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Did you measure NO2 level after 1 week? 1 week may not be enough for cycling. Always test the water before introducing the fishes.
Treat your wood in boiling water before introducing it into the tank. Probably it is some fungus on the wood.
BC
Hi all,
Have just upgraded to a 4ft tank and things have just gone downhill from that point.
Cleaned up the tank and fill in water. Cycled tank for about a week before I threw all the fish from my 2ft into it.
Fish started dying one by one. They seem to look ok one day, tired and lethargic the next, and died the 3rd day. It all happens so suddenly!
I could only suspect the water condition and did a large water change yesterday (about 1/2 to 3/4 water change).
I dont know if things have stabilised as although the fish seem to die off at a slower rate (still dying...sob), there is a greyish-white deposit on my driftwood!!!
Against the natural dark brown colour of the drift wood, I have observed a thin layer of this greyish white deposit. It comes off easily when I rub it but I am clueless as to what it is. Can this be a clue to what is wrong with my tank?
Can any bros out here tell me what could be wrong? It is really driving me up the wall and I keep thinking about it, at work, at home, in the shower.....
Should I do another water change? Is the greyish matter some sort of algae? Should I put all my fish into another tank and disassemble my 4ft again for a scrub down and start the cycling process again?
Please advise! Thanks.
MetaSard
Did you measure NO2 level after 1 week? 1 week may not be enough for cycling. Always test the water before introducing the fishes.
Treat your wood in boiling water before introducing it into the tank. Probably it is some fungus on the wood.
BC
As BClee has said, 1 week may not be enough for cycling.
The whitish stuff is probably algae.
BTW, how did you "throw" the fishes in?
Did you acclimatise them like when you buy new fishes? i.e. slowly add water to the bag over 45 mins - 1 hr?
Robin
i always fighting algae but still got more
I doubt 1 week is sufficient to cycle a 4ft tank. Even if you are using media from an old filter, it should take longer than that. Are you doing a fishless cycle or a normal cycle? Have you been measuring the ammonia, nitrite levels during the cycling process? I think your fishes are succumbing to the 'new tank' syndrome. Forget about the water change for the time being, concentrate on cycling the tank first.
Hi guys,
Thanks for your answers! My fish were quite healthy b4 the move and I had zero casualties for a period of 3 months!
The tank was cycled for less than a week actually! I had thought about a long cycling process but the friend who sold me the tank told me that as I was using his old filter media and old tank, that it should be ok. I trusted him and this is what happened....sigh....
The fish were introduced slowly, with water temperature taken into consideration. But you may be right about the driftwood. I think it could be and dead old algae as my light is no longer as strong and bright as it used to be. They maybe dying and turning greyish......anyone to confirm this? Has this occurence happened to anyone here before?
So what can I do now? Do I take the fish out of the tank (I have another tank but I do not have any "old" water left...) or do I just leave them in the big tank and hope that the fish live through the water cycling process? Please advise!
sigh.........really no mood to do anything man. This is really ****ty........
Add a teaspoon of table salt. That will alleviate the NO2 poisoning.
You can do water changes to keep NO2 below 1ppm. The bacteria will build up in your filter and your substrate. Do not disturb the filter or substrate.
BC
old tank and media yes, but unless you were able..
The tank was cycled for less than a week actually! I had thought about a long cycling process but the friend who sold me the tank told me that as I was using his old filter media and old tank, that it should be ok
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1) to keep the media wet/moist during the transfer
2) transfer time was short (enough to keep the BB alive)
3) you had old tank water to fill up the new tank,
the old media may not help that much.
just my guess anyway...
old tank and media yes, but unless you were able
1) to keep the media wet/moist during the transfer
2) transfer time was short (enough to keep the BB alive)
3) you had old tank water to fill up the new tank,
the old media may not help that much.
just my guess anyway...
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alamak.....i didnt qualify for any of those conditions......chia lat la....
i guess my only solution is like what bclee suggested....to keep checking for nitrite levels and change just enough water to keep it below 1ppm?
cheers,
metasard
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