jerseybabi609
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Hi there i need help! my glowlight tetras developed a white film over their body overnight. I also noticed that some have frayed fins and some are missing a chunk of their tail. They also havent ate in about 2 days now. Just couple days ago I started a new tank. Its been cycling fishless for about 3 weeks now and I put 4 guppies in earlier in the week who unfortunetly died after about a day and a half. I checked the water parameters no amonia no nitrates and the ph was fine. Since then I put 4 glowlight tetras in the same tank in an attemp to cycle it. I had these tetras for couple of months now in my other 10g tank and had no issues with them. This tank is located on my patio in a shade, it has a fan that is on a timer to keep the water cool during the day and a heater for night time. The temparure stays between 79 and 82 degrees.i have an air pump, and a co2 reactor for the plants. I have 7 real plants in the tank and I use ro water in the tank. I use API water conditioner, stress coat, stress zyme, leaf zone, and c02 booster. I just purchased top fin bacteria supplement couple days ago wich is suppose to help with a kick start of new tank.the filter is from the tank that has been up and running for about 5 months now. I purchased a new one for that tank so I decided to use this one on the patio so it already has some biological bacteria. The substrate is fine sand with a layer of floramax underneath.
Current water parameters:
Nitrate 20, nitrite 0, ph 6.5, kh 40, gh 120.temp 80. Used api test kit.
I did 20% water change and added some aquarium salt and melafix that I had handy. Not sure if this is bacterial or fungus. Has anyone had this before? Any other suggestions on what I could do? I really dont want to loose more fish
Here are some pics
Current water parameters:
Nitrate 20, nitrite 0, ph 6.5, kh 40, gh 120.temp 80. Used api test kit.
I did 20% water change and added some aquarium salt and melafix that I had handy. Not sure if this is bacterial or fungus. Has anyone had this before? Any other suggestions on what I could do? I really dont want to loose more fish

Here are some pics