moosepig Posted August 24, 2021 Share Posted August 24, 2021 Monkey face flowerhorn is stressed and I need some advice 54g bow front corner tank Seasoned HOB marineland with an Aquarium Co-op black sponge pre-filter (new) biowheeel is seasoned from 20g tank. I made a K1 fluidized bed filter with a 1liter water bottle (running for about two weeks) and a sponge filter from Aquarium Co-op medium. 81F Ammonia .25ppm Nitrite 2 ppm Nitrate 5 ppm pH 8 I started on the 6th of August with Little Spooky, my flowerhorn, in my 20 gallon tank that has an UGF recently established. That tanks perimeters are Ammonia 0 Nitrites 0 and Nitrate 20-40 78F The 20g tank seems like a safer place for Little Spooky but I am having trouble deciding what to do. She stresses out when I bring the net towards her. Should I move her back to the small tank or do water changes every two days in the 54g, should I use Prime if the amount of chlorine is not detectable in my tap water? Should I use salt? I am worried about the Nitrite level and cant seem to figure out what to do about this situation I put myself in... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TankofFish Posted August 24, 2021 Share Posted August 24, 2021 (edited) well right off the bat you need to do a water change, your Nitrite is high and that alone could be an issue and use the prime, go by the directions on the bottle Edited August 24, 2021 by TankofFish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TankofFish Posted August 24, 2021 Share Posted August 24, 2021 Sounds like your tank is in the middle of cycling still. If your sure your 20 is cycled I would try to get the fish back in that tank till you get the 54 going in the right direction. I'm sure others will be along to give better advice but that is what I would do as of right now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TankofFish Posted August 24, 2021 Share Posted August 24, 2021 One more thing, the aquarium salt will help. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted August 24, 2021 Share Posted August 24, 2021 (edited) I would is do daily water changes to get your ammonia and nitirte levels down and add a double dose of prime to detoxify nitrites and ammonia prime only detoxifys ammonia and nitirte for 24hr you could add some quick growing plants like Hornwort or vallisneria or some floating plants like water lettuce or Amazonian frogbit they will help speed up the nitrogen cycle Edited August 24, 2021 by Colu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moosepig Posted August 24, 2021 Author Share Posted August 24, 2021 I moved her and now for some floating plants...thank you so much! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppy Guy Posted August 24, 2021 Share Posted August 24, 2021 (edited) I like the water bottle filter idea, but when you made it, did you strip off all the label glue? If not, it could be leaching toxins in the water and stressing out Lil Spooky. Edited August 24, 2021 by Guppy Guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moosepig Posted August 25, 2021 Author Share Posted August 25, 2021 (edited) did you strip off all the label glue? um... Edited August 26, 2021 by moosepig I found residue on the bottle. GG nailed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TankofFish Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 I think once you get that 54g on the right track your wet pet will love it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moosepig Posted August 26, 2021 Author Share Posted August 26, 2021 I'm very happy to say the nitrites have dropped to the lesser purple, almost blue! The cloudiness has cleared some as well... Thank you for your kind words, and encouragement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moosepig Posted August 26, 2021 Author Share Posted August 26, 2021 On 8/24/2021 at 12:36 PM, Guppy Guy said: I like the water bottle filter idea, but when you made it, did you strip off all the label glue? If not, it could be leaching toxins in the water and stressing out Lil Spooky. You were right Guppy Guy! I did leave some residue on the bottle...yikes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppy Guy Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 (edited) On 8/26/2021 at 2:03 AM, moosepig said: You were right Guppy Guy! I did leave some residue on the bottle...yikes. Glad you caught it early. Good luck 👍. One more note on the water bottle. On the bottom, there will be a recycling triangle, and inside that is a number. If it is the number 1, you will have to replace the bottle after a year or so. The plastic will break down in the water. If it is #2(5 gallon buckets), or number #5(storage containers, ziplock food containers), that should be fine. I made a PVC pipe filter(PVC is permanently safe, I have had it as decoration in one of my tanks for over 2 years now), but I am still testing it. Edited August 26, 2021 by Guppy Guy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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