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i turn the filter off during medication...but, keep tank water in the chamber to keep the media wet. i always rinse in tank water when changing, and i have additional media to keep the bacteria happy and alive. i've done a gazillion water changes since the first ammolock dose, but i have used...

no, it's a brand new kit. expires in 2013. i don't understand what's going on, there's no way it's reading correctly. i'm going to do another water change tomorrow, and then i'll treat the tank.

i know that high ammonia levels are dangerous, but like i said..the readings seem to be incorrect. the liquid API test is reading at 8ppm. it's a 37g tank, and those are the only fish i have. i have a 40g carbon filter, but i have some extra media in there to keep the bacteria healthy through...

like i said, i've had high ammonia readings for a long time without any symptoms of ammonia poisoning or fish death. there is no ammonia in my tap water..it has a low pH (6.4-6.8). i did my regular water change yesterday. i have a 12 inch airstone that's always airating, and i do bi-weekly...

hey all- i have a 37g tank w/ 7 platys (and a few fry) and 5 corys. one of my platys has large white spots that look a bit fuzzy (but are close to the body and not on her mouth or gills). i treated the tank with quickcure, thinking it was ich, which has worked for me in the past. i treated for...

sure! i'll post stats tomorrow night, and again when i get home.

i'm using a tetra gel feeder block...supposedly they don't dissolve.

thanks for the response. unfortunately, no. everyone with a key is coming with me for the week.

Hey all, I'm going out of town for 6 days...I'm planning on using a feeder block, as I have some very young endlers and am nervous that they won't survive the week. I'm concerned, because the hood on my tank is broken, and the light only turns on if I hold the bulb in place for a second after...

thanks...i do have an airstone..i dumped my carbon and i'm treating with API super ick liquid...i turned the temp up from 77 to 80. the meds say to treat again in 48 hours..and then wait another 48 hours, do a 25% water change, and filter w/ new carbon. any insight as to how quickly i should...

hey guys... i woke up this morning to find one of my male platys dead. i hadn't noticed before, but he had white fluffy stuff on his bottom fins. i checked out the rest of my fish, and i'm noticing white spots on a few of them. one of my corys has what looks like grains of salt on his fins...

yeah, i agree...he looks like a male. and, if he/she were pregnant, the bulge would be much lower...

ah, minor improvements. ammonia: .5ppm nitrite: somewhere between 0 and .25ppm nitrate: 10ppm fish are happier, i'm changing water every day...and i've got that wet soil tank cycling smell happening.

ok, so...new stats: ammonia: 1ppm (dropped from 2ppm on its own overnight) nitrite: .25ppm nitrate: 5ppm

sigh. 2ppm. i'm about to do a 2nd change to see if i can get it below 1. the platy w/ the clamped fins has recovered 100%..she's back to her normal self. the other is still hanging out in the bottom of the tank.

nope, just me. i certainly didn't eat him. ha

i thought he may have jumped out, he was swimming really erratically before he disappeared, but i looked behind the tank and on the floor and didn't see him. le sigh.

yeah, i looked everywhere. i only have one decoration with a top, and he's not in there or in any of the plants. i've been vacuuming the gravel every time i've done a change, in case he's buried. i'll post tonight with new readings once i do a couple big changes. what's your opinion on cycle?

i just tested again, i'm at 2ppm...is it normal for it to be rising so quickly? i'm going to do two big water changes today to see what happens since i can't keep up with one a day. do you have any suggestions for reducing the stress on my fish? ammo-lock seemed to make them happier, but i'm...

hahah, the cycle worked fine in the beginning! i checked my ammonia again, and it's holding at 1ppm...i think i'm going to stick with daily water changes until this resolves. if my ammonia is higher in the morning, i'll do two tomorrow. i pulled out the filter pad, there's nothing stuck to...

i looked everywhere for the little guy. i did a 30% change and moved everything..and went through all the gravel with my vac, he's no where to be found...and my filter doesn't have a big enough space for him to have gotten sucked up. so...it's a total mystery. i have no algae or cloudy water or...

my water changes don't seem to be changing my ammonia levels at all. everyone is still alive, i'm still testing at 4 w/ the API kit. i got an ammo-alert thing for inside the tank, and it's been consistently reading at zero...i'm so confused. i'm going to do another big water change..i've been...

i'm worried that daily water changes is going to keep my tank from re-cycling..

i have an API master test kit..so it's liquid. i just tested the water, it's reading 4ppm of ammonia. this can't be right can it?!

i've had fish for a couple of weeks. everything was reading at zero (after the proper spikes) for days after i got them, but got screwy once i added my corys. i did a 30% change this afternoon..i just tested the water, and i'm still getting 1ppm. i don't understand how it's not changing! (does...

sorry for the double post :blush:

hey guys, i have 2 sick platys and was hoping to get some advice. one has been clamping her fins since yesterday (dorsal and tail) and very rarely swims around the tank..i caught her flashing a couple of times, but i don't see anything on her. the other stays at the top of the tank motionless...

thanks for the responses.. i did my partial change before i added the corys, and by the time i acclimated them it was back to zero. i'm keeping a close eye on my levels..i did a 20% change yesterday, and last night it was holding at zero..the corys are happy-they're much more active than...

they seem to have adjusted and are happy as can be now. they've claimed a log as their home and all hang out there when they're not doing flips in the filter bubbles. i lost one of them today, though..my wonky cycle is the culprit i think. he was the smallest of the lot, and i got a .25 ammonia...

he died, i think--i can't find him anywhere in the tank. could the others have eaten him? i'm worried about an ammonia spike if i can't find him, but i've checked everywhere. advice?

i was right, thankfully...i dropped a couple of squished peas in the tank before i went to sleep late last night, and they're all back to their normal non-giant selves. :)

hey guys... i woke up this morning to find one of my corys in a bad state-he's laying on his side breathing heavily, every once in a while he flies around the tank really quickly and erratically, and his right fin is clamped. i had my tank cycled, but i added a couple of platys and it went...

a few of them look fairly uncomfortable, they're swimming much slower than normal and settling much lower in the tank. i've been keeping an eye on them, and it seems like constipation to me..but, i could be wrong. i'll wait a couple of days and see what happens, should i feed them veggies...

hey guys, i had 6 platys for about a week or so...they were happy and healthy, i added two more yesterday, and now all but two (one old, one new) of them are bloated and constipated. they've been eating all of the food i've been feeding my corys (shrimp pellets and sinking wafers) plus their...

it's at 75 degrees. i have a 12 inch airstone, but it hasn't been on in a couple of days because my platys seem to not like it...they won't eat near the bubbles, and they won't swim anywhere near the bubble wall. i'll run it tonight and see what happens. my nitrites are at 0, and i just checked...

hey all.. i have a 37g tank..it's a fairly new tank but i completed a fishless cycle. i have some platys and added some emerald corys this morning. i checked the water before i added my corys, and i had .25ppm of ammonia (ah!!). everything else was normal. don't know what's going on with the...