HELP WHITE STUFF

[Jayman1692]

ok heres the whole story...i had two chichlids they had fry i fed em and added aquarium salt eight hours later both parents where on a corner sperated and the fry were gone...BUT htere head looks soo messed up its as if they had a layer of white skin and it was akll cracked up...it was all over there heads and body...another board said it was a fight the parents had but anyway..I did about an 85% water change on my 12gal and used tap water and figured ill get the dechlriine or w.e when i get my fish so the water was running thru a filter with carbon n a sponge ok i bought my five bala sharks ( i no ) and i forgot the dechlirneo aniwhoim sure the chlorine is gone now cuz i let it sit ever since fridai...ok now i got the fish on saturday and now i wake up and my fish are fine but the water is cloudy out of no where its just cloudy ! but wait theres also some white fluffly stuff growing on my plastic plant and the inster of my filter ( the tip where the water gets sucked in ) its only on one plant my fish look fine WHUT DO I DO?>>>???

 

[WILDER]

If there in a 12gal tank not surprised you having problems, and i'm sorry but this sounds like a wind up post.

 

[Jayman1692]

whut does a wind up post? n why r u surprised ii have had this tank for about a year this is the first time this has happened

 

[WILDER]

Post water stats in ammonia,nitrite,nitrate,and ph.

 

[Jayman1692]

so ill buy a test kit...whut should good reading for all of those ammonia etc...and its for a betta and snails...

 

[WILDER]

Ammonia and nitrite should be 0, nitrate a good reading anywhere from 0 to 40, what do you have in the tank,most of the fish there need a big tank and the bala's need a 125gal tank.