always4lora
Fish Herder
I'm struggling to get rid of the ammonia out of my tank, i got some new fish the other day and was warery of the load on the 2 filters so i was checking the water daily and it seems fine with ammonia or Nitrite in the water and the fish were swimming fine. I did a water change on friday which is part of my normal routine ,i used tap water as normal keeping the heat to pretty much what it already was. The fish were fine , before i went to bed i noticed my 2 rays swimming about which i thought was probs because theyre nocturnal i dont often see them swim and i was off to bed late, my Pbass was also nearer the top than other days but thought this would have been due to the way some fish sleep/ rest.
Anyhow come down this morning to find about £600-700+ of fish dead the only things living was my oscar and my Poly's (these can breathe air which probs helped them out) i checked the water and nitrite and ammonia had gone through the roof , like a bit darker than #8 on the api test kit! i quickly removed the dead fish ( not something i want to ever do again!) and did a 20 % water change, no differnce, i've now done 2 90% water changes and the ammonia is still at 2-4 on the api test kit. How can this be when so much of the water has been changed? I've checked the tap water which does have a funny smell to it i havent noticed before but it tested fine for Ammonia and Nitrite.
I've checked both filters for any blockages and made sure there was nothing rotting in there but they both seemed ok which is what i expected as i had cleaned thema few weeks back. I've gone throguh the sand at the bottom to check there wasnt any rotting food but there isnt any there. I emailed Dave_oddballs who lives in Morcecambe/Lancaster ( uses same water supply as far as im aware as i live just across the bay) and he also had no problems until he had done a water change , he did a water change on his larger tank , he then noticed one of his rays swimming funny tested for ammonia and his was through the roof as well! he's changed water a few times and is going to try again in a bit. He tested his water which also has no ammonia or nitrite in it.
Any Ideas? I do have an RO Unit but this will take ages to produce enough water for a decent water change.
Anyhow off to start my 4 water change of the day!
Quick Edit, not sure on nitrates as i cannot find the bottle for testing it. Tank is a 100g filterd around 10x turn over an hour, been setup for over a year, never had any issues before.
Anyhow come down this morning to find about £600-700+ of fish dead the only things living was my oscar and my Poly's (these can breathe air which probs helped them out) i checked the water and nitrite and ammonia had gone through the roof , like a bit darker than #8 on the api test kit! i quickly removed the dead fish ( not something i want to ever do again!) and did a 20 % water change, no differnce, i've now done 2 90% water changes and the ammonia is still at 2-4 on the api test kit. How can this be when so much of the water has been changed? I've checked the tap water which does have a funny smell to it i havent noticed before but it tested fine for Ammonia and Nitrite.
I've checked both filters for any blockages and made sure there was nothing rotting in there but they both seemed ok which is what i expected as i had cleaned thema few weeks back. I've gone throguh the sand at the bottom to check there wasnt any rotting food but there isnt any there. I emailed Dave_oddballs who lives in Morcecambe/Lancaster ( uses same water supply as far as im aware as i live just across the bay) and he also had no problems until he had done a water change , he did a water change on his larger tank , he then noticed one of his rays swimming funny tested for ammonia and his was through the roof as well! he's changed water a few times and is going to try again in a bit. He tested his water which also has no ammonia or nitrite in it.
Any Ideas? I do have an RO Unit but this will take ages to produce enough water for a decent water change.
Anyhow off to start my 4 water change of the day!
Quick Edit, not sure on nitrates as i cannot find the bottle for testing it. Tank is a 100g filterd around 10x turn over an hour, been setup for over a year, never had any issues before.
