Pointy_kitty
i eat buttons
well for those of you that don't know,
i just recently got a 55 gallon (about 2-3 weeks ago)
i did not have room to have it running to cycle before adding the contents of both of my 20gallon tanks
so i drained the tanks and added the 2 sponges and 2 carbons from the 20gallons to the 55gallon , then added "cycle" (bottled beneficial bacteria)
and put all of the fish into the new tank
i thought i would have enough beneficial bacteria
but apparently not
now the tank is recycling and the nitrates are getting high
i'm gunna do weekly water changes (about 10%), and weekly add cycle
this week i will drive 2 towns over and pick up about 6 big live plants to help the cycle
i just hope i don't loose any fish
my khuli loach (being very delicate and finicky fish) is already looking pale
i'm so worried and i don't know what to do
i HAD just yesterday 4 platy but one was very old and had a "crusty" look to it (it had pale spots and was thin)
this morning i found her all deformed and bent up strange
then i realized she was still alive, so i euthanized
i know she was old and already on deaths door
and the move was probably too much for her
but i can't help but worry about my other fish
my 20gallons always had bad nitrates becuase i had a VERY bad snail problem
and my fish lived like that for the last year and survived
they looked healthy, and no matter what i tried i couldn't lower the nitrates
i'm hoping because of this they will survive the 55 gallon cycle *fingers crossed*
i just recently got a 55 gallon (about 2-3 weeks ago)
i did not have room to have it running to cycle before adding the contents of both of my 20gallon tanks
so i drained the tanks and added the 2 sponges and 2 carbons from the 20gallons to the 55gallon , then added "cycle" (bottled beneficial bacteria)
and put all of the fish into the new tank
i thought i would have enough beneficial bacteria
but apparently not
now the tank is recycling and the nitrates are getting high
i'm gunna do weekly water changes (about 10%), and weekly add cycle
this week i will drive 2 towns over and pick up about 6 big live plants to help the cycle
i just hope i don't loose any fish
my khuli loach (being very delicate and finicky fish) is already looking pale
i'm so worried and i don't know what to do
i HAD just yesterday 4 platy but one was very old and had a "crusty" look to it (it had pale spots and was thin)
this morning i found her all deformed and bent up strange
then i realized she was still alive, so i euthanized
i know she was old and already on deaths door
and the move was probably too much for her
but i can't help but worry about my other fish
my 20gallons always had bad nitrates becuase i had a VERY bad snail problem
and my fish lived like that for the last year and survived
they looked healthy, and no matter what i tried i couldn't lower the nitrates
i'm hoping because of this they will survive the 55 gallon cycle *fingers crossed*