Hey all,
I started my tank up about 2 months ago with everything going normal. The past few days I have noticed a huge increase in the amount of amonia. Four of my fish have died in the past 24 hours.
A little about the tank set up. It's a 36 gallon tank, using two Magnium 200 bio wheel filter. Both are using filter cartridges and behind the cartridge is a media bag (one filled with API AmmoChips, the other with Marineland Activeated Carbon). The tank has 3 common plecos (each about an inch), a 1 inch albino pleco, a 3 inch rhino pleco, 3 inch sail fin pleco, 3 1.5 inch swordtails (had 4, one died), 5 .5-.75 inch guppies ( had 8, 3 died). 3 mollies about 1.5 inches each, and two plattys about 1.25 inches.
The ph has been steady at 7.2. There was a huge spike in nitrates and nitrites the past few days as well, but those went back down to 0 ppm after a 50% water change.
I tried using API Ammo-Lock, and I know this only detoxifys doesn't remove.
Currently using the API freshwater master kit and the color shows up as a dark teal color. This isn't even on the color chart for the test. After the water change the amonia didn't change one bit. I've checked with multiple pet stores and they have no clue whats wrong. Feeding has been cut down to practically nothing as well.
Weekly I have been adding API's Stress Zyme and Stress Coat. Also there are no plants in the tank.
Any help would be awesome as I don't want to lose any more of my fish.
I started my tank up about 2 months ago with everything going normal. The past few days I have noticed a huge increase in the amount of amonia. Four of my fish have died in the past 24 hours.
A little about the tank set up. It's a 36 gallon tank, using two Magnium 200 bio wheel filter. Both are using filter cartridges and behind the cartridge is a media bag (one filled with API AmmoChips, the other with Marineland Activeated Carbon). The tank has 3 common plecos (each about an inch), a 1 inch albino pleco, a 3 inch rhino pleco, 3 inch sail fin pleco, 3 1.5 inch swordtails (had 4, one died), 5 .5-.75 inch guppies ( had 8, 3 died). 3 mollies about 1.5 inches each, and two plattys about 1.25 inches.
The ph has been steady at 7.2. There was a huge spike in nitrates and nitrites the past few days as well, but those went back down to 0 ppm after a 50% water change.
I tried using API Ammo-Lock, and I know this only detoxifys doesn't remove.
Currently using the API freshwater master kit and the color shows up as a dark teal color. This isn't even on the color chart for the test. After the water change the amonia didn't change one bit. I've checked with multiple pet stores and they have no clue whats wrong. Feeding has been cut down to practically nothing as well.
Weekly I have been adding API's Stress Zyme and Stress Coat. Also there are no plants in the tank.
Any help would be awesome as I don't want to lose any more of my fish.