Fish On The Bottom

[menacer]

Ok well its happening again, i have been doing 50% water changes every night as my amonia seems to creep up to 0.5 - 1 ppm. And towards the end of the night the fish start sitting on the bottom. They are now sitting on the bottom but i have checked the Ammonia and this time it is 0 ppm? Whats going on?

 

[eaglesaquarium]

Did you check the nitrite?

 

[menacer]

Checking now

 

[menacer]

Nitrite is 0 ppm

 

[eaglesaquarium]

Did you wait the 5 minutes?



A water change couldn't hurt anything, until someone helps to figure out the answer to this...

 

[menacer]

They seem more active now the light is on

Yes still bright blue after 5 mins

 

[eaglesaquarium]

Maybe it was sleeping?

 

[KittyKat]

What's your tap ammonia? What dechlorinator dosage do you use for water changes? What's your normal maintenance?

 

[Tizer]

how long are the lights on for out of interest, fish do get tired and sleep, like me, often

 

[menacer]

I try to get my lights on for 4/5 hours a day, My tap ammonia is 0, I give 1 and a half the amount it says on the bottle, I use the weekly maintenance that is recommended in the resource section of this site. I changed to sand about a week ago and thats when the problem started. They all seem fine today though.

 

[KittyKat]

You probably stirred up a load of crap from the gravel, when changing over to sand..

 

[eaglesaquarium]

That makes sense.