Changed like 80% of my water and all my gravel yesterday (couldn't save any more water). Anyway, I gave a 55l tank with 18 fish and it started to cloud over this morning a bit. I looked just now (4pm) and it's totally clouded over, definitely a bacterial bloom. I'm fairly new to all this, and a few fish have already died, what do I do?
Bacterial Bloom, Fish Dying!
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1. The previous gravel was white and looked awful when we got a slight brown algae problem. It was also giving off silt even though I'd cleaned it thouroughly.
2. 4/5 weeks.
3. 1 Dwarf Gourami, 6 Neon Tetras, 2 Swordtails, 10 Guppies.
4. Nitrates and pH look ok, don't have a test for ammonia, but the fish are struggling to breathe, so it's gotta be a bloom.
Your tanks abit on the overstocked side.
What the name of the filter you are using and how many gallons does it turn over an hour.
Immediate water change and increase aeration.
Take a sample of your water to the lfs and ask them to write the readings down for you.
I would strongly suggest buying liquid test kits in ammonia, and nitrite.
Your tanks might not have cycled and removing the gravel you lost some beneifical bacterial.
Brown algae common in newly set up tanks, it soons disappears.
What the name of the filter you are using and how many gallons does it turn over an hour.
Immediate water change and increase aeration.
Take a sample of your water to the lfs and ask them to write the readings down for you.
I would strongly suggest buying liquid test kits in ammonia, and nitrite.
Your tanks might not have cycled and removing the gravel you lost some beneifical bacterial.
Brown algae common in newly set up tanks, it soons disappears.
My plan is to keep everything as it is. I have a new filter on order, and some treatments (bacterial, nitrates, ammonia etc.) and also a tester kit. I don't see the point in changing any water, as it won't make any difference. There's nothing I can do but leave it to settle over the next week or two. If fish die, then fish die.
There stuggling to breath you need to change the water and increase aeration.
If you don't change the water they will die.
Bad water quality takes it toll on fish causing it stress, weakens there immune system, burns there skin and gills,
blood flow slows down through the blood vessels.
You need to read up on the nitrogen cycle.
Thats alovely attitude towards animals.
If you don't change the water they will die.
Bad water quality takes it toll on fish causing it stress, weakens there immune system, burns there skin and gills,
blood flow slows down through the blood vessels.
You need to read up on the nitrogen cycle.
Thats alovely attitude towards animals.
Truck
UKAPS
thats a pretty poor atitude you have man! read the fish in cycling thread, and then think again, before posting some preposterous comment, something along the lines of, there only fish!
the water changes reduce ammonia and nitrite levels ( both lethal to fish) so your not killing the poor things!
the water changes reduce ammonia and nitrite levels ( both lethal to fish) so your not killing the poor things!
The water change will dilute the ammonia and nitrite reading abit.
Best to increase aeraton as fish find it hard to breath in bad water quality.
You added far to many fish to soon.
Neon tetra need mature tanks of six months.
You need to read up on the nitrogen cycle, and research fish before you buy.
Best to increase aeraton as fish find it hard to breath in bad water quality.
You added far to many fish to soon.
Neon tetra need mature tanks of six months.
You need to read up on the nitrogen cycle, and research fish before you buy.
Truck
UKAPS
as said above it will reduce ammonia ( algae trigger ) and nitrites which are more than likely killing your fish, our hobby isnt simple its quite complex and takes some thought, read the cycling threads carefully and then, act accordingly
Truck
UKAPS
are you doing any water changes? do you have a test kit, if so can you post some water parameters?
I have a test kit but I won't post anything because it's a ####ty one. I've ordered a bunch of stuff, including a good kit so I'll post them tomorrow hopefully. I didn't do any water changes, as it would just of made the bloom worse, as the bacteria would of had to reproduce more.
Truck
UKAPS
a water change would make things better most probably, the bacteria is caused by ammonia which you (im guessing) have a lot of, and the water changes will ease the ammonia
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