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Posted by §tudz on October 13, 2005, 2:54 pm
Please log in for more thread options Hi,
Some of my fish have been flashing of late, some of these fish are platies,
and to start with it was just them doing it, which I read Platties flashing
is normal, if no salt is present in the water.
BUT I have seen my Julii Corydora flashing as well.
My Readings:
Last Week:
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Ammonia: 0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 20-40
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This week:
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Ammonia: 0.25
Nitrite: 0.25
Nitrate: 5 - 10
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So as you can see, Nitrates have dropped a lot, and Ammonia and Nitrite have
risen slighty.
I have added some AmQuel+ Plus, to help lower the levels. I recently changed
the tank to a planted tanks, and all my fish loved it, except my bulldog
pleco, who sadly passed away a few days ago, for some unknown reason.
I have not added an new fish to the tank, so I can't understand why they are
flashing, there is no sign of flukes, or other entities in the gills or
skin.
Since I have planted to tank, I have taken out the air stone, but I still
have a spray bar in the tank, so the water gets oxygenated via that.
I can see one dead spot in the tank which is the front left hand corner, as
that were the mulum collects, and I have a patch of brown algea, I don't
have any else where, excpet a slight covering of some sort f algea on the
glass, but this just brushes off.
To fix the dead spot problem I am going to add a small filter to the back of
the tank, at the opposite end of the fluval 2+ (with spray bar) so the water
is moving better and the detris is directed to the filter 'better', as there
is little water movement that is apparent.
I have been doing 25% water changes every week to every 2 weeks. I don't
want to lose any more fish, as no body does, can anyone think of what my
problem could be?
Could it be the slight change in chemistry?
I thought everything would be great now I found a home for my abusive
kribenis, but alass yet another stumbling block, but hey we live and learn.
Hope someone can help.
§tudz
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