HalfTailedOwner
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Hi, just need to put some information before I start.
10 gallon tank
72 F water
Has a filter, and an air stone
water is conditioned
I originally had a male doubled tailed betta in the tank--and everything was going smoothly. He is still alive after a month after I got him. However, my dad had come home from work and decided to buy several fish all at once, even though I tried hard to convince him that it was not beneficial to the tank because the amount of ammonia would build up. He didn't listen and ended up buying 1 koi, 5 tetras, a guppy, and a female betta. I cannot believe that he would do this and I tested the water with the API ammonia test, and found that the water is at 8.0 ppm!!! I did a drastic water change with 60% of the water and it's gone down to 4.0. I really want to tell him that we should return the fish but nothing's coming out of it. I'm not sure what to do, as I cannot buy a larger tank. I will try to return them in the future, but is there anything i can do right now to keep all of them alive?
10 gallon tank
72 F water
Has a filter, and an air stone
water is conditioned
I originally had a male doubled tailed betta in the tank--and everything was going smoothly. He is still alive after a month after I got him. However, my dad had come home from work and decided to buy several fish all at once, even though I tried hard to convince him that it was not beneficial to the tank because the amount of ammonia would build up. He didn't listen and ended up buying 1 koi, 5 tetras, a guppy, and a female betta. I cannot believe that he would do this and I tested the water with the API ammonia test, and found that the water is at 8.0 ppm!!! I did a drastic water change with 60% of the water and it's gone down to 4.0. I really want to tell him that we should return the fish but nothing's coming out of it. I'm not sure what to do, as I cannot buy a larger tank. I will try to return them in the future, but is there anything i can do right now to keep all of them alive?