Hi
Ive had a problem which i have not encountered before (its properbly obvious!!!)
My tank (200ltrs) which has been in use for many years with no problems or disease outbreaks for at least a year, only one death
of an angel i had for many years (i put this down to natural causes as no signs of disease)
Performed water change as usual (change 30lts + any losses weekely) on sunday
Today silver dollar had died, and other one was being attacked around by the pink kissing gourami even though hes 4 times their size.
The deceased dollar was on the bottom and appeared to have lost his scales (had non-silver patches) had been acting a little differently recently, but
they are like that - characters of their own!!
Water chemistry has never been a problem, but today:
ammonia 0.25mg/l
nitrate 0mg/l
nitrite 0.25mg/l
pH 6 (tap water is 6.8)
Temp 24degrees
The only thing i have done recently (approx 3 weeks ago) was too switch off air pump to increase plant growth, plants now growing very well.
What has happened/have i done wrong?
cheers, tim
Ive had a problem which i have not encountered before (its properbly obvious!!!)
My tank (200ltrs) which has been in use for many years with no problems or disease outbreaks for at least a year, only one death
of an angel i had for many years (i put this down to natural causes as no signs of disease)
Performed water change as usual (change 30lts + any losses weekely) on sunday
Today silver dollar had died, and other one was being attacked around by the pink kissing gourami even though hes 4 times their size.
The deceased dollar was on the bottom and appeared to have lost his scales (had non-silver patches) had been acting a little differently recently, but
they are like that - characters of their own!!
Water chemistry has never been a problem, but today:
ammonia 0.25mg/l
nitrate 0mg/l
nitrite 0.25mg/l
pH 6 (tap water is 6.8)
Temp 24degrees
The only thing i have done recently (approx 3 weeks ago) was too switch off air pump to increase plant growth, plants now growing very well.
What has happened/have i done wrong?
cheers, tim