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I have been discouraged lately with the tank. Ever since I got ICH in the tank it has been a battle. First I lost the 2 clown loaches and 6 little Otos. The while I was an vacation I lost a blue leopard danio and a guppy (the gups were in a separate 2.5g tank). Then I lost another leopard danio - got sucked into the intake tube he was so small. And the plants weren't looking too good.
Next my neon tetras got fat bellies, pale skin and looked puffy. One by one they died. I think it was dropsy. In the other tank the guppies were going one at a time, but I think they had wasting disease - that's why they were in there.
So I am bummed and have no algae control except the shrimp, and they don't do windows, so my husband get me 2 suckermouth catfish (common plecos). I don't have a whole lot of algae but I like to keep it that way. Those were good cleaner but dug up plants and terrorized the clown loaches, taking over their root stump. The clowns have been hiding in it since I was on vacation.
Plecos are gone now, replaced with 2 flying foxes. So I have been researching to figure out what to do. My clowns are hiding, my glowlight tetras are acting odd, and 30% of the plants are gone - the java moss has totally dissappeared.
My water parameters are good, ammo 0, nitrite 0, ph 7.4, nitrate 20 (wish that was a bit lower) and I did a 25% water change. There was no change in the fish behaviour - didn't seem good though. Last night I added an airstone to the right side of the tank to get more air flowing. The filter is on the left side. I had a post asking for advice on this awhile back. Today everyone seems to be more active, and the clowns have come out to eat, so maybe that is the problem. My only complaint is that the water is flowing too much - I think - and the food is getting swept away rather quickly. I see a lot of debris floating around. I do have a small corner filter that works with the aristone. It has some floss and carbon that came with it. Should I put that in as well, or just leave the airstone?
Sorry this is so long.
Daisy
Next my neon tetras got fat bellies, pale skin and looked puffy. One by one they died. I think it was dropsy. In the other tank the guppies were going one at a time, but I think they had wasting disease - that's why they were in there.
So I am bummed and have no algae control except the shrimp, and they don't do windows, so my husband get me 2 suckermouth catfish (common plecos). I don't have a whole lot of algae but I like to keep it that way. Those were good cleaner but dug up plants and terrorized the clown loaches, taking over their root stump. The clowns have been hiding in it since I was on vacation.
Plecos are gone now, replaced with 2 flying foxes. So I have been researching to figure out what to do. My clowns are hiding, my glowlight tetras are acting odd, and 30% of the plants are gone - the java moss has totally dissappeared.
My water parameters are good, ammo 0, nitrite 0, ph 7.4, nitrate 20 (wish that was a bit lower) and I did a 25% water change. There was no change in the fish behaviour - didn't seem good though. Last night I added an airstone to the right side of the tank to get more air flowing. The filter is on the left side. I had a post asking for advice on this awhile back. Today everyone seems to be more active, and the clowns have come out to eat, so maybe that is the problem. My only complaint is that the water is flowing too much - I think - and the food is getting swept away rather quickly. I see a lot of debris floating around. I do have a small corner filter that works with the aristone. It has some floss and carbon that came with it. Should I put that in as well, or just leave the airstone?
Sorry this is so long.
Daisy
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