Hi all,
Haven't posted here in quite a while as all has been just great in the last 8 months or so since I finished my mini-cycle after swapping out a 90ltr tank to a new 240ltr.
My tank is heavily planted with a sand substrate (My signature links to a thread about my tank).
My tank has always been over populated but its never been a problem since I regularly do my water changes, changing around 10 - 20% of water each week with de-chloinator without fail.
My stats have always been perfect but I must be honest I do not test the water anymore but whenever I have done, they have been perfect. Nothing has changed in the tank in the way of no new plants, no new fish etc etc etc. so no need to really test water regularly.
About 2 months ago however I did have one of my glass catfish die, he seemed to fall apart from his belly and then his barbells broke and I had to 'do the deed' as he was very distressed and kept getting stuck on the filter.
All was fine apart from I noticed small dark hairs on the reeds which wasnt a problem as 5t wasnt spreading and seemed normal.
Last week one of my rainbow fish unexpectedly died, there was no reason, I checked him over and nothing looked bad. I looked at the other fish and noticed that the shark had a small amount of what seemed like fin-rot... none of the others have this so I went to my LFS and got some fin-rot medication. I did the doses as per the instructions provided with the bottle.
Since then I obviously havent carried out a water change and its due either today or tomorrow.
BUT.... and its a big one to...
I have come home today after being away for 2 days and there are these little hairs everywhere, the plants all seem to be dying, there is some kind of moss everywhere, all over the two moss balls I have. The worst thing is I found a 1 molly dead, the other molly is missing and the baby molly to! What is going on?!
The filter has been running, and was last cleaned out about 2 weeks ago in the tank water as I always have done.
My tank lighting consists of a T5 and a T8 (supplied with a Juwel Rio 240) and is on between 3:30pm - 10:30pm daily with a strip of blue LED's from 10:30 - 11:30pm (which has always been there and no problems).
I will test the water tomorrow (I have an API Master Test Kit) and will post the results.
The only thing I can guess is that they have been over fed. I went away to Barbados for 10 nights and had a neighbour feed them every other day (I feed them the same) but perhaps she put too much in, I dont know.
Tomorrow I plan to do a 50% change, clean filters and chuck some carbon in the filter to remove the meds I put in.
Any other advise would be great, thanks!!
Haven't posted here in quite a while as all has been just great in the last 8 months or so since I finished my mini-cycle after swapping out a 90ltr tank to a new 240ltr.
My tank is heavily planted with a sand substrate (My signature links to a thread about my tank).
My tank has always been over populated but its never been a problem since I regularly do my water changes, changing around 10 - 20% of water each week with de-chloinator without fail.
My stats have always been perfect but I must be honest I do not test the water anymore but whenever I have done, they have been perfect. Nothing has changed in the tank in the way of no new plants, no new fish etc etc etc. so no need to really test water regularly.
About 2 months ago however I did have one of my glass catfish die, he seemed to fall apart from his belly and then his barbells broke and I had to 'do the deed' as he was very distressed and kept getting stuck on the filter.
All was fine apart from I noticed small dark hairs on the reeds which wasnt a problem as 5t wasnt spreading and seemed normal.
Last week one of my rainbow fish unexpectedly died, there was no reason, I checked him over and nothing looked bad. I looked at the other fish and noticed that the shark had a small amount of what seemed like fin-rot... none of the others have this so I went to my LFS and got some fin-rot medication. I did the doses as per the instructions provided with the bottle.
Since then I obviously havent carried out a water change and its due either today or tomorrow.
BUT.... and its a big one to...
I have come home today after being away for 2 days and there are these little hairs everywhere, the plants all seem to be dying, there is some kind of moss everywhere, all over the two moss balls I have. The worst thing is I found a 1 molly dead, the other molly is missing and the baby molly to! What is going on?!
The filter has been running, and was last cleaned out about 2 weeks ago in the tank water as I always have done.
My tank lighting consists of a T5 and a T8 (supplied with a Juwel Rio 240) and is on between 3:30pm - 10:30pm daily with a strip of blue LED's from 10:30 - 11:30pm (which has always been there and no problems).
I will test the water tomorrow (I have an API Master Test Kit) and will post the results.
The only thing I can guess is that they have been over fed. I went away to Barbados for 10 nights and had a neighbour feed them every other day (I feed them the same) but perhaps she put too much in, I dont know.
Tomorrow I plan to do a 50% change, clean filters and chuck some carbon in the filter to remove the meds I put in.
Any other advise would be great, thanks!!