Fish For A Small 30 Ltr Tank

[Wadsleyowl]

Hi folks. My Son has a 30ltr tank which has had a few fish in it probably too many. Upto a max of 13. 2 Phantoms, tetras, neons etc.

In recent weeks the majority have died due to what I think is white spot & other infections.

What fish would people suggest we get next time around?

Seccondly I presume we will have to change all the water, clean the plants etc & gravel. Would that be enough to clear the infection or does it need to be treated with anything else.

 

[hollanda88]

Hi folks. My Son has a 30ltr tank which has had a few fish in it probably too many. Upto a max of 13. 2 Phantoms, tetras, neons etc.

In recent weeks the majority have died due to what I think is white spot & other infections.

What fish would people suggest we get next time around?

Seccondly I presume we will have to change all the water, clean the plants etc & gravel. Would that be enough to clear the infection or does it need to be treated with anything else.

A betta

 

[cooldude]

Hi folks. My Son has a 30ltr tank which has had a few fish in it probably too many. Upto a max of 13. 2 Phantoms, tetras, neons etc.

In recent weeks the majority have died due to what I think is white spot & other infections.

What fish would people suggest we get next time around?

Seccondly I presume we will have to change all the water, clean the plants etc & gravel. Would that be enough to clear the infection or does it need to be treated with anything else.

The tank is infected with the ick protozoan, do the salt water and high temp treatment. See how I did this:

http/aquarium-setup.blogspot.com/

 

[Ally555]

Just wondering if this tank was cycled?

 

[Spishkey]

do you have a filter and heater in the tank?

 

[Truck]

if your looking for fish, try 15 ember tetras or galaxy rasboras

but get it cycled first!!!

 

[oscars r ace]

id have to say either a male betta or a puffer, either dwarf or south american. if the tank has whitespot, id do a 20% change and treat with anti whitespot treatment.

Tom

 

[Wadsleyowl]

Thanks for all your help guys. Yes the tank is filtered & has a heater. I have turned up the heater as advised too. The water is crystal clear & Ihad it tested today at the aquatics centre. They said it was in good condition. Sadly my last phantom died this afternoon, covered in white spot. All that is left now are 3 neons & 3 orange tetras & one tetra has early signs of white spot. I have just added the required doseage of ESHA EXIT in the hope it saves the others, the tank has now gone a green ish colour I hope that is normal with the treatment.

Can I continue to add ESHA 2000 for future preventative care & could I also add the ESHA EXIT again for preventative measures ofwhite spot, or do you only add the ESHA whitespot treatment when you see the signs of it.

In simple terms, is it ok to add one or 2 drops daily to keep the tank sterilised

Just wondering if this tank was cycled?

When you say cycled do you mean allowed to be set up & run for a week or so before adding fish?

Or do you mean has the water been changed recently.

A quarter of the water is changed weekly and tap safe added to the new water. Sorry for being a goon all this is quite new to me

 

[petertr]

When you say cycled do you mean allowed to be set up & run for a week or so before adding fish?

Or do you mean has the water been changed recently.

A quarter of the water is changed weekly and tap safe added to the new water. Sorry for being a goon all this is quite new to me

Hi,

Judging by your comment, Im going to assume you've never heard of filter/tank cycling before. There's a link in my sig that explains it.


Simply leaving the filter switched on for a month does absolutely nothing whatsoever, I'm afraid.

 

[Wadsleyowl]

When you say cycled do you mean allowed to be set up & run for a week or so before adding fish?

Or do you mean has the water been changed recently.

A quarter of the water is changed weekly and tap safe added to the new water. Sorry for being a goon all this is quite new to me

Hi,

Judging by your comment, Im going to assume you've never heard of filter/tank cycling before. There's a link in my sig that explains it.


Simply leaving the filter switched on for a month does absolutely nothing whatsoever, I'm afraid.

You are correct. Until reading this forum I had not heard of cycling the tank. More annoyingly the local aquatics never mentioned it. The tank has been established 12 months now, so does it still need to be cycled, or will the appropriate levels of amonia etc be alraedy built up by now?

 

[AdAndrews]

get a dwarf puffer, they are great, south american puffers arnt suitable for a tank that size, 1 puffer would love it in a planted tnak like that, or i would plant it and have as truck suggested 15 ember tetras, or similar small shoalers

 

[vinylman]

If you ask your LFS to test the water, make sure you get them to write the exact figures down, then come back and post them here. Unfortunately, a lot of them will just say ''it's fine'', which, TBH, is no use to anyone. As with most things in the hobby, the more details we have, the easier it will be to help.

 

[lizc]

"The tank has been established 12 months now, so does it still need to be cycled, or will the appropriate levels of amonia etc be alraedy built up by now?"
[/quote]

You will have (unknowingly) done a fish-in cycle in the first couple of months of having your tank, which will have built up the good bacteria in your filter. These break down the ammonia etc & prevent the fish poining themselves with their own waste.

So as long as there are still fish in there the bacteria in the filter will continue to do their job.
However, if all your fish die (I hope not!) & tank sits empty or you clean it out & wash filter etc, as I understand it you would then need to do a fishless cycle before adding any new fish.

HTH a bit.

Liz

 

[OldMan47]

You are doing fine Owl. The ich treatment is not a preventive. Once you have controlled the ich symptoms, keep treating for several more days to make sure you have killed all of the remaining parasites in the gravel. After that, treat only if you introduce ich on new fish or with new plants, there won't be any in the tank any more. Using any medication as a preventive is a bad idea. If anything gets into a tank that has that kind of thing going on, you end up developing resistant strains of the pathogens.