Skytsengel
New Member
Hello Everyone,
I just registered this morning and did not immediately see where I might ask this question, so I am asking it here in hopes of a quick answer. I have about a dozen neon tetras and guppies (nice and colorful) in a 125 gallon all natural aquarium (substrate/plants/decorations) and it's a well cycled tank with no ammonia, nitrites, or nitrates (my liquid testing kit indicates zero or so near zero I cannot tell levels). I have two pumps in the tank, one for water flow at 850 GPH and the other is a filter for a 110 gallon aquarium with a flow rate of 450 GPH (let me know if this is too much water flow please).
I have been increasing the population of the tank over the last few weeks (no more than a total of 6 tetras/guppies at a time), and I test the water before, 1 day after, and 3 days after adding new fish. So far, no additional fish have caused rising amounts of ammonia/nitrites/nitrates, so all seems well with the tank.
However, with the guppies, I am at about a 35% loss rate (14 total purchased, 9 still alive) and they all die within 2 days of adding them. But up until this morning, it has been only the guppies having issues. This morning my first Tetra was found suctioned to my water pump. The little guy is still alive (I think) as it's breathing and occasionally tries to swim, but it's more like twitching than swimming.
I am hoping someone might have an answer as to what is wrong with my tetra and possibly my tank so I might save this guy and hopefully not lose any more.
I just registered this morning and did not immediately see where I might ask this question, so I am asking it here in hopes of a quick answer. I have about a dozen neon tetras and guppies (nice and colorful) in a 125 gallon all natural aquarium (substrate/plants/decorations) and it's a well cycled tank with no ammonia, nitrites, or nitrates (my liquid testing kit indicates zero or so near zero I cannot tell levels). I have two pumps in the tank, one for water flow at 850 GPH and the other is a filter for a 110 gallon aquarium with a flow rate of 450 GPH (let me know if this is too much water flow please).
I have been increasing the population of the tank over the last few weeks (no more than a total of 6 tetras/guppies at a time), and I test the water before, 1 day after, and 3 days after adding new fish. So far, no additional fish have caused rising amounts of ammonia/nitrites/nitrates, so all seems well with the tank.
However, with the guppies, I am at about a 35% loss rate (14 total purchased, 9 still alive) and they all die within 2 days of adding them. But up until this morning, it has been only the guppies having issues. This morning my first Tetra was found suctioned to my water pump. The little guy is still alive (I think) as it's breathing and occasionally tries to swim, but it's more like twitching than swimming.
I am hoping someone might have an answer as to what is wrong with my tetra and possibly my tank so I might save this guy and hopefully not lose any more.
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