Drummer230
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I will have to test them and see what happens. I’ll report back. My ph is about 7.6 and my water is super hard. The lfs is an hour away, so who knows.
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I’m quarantining and medicating in the main tank since they are the only fish in there. I’m not feeding during the quarantine period, as I’m following corys advice of waiting 7 days. I have 0 ammonia, 0 nitrites, and 0 nitrates. I’m pretty sure my tank is fully cycled because I had a fish die and I didn’t notice him behind the rocks, but he was pretty decayed and I still had 0 ammonia, and 0 nitrites, but my nitrates were at 10ppm, so I did a 20% water change. I have been constant at 0 ammonia and nitrites though. I even took samples to the lfs to confirm a few times. My process of acclimation may be the problem. I let the bag sit in the tank for an hour or so to match temperatures and then drop them in. I wonder if the lfs uses salt in their tank. It’s worth asking I guess. I’ve got two guppies left out of about 30 over the last two months. Frustrated! I’ve never had these problems with bettas or tetras. Might be time to go back to that.
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Sorry, for the long absence! Life has been rough lately. Got in a car accident and then family has been sick...I think everything seems to be getting better now though. Well, as far as the Aquarium goes, I treated completely for ich, bought 10 new male guppies, did the quarantine medication trio, and only two are still alive. I’m just so frustrated at this point. I don’t know if it’s stock that I’m buying from my lfs or me. I’m tempted to get two females and a male and let them hopefully have a generation born in my tank, but I’m also tired of throwing money at it now. For what it’s worth, the red cherry shrimp population is exploding, so at least I’m not killing those yet lol!
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Thanks for the ideas everyone! I think I’m going to give guppies one more shot. They are pretty much everything I want minus the weakness when you first purchase them.
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So I wanted to update. I went and took a ride to the fish store I bought the guppies from today and guess what? The tanks were full of ich now that I know what I’m looking for! I’m glad that I know what’s killing my fish and that I didn’t cause it; I’m sad I didn’t realize it sooner and save them with treatment.
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I have an empty 5 gallon that I might turn into a heavily planted shrimp tank and that will free me up here a bit. The next closest store is literally over an hour away, but if they have whatever I decide on, I will purchase there. I was interested in angelfish to start with, but I was under the impression that they need a larger tank than 20gallons?
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I have a moderately planted 20 long. If you saw my other post, I had a tank of guppies that were wiped out by Ich. I’m down to four male guppies, some cherry shrimp, and a mystery snail. While I’m treating the ich, I’m planning/researching what I want to put back in the tank. First off, I want the most colorful fish possible. I love guppies, but I want fancy guppies (cobra, leopard, lace, etc...) which are really hard to find around here, and I don’t want females, which makes it hard to buy online since they are typically sold in trios. I was reading about German rams, but they are not shrimp safe, and neither are bettas. My lfs is mostly saltwater and has very few freshwater offerings, so I’ll probably have to buy online unless I go with guppies again. I don’t really want tetras or need to deal with fry, as I’d have no options to deal with them. Any suggestions or pictures of what you’ve done? I’ve already watched corys 20gallon idea video, but nothing really appealed to me, but I have trouble kind of visualizing it also.
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Got it! I actually just found a water change guide on the website from Cory for guppies, so I’m gonna give it a go. Thanks for all the help!
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I’m changing about 30% weekly, so maybe? I did drop food in there like I was feeding an empty aquarium. My ammonia was less than .25 ppm the whole “cycle” time so, I assumed it was cycled/working from the start. My thought process was I added good bacteria, fed them, ammonia stayed low, plants used converted nitrates for new growth, safe to add fish lol. I have no doubt that my fish have Ich at this point. I guess the question is did I do something wrong that caused them to die/get ich or were they already infected and ich is causing them to die? I guess I will really never know.
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Here’s some better pictures
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Hey there, I'm pretty new to the hobby except for the occasion bett a growing up. I hope to learn lots and maybe even contribute in the future! If anyone around Nashville raises guppies Id love to be in touch! randy
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Thank you for the advice! I did read about hotter water having less dissolved oxygen, so I added a bubbler in before cranking the heat. I also did increase the temp slowly over 24 hours, but I will go slower when I lower it. im really confused about the nitrates thing. I’m using API freshwater master kit and following the instructions including the vigorous shaking of bottle number 2 for one minute. I even brought a sample to a chain by my house to be tested and all three were zero. If my tank wasn’t cycled, how could the ammonia be zero with everything in there (minus the dead fish spike)? I’m just confused.... ive already invested this much money; I’m not giving up yet 😁
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Thanks for all the help. Once I have this under control, I’ll try adding fish slower.
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I did have an ammonia spike when I found three dead one day. I did a 30% water change then and brought it back down.
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I’m not sure. How long should you wait before adding a higher bio load?
