added stress coat & bacteria supplement to the water w/each water change I did). My last 50% water change was yesterday(at this point Ive been doing frequent water changes for abt. 2 wks). Today I come home to see 3 of my fish died with the white stuff on them and my frog is dead as well. When I tested the water, I had very low ph and low alklinity (please refer to the first set of readings). IDK whats going on, but i suspect the low ph & alklinity might be the culprit to my fish dying? PLEASE help with any information.
FYI once I saw the dead fish, I did a 90% water change today and havent added any water treatments at all and the reading came out normal (please refer to the second set of readings).
10 Gal Tank
Community fish tank: red eye, cardinal & neon tetras, dwarf frogs, guppies & 1 mystery snail.
Temp: Constant 85 F
30 Gal water filter
1 Java fern live plant
regular aquarium gravel
OLD WATER READING AS FOLLOWS-
Nitrate:0
Nitrite:0
Hardness:75-150
Chlorine:0
Alkalinity:Off the chart low (way below 0)
PH: Off the chart acidic (way below 6.2)
Ammonia: *Didnt take a sample of this
Temp:85 F
CURRENT WATER READING AS FOLLOWS-
Nitrate:0
Nitrite:0
Hardness:75
Chlorine:0
Alkalinity:80
PH:7.2
Ammonia:0
Current temp: 85 F
**Please note that all water treatments I did, I have been giving the recommended dosage as described on the bottles.
MY PROBLEM:
Okay so the problem happened 2 weeks ago, half of my fish died and it looked like an outbreak of fin rot pretty much. So I did a 25% water change and medicated them with pimafix & melafix. Problem didnt go away, seemed to get worse so 2 weeks later, majority of my fish died. The dead bodies floated around the tank like jelly and it looked like white (translucent)skin. At this time I removed all the dead fish, cleaned out the water filter and did a 95% water change, left over fish seemed to be getting better- this is when I started doing a 50% water change every 3 days (at this time I also added stress coat & bacteria supplement to the water w/each water change I did). My last 50% water change was yesterday(at this point Ive been doing frequent water changes for abt. 2 wks). Today I come home to see 3 of my fish died with the white stuff on them and my frog is dead as well. When I tested the water, I had very low ph and low alklinity (please refer to the first set of readings). IDK whats going on, but i suspect the low ph & alklinity might be the culprit to my fish dying? PLEASE help with any information.
FYI once I saw the dead fish, I did a 90% water change today and havent added any water treatments at all and the reading came out normal (please refer to the second set of readings).
