Hi All,
I have been new to fishkeeping. My wife had brought two fish bowls to surprise me before my scheduled ACL ligament surgery 3 months ago. Since then we have come a long way and we have now a 50 Gallon planted freshwater tank.
First I will give the details of my tank.
50 Gallon, 10 Guppy (2 different species), 20 Neon Tetra, 8 Glowlight Tetra, 2 Golden Chinese Pleco, 2 Panda Corydoras
Various plants on ADA Amazonia substrate 18 litres and a driftwood. Eheim BioPower 240, 80W tubelight..
Now the tank is only a week old. Besides this tank, I also have a 10 Gallon tank where I ran my filter for 1.5 weeks. I have put in the substrate on Day 1. Filled up the tank. Did a 95% water change for two days. And a 50% water change on Day 3. Water was pretty clear. Then I put in the filter from the 10 Gallon tank to this one adding all the compartments (Due to less height I had to remove to biological filter compartments while putting in the 10 Gallon). I have added the fishes on Day 4.
Today is Day 7. My water is almost crystal clear. I have done a 30% water change today. But while doing water change the substrate gets messy slightly even after I pour the water on glass sides or through the driftwood. I have done a water test today using API Freshwater liquid test kit. Below are the results.
Ammonia: 0.25-0.50 ppm (the indicator color was more inclined towards 0.25)
Nitrite: 0.25-0.50 ppm (again more towards 0.25)
Nitrate: 5.00 (between 4.00-5.00)
pH: 6.8-7.00
High pH: The color was below the lowest level on the guide i.e, below 7.4
I have been using Seachem Prime during water changes. I have also ordered Seachem Stability to help establish the tank faster.
Something amazing happened today morning. One my my female Guppy gave birth to babies. I was preparing for a water change when my wife noticed a small fry in the bucket. We immediately separated the pregnant guppy and she gave birth to few babies in a fish bowl.
I suspect she also gave some babies in the tank and other fishes ate them.
However, now I really want to grow the babies. For now I have kept the babies in a net in the main tank so that others cannot eat them. I am feeding them crushed Hikari guppy food and micro pellet.
One of the male guppy probably has a tail rot. I separated it and have been waiting for Seachem Paraguard to arrive to start treating it.
Now my questions are:
1. Are my tank parameters okay?
2. Can I keep the guppy babies the way I did in the main tank?
3. Since one of the male guppy has a tail rot problem, should I go ahead and treat the entire tank with Paraguard?
4. Would adding Paraguard harm the guppy babies?
5. Can I add Flourish Excel without harming the guppy babies?
6. Anything else I am missing please advise me.
I have been new to fishkeeping. My wife had brought two fish bowls to surprise me before my scheduled ACL ligament surgery 3 months ago. Since then we have come a long way and we have now a 50 Gallon planted freshwater tank.
First I will give the details of my tank.
50 Gallon, 10 Guppy (2 different species), 20 Neon Tetra, 8 Glowlight Tetra, 2 Golden Chinese Pleco, 2 Panda Corydoras
Various plants on ADA Amazonia substrate 18 litres and a driftwood. Eheim BioPower 240, 80W tubelight..
Now the tank is only a week old. Besides this tank, I also have a 10 Gallon tank where I ran my filter for 1.5 weeks. I have put in the substrate on Day 1. Filled up the tank. Did a 95% water change for two days. And a 50% water change on Day 3. Water was pretty clear. Then I put in the filter from the 10 Gallon tank to this one adding all the compartments (Due to less height I had to remove to biological filter compartments while putting in the 10 Gallon). I have added the fishes on Day 4.
Today is Day 7. My water is almost crystal clear. I have done a 30% water change today. But while doing water change the substrate gets messy slightly even after I pour the water on glass sides or through the driftwood. I have done a water test today using API Freshwater liquid test kit. Below are the results.
Ammonia: 0.25-0.50 ppm (the indicator color was more inclined towards 0.25)
Nitrite: 0.25-0.50 ppm (again more towards 0.25)
Nitrate: 5.00 (between 4.00-5.00)
pH: 6.8-7.00
High pH: The color was below the lowest level on the guide i.e, below 7.4
I have been using Seachem Prime during water changes. I have also ordered Seachem Stability to help establish the tank faster.
Something amazing happened today morning. One my my female Guppy gave birth to babies. I was preparing for a water change when my wife noticed a small fry in the bucket. We immediately separated the pregnant guppy and she gave birth to few babies in a fish bowl.
I suspect she also gave some babies in the tank and other fishes ate them.
However, now I really want to grow the babies. For now I have kept the babies in a net in the main tank so that others cannot eat them. I am feeding them crushed Hikari guppy food and micro pellet.
One of the male guppy probably has a tail rot. I separated it and have been waiting for Seachem Paraguard to arrive to start treating it.
Now my questions are:
1. Are my tank parameters okay?
2. Can I keep the guppy babies the way I did in the main tank?
3. Since one of the male guppy has a tail rot problem, should I go ahead and treat the entire tank with Paraguard?
4. Would adding Paraguard harm the guppy babies?
5. Can I add Flourish Excel without harming the guppy babies?
6. Anything else I am missing please advise me.