Hi everyone I am having trouble with my new tank, I had no choice but to aquire all of my fish at the same time because I adopted them from a lady who could not care for them any more.
I will explain my whole setup and type of fish:
I have a 55 gallon all-glass setup with an aqua-tech 30-60 over hang filtration system (very soon we are getting a fluval or eheim-which is better?), 50 pounds of black gravel, about 15 fake plants and a beatutiful giant castle in the center. I have one heater that works very well, and the tank is with just stock lights.
Now the fish I have in there are:
approx. 15 guppies 5 of which look pregnant
6 zebra danios - 5 of which were bought at petco and petsmart (3 petsmart 2 petco the one that passed away would have made 3 from petco)
1 full grown dwarf gourami
1 3 inch blue gourami
1 4 inch plecostomus
2 3/4 inch chinese algae eaters
so I know my filter needs to adjust and such and my ammonia levels are a little high, I have been changing 1/4 of the water while cleaning the gravel every day for a few days now to try and help this. When I change the water I wait 15 mintutes and add benificial bacteria to the water as directed. 5 ml per 10 gallons, which is about what I change, a little more than 10 gallons I would say. Like 15 gallons.
I have also slowly been adding the salt that has been reccomended that I do, about 1 tablespoon a day with the water changes. Im doing this so I don't shock them. I also fear that the salt may possibly be the reason for the flashing, but I have no clue.
I feed them Omega One super color food, Omega One bloodworms, and frozen brine shrimp.
I feed them three times a day, a little at a time. Oh and not all the foods at once obviously.
Now that you know my situation, my fish, and amount of fish, what I do to the tank and etc. what on earth could be wrong?
What could cause so many of them to "flash" and now so frequently, they seem to do it more after water changes. Could it be the salt? or the stress of the water change? I had a theory for about five seconds that maybe they were trying to get food out of the gravel, but I tossed that one out the window quick. Maybe the high ammonia levels? Or does it HAVE to be bacteria? and could this bacteria be caused from poo? or old food they may miss? The tank is only a week old. Please help.
Oh and besides the ammonia levels everything else is perfect.
I will explain my whole setup and type of fish:
I have a 55 gallon all-glass setup with an aqua-tech 30-60 over hang filtration system (very soon we are getting a fluval or eheim-which is better?), 50 pounds of black gravel, about 15 fake plants and a beatutiful giant castle in the center. I have one heater that works very well, and the tank is with just stock lights.
Now the fish I have in there are:
approx. 15 guppies 5 of which look pregnant
6 zebra danios - 5 of which were bought at petco and petsmart (3 petsmart 2 petco the one that passed away would have made 3 from petco)
1 full grown dwarf gourami
1 3 inch blue gourami
1 4 inch plecostomus
2 3/4 inch chinese algae eaters
so I know my filter needs to adjust and such and my ammonia levels are a little high, I have been changing 1/4 of the water while cleaning the gravel every day for a few days now to try and help this. When I change the water I wait 15 mintutes and add benificial bacteria to the water as directed. 5 ml per 10 gallons, which is about what I change, a little more than 10 gallons I would say. Like 15 gallons.
I have also slowly been adding the salt that has been reccomended that I do, about 1 tablespoon a day with the water changes. Im doing this so I don't shock them. I also fear that the salt may possibly be the reason for the flashing, but I have no clue.
I feed them Omega One super color food, Omega One bloodworms, and frozen brine shrimp.
I feed them three times a day, a little at a time. Oh and not all the foods at once obviously.
Now that you know my situation, my fish, and amount of fish, what I do to the tank and etc. what on earth could be wrong?
What could cause so many of them to "flash" and now so frequently, they seem to do it more after water changes. Could it be the salt? or the stress of the water change? I had a theory for about five seconds that maybe they were trying to get food out of the gravel, but I tossed that one out the window quick. Maybe the high ammonia levels? Or does it HAVE to be bacteria? and could this bacteria be caused from poo? or old food they may miss? The tank is only a week old. Please help.
Oh and besides the ammonia levels everything else is perfect.
