Ph Dropping Like A Rock Every Night

[three-fingers]

OK, well I decided to take the extreme approach and gave the tank a good clean out.

Removed everything out of the tank, washed it all out. Gravel was filthy, filter stunk of rotten eggs, which would have been what the smell was I could smell, but it wasn't until I took the filter pads out that I got a full wiff of it.


So the tanks all clean now, with fewer plants and a stable PH and the fish appear to be happy, so I think the problem is solved.

Please say you didn't clean everything, right?

 

[Rockatteer]

Please say you didn't clean everything, right?

Yeah I did.

I know your not suppose to clean out everything because of cycling issues etc, but must of my stock is dead (got 5 fish left) so I didn't have much to lose.

And as it turned out the risk seems to have been worth it. The tanks clean, and the fish seem to be swimming around happily and water stats seem stable again.