Recent content by CTYankee79

Although in this instance I’m not worried about ammonia, that explanation is really helpful. Thank you

Thanks, I’ll add it every 48 hours until I get this sorted.

I’m afraid to stop dosing Prime until I sort this out. Does anybody know if I should dose every 24 hours or 48 hours? I thought the effects of it binding to heavy metals and other toxins lasted 48 hours but I don’t remember.

Thanks A201, I do keep a bottle of Prime on hand. I started dosing it on Monday after all the fish died and actually none have died since. I don’t know whether that’s a coincidence or not. On one hand as Glenn said it seems too much of a coincidence that the fish started dying after I added new...

Thank you Glenn. The dying has slowed down fortunately but I lost half the tank. The only dead fish I was able to examine was a Gourami I found yesterday, I don’t see anything in its throat or gills but it’s a bit hard to see. I’ve attached photos. Behavior of the ones I managed to see before...

Thank you SparkyJones that was helpful. My kh is so high I doubt my ph crashed but it’s certainly worth testing both…and interesting theory about the osmotic shock. I appreciate you taking the time to brainstorm possible causes, oddball stuff like cleaning fluids etc crossed my mind as well…if...

Thank you ProudPapa

Bump. I’ve lost 5 more fish. Kindly requesting assistance on this.

Thank you for replying. 1) fish are from petco, it is a well run high volume petco so they are pretty good, I like to go there because they have harder, higher PH well water like my own. I agree about the diseases 2)I had the same thought as you. Especially since the fish started dying after...

Tank What is the water volume of the tank? 40 gallons How long has the tank been running? 2 years Does it have a filter? Aquaclear and powerhead Does it have a heater? Yes What is the water temperature? 79 What is the entire stocking of this tank? 20 Rasboras, 3 gouramis, Bolivian ram, 4 Sterbai...

I have a heavily planted tank with Sterbai cories. I think when the plants are newly planted and don’t have a root system the cories may be able to uproot them. But once the plants are established it is absolutely a non issue. If you plan on having the entire tank carpeted that may present a...

I appreciate both your responses, however this conversion happened 8 months ago. Everything went quite smooth, the water never clouded and water parameters remained consistent and acceptable throughout. Ammonia never spiked. I did keep the fish in a different tank for a few weeks to be safe. It...

It looks like hygro Cordata perhaps

Looks like a German Blue Ram

For future reference, you can cut the plant from the driftwood. To reattach it, you can use thread, or I find one of the best ways is by using a gel superglue. Use it sparingly and try to make sure surfaces are relatively dry (never allow the leaves of the plant to dry out though), it sets up...