38 US gallon tank with odessa barbs, rosy barbs, von trio tetras, platys, and 3 B. kubotai loaches. Almost every fish is acting sick, and I have no clue what is wrong with them.
There is absolutely nothing visiably wrong with these fish. I noticed the platys started to clamp their fins a bit...some hang at the surface, some at the bottom. Everyone was still eating.
I bought a 305 Fluval filter, used media established from my boss' cichlid tank (the carbon was new), and set it up. Everyone started acting weird as soon as I added it. I had been floating the wheel from my bio wheel in the water, but I just removed it. Yesterday when fish were acting odd I thought they were just stressed from the addition of the new (noisier) filter. But now, I am not so sure.
I've been testing parameters since Sunday when I set everything up and my ammonia and nitrite are still 0, nitrate 20ppm. pH 8.0 (always is). I did water changes on the 9th, 12th (when I added the barbs), and the 17th. We're doing a large water change now as I type (50%). I've been paying special attention because I realize that I recently added fish and a new filter, and that even with the established media I was changing a spike. Oh, and no chlorine or chloramine either (my city says they dont add it but I test anyway and it is always none detectable). Maybe it was too much change at once, but I just don't understand why adding a new filter would cause such chaos. I rinsed everything new really well (except the established bio filtration that I took from the established tank). The cichlids in the tank that I got my media from are fine as always.
I just lost an Odessa Barb tonight - he was eating fine at noon, and now at 10pm I found him dead and his insides eaten. Now ALL of my fish are acting weird...my loaches are lethargic and breathing very rapidly with their mouths open...and at times taking BIG gulps.
I have a bubble wall, and since the bubbles regularly enter the filter, the filter makes gurguling noises and then sprays more bubbles...there's got to be plenty of oxygen in there. The temperature is 81 degrees F, and varies as much as 0.9 degrees in a 24 hour period.
I have melafix and pimafix on hand, as well as some amox that might still be good. But, I just have no idea what is going on with them.
There is absolutely nothing visiably wrong with these fish. I noticed the platys started to clamp their fins a bit...some hang at the surface, some at the bottom. Everyone was still eating.
I bought a 305 Fluval filter, used media established from my boss' cichlid tank (the carbon was new), and set it up. Everyone started acting weird as soon as I added it. I had been floating the wheel from my bio wheel in the water, but I just removed it. Yesterday when fish were acting odd I thought they were just stressed from the addition of the new (noisier) filter. But now, I am not so sure.
I've been testing parameters since Sunday when I set everything up and my ammonia and nitrite are still 0, nitrate 20ppm. pH 8.0 (always is). I did water changes on the 9th, 12th (when I added the barbs), and the 17th. We're doing a large water change now as I type (50%). I've been paying special attention because I realize that I recently added fish and a new filter, and that even with the established media I was changing a spike. Oh, and no chlorine or chloramine either (my city says they dont add it but I test anyway and it is always none detectable). Maybe it was too much change at once, but I just don't understand why adding a new filter would cause such chaos. I rinsed everything new really well (except the established bio filtration that I took from the established tank). The cichlids in the tank that I got my media from are fine as always.
I just lost an Odessa Barb tonight - he was eating fine at noon, and now at 10pm I found him dead and his insides eaten. Now ALL of my fish are acting weird...my loaches are lethargic and breathing very rapidly with their mouths open...and at times taking BIG gulps.
I have a bubble wall, and since the bubbles regularly enter the filter, the filter makes gurguling noises and then sprays more bubbles...there's got to be plenty of oxygen in there. The temperature is 81 degrees F, and varies as much as 0.9 degrees in a 24 hour period.
I have melafix and pimafix on hand, as well as some amox that might still be good. But, I just have no idea what is going on with them.
