We last went away in May for a couple of weeks, we added a block and my brother in law popped round and checked everyone was okay and they were, we have been back for 6 weeks so surely this couldn't have been the problem? I don't think the power went out... BIL certainly didn't mention anything!stanleo said:
All My Fish Have Died?!
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I honestly don't know. A scenario is running through my mind that the power did go out while you were away, long enough to kill your good bacteria, Bill didn't know about it and it took 5 weeks of exposure to increasing levels of ammonia and nitrite to start have deleterious effects on your fish. That is pure speculation though.
If I were you, I would do everything Laurac94 is telling you and when you reach an ammonia level of below .25ppm, treat your tank like it is going through a fish in cycle.
I probably wasn't much help but I hope everything works out for you and your fish.
If I were you, I would do everything Laurac94 is telling you and when you reach an ammonia level of below .25ppm, treat your tank like it is going through a fish in cycle.
I probably wasn't much help but I hope everything works out for you and your fish.
I think the raised ammonia is down to changing the filter sponges too quickly. It takes between six and eight weeks for a new sponge to be colonised with good bacteria, so changing both within a fortnight would strip most of the bacteria out.
Why this hasn't caused issues in the past, I don't know; perhaps the fish were smaller and producing less or something.
Keep up the big water changes until thing settle again, OP, and don't worry about stressing the fish; the ammonia would be much worse.
Why this hasn't caused issues in the past, I don't know; perhaps the fish were smaller and producing less or something.
Keep up the big water changes until thing settle again, OP, and don't worry about stressing the fish; the ammonia would be much worse.
I think the water is now under 0.5ppm. I cannot in all honesty be sure as we have lost the test tubes and the colour chart for our big water kit and have had to use strips tonight, I will get another test kit tomorrow with new tubes and colour chart inside, I cannot find anything as a replacement. Feel like a terrible fish owner just now, my poor beautiful fish 
The gouramis are all currently really perky, I am not sure about the angel as he is still staying in a corner but seems to be floating fine though it appears the sight has gone from at least one eye A few corys who are dottering about seem alrightish and the big catfish has gill movement and the occasional flutter of fins but I fear I will be removing him in the morning I wish there was something more I could do
The gouramis are all currently really perky, I am not sure about the angel as he is still staying in a corner but seems to be floating fine though it appears the sight has gone from at least one eye A few corys who are dottering about seem alrightish and the big catfish has gill movement and the occasional flutter of fins but I fear I will be removing him in the morning I wish there was something more I could do 
Just keep up with the large water changes mate. The filter should establish back faster than starting from scratch but the fish will only have a chance of recovering after that if you keep the ammonia below 0.25 as they've already gone through a major shock.
Sadly the featherfin and the corys who did look perkier this morning have now gone The gouramis and an angel are still there, the angels fins are looking very ragged though and his eyes are still opaque? Can I actually save him? Got a new test kit today and have just tested it, the colour chart shows it as 0.6 (there isn't a 0.5 on this ones colour chart - tempted now I have test tubes to see what my API one says as well, this is a nutrafin test kit?) I have 3 gouramis and am desperately trying to save this angel so any help would be hugely appreciated. We are going to do another 50% water change or should we go 75%? Thank you for all your help last night, hoping for more though
The gouramis and an angel are still there, the angels fins are looking very ragged though and his eyes are still opaque? Can I actually save him? Got a new test kit today and have just tested it, the colour chart shows it as 0.6 (there isn't a 0.5 on this ones colour chart - tempted now I have test tubes to see what my API one says as well, this is a nutrafin test kit?) I have 3 gouramis and am desperately trying to save this angel so any help would be hugely appreciated. We are going to do another 50% water change or should we go 75%? Thank you for all your help last night, hoping for more though 
If yo
Do a 75% water change. This will lower the ammonia to a more appropriate level.
For example, if the tank reads 1ppm, then 75% water change will bring the level down to 0.25ppm. A 50% water change for example would bring it down to only 0.50ppm and so on.
In your scenario, despite the amount of water changes already done, as far as your fish are concerned they are still swimming in ammonia levels high enough to kill them. So bring that down finally to 0 and keep it there if you want to give them any chance.
Minstrel said:
Do a 75% water change. This will lower the ammonia to a more appropriate level.
For example, if the tank reads 1ppm, then 75% water change will bring the level down to 0.25ppm. A 50% water change for example would bring it down to only 0.50ppm and so on.
In your scenario, despite the amount of water changes already done, as far as your fish are concerned they are still swimming in ammonia levels high enough to kill them. So bring that down finally to 0 and keep it there if you want to give them any chance.
75% water change done and the test has now come out at 0. Will restest tomorrow.
As per my angel as said above I can see what looks like a little bit of blood on a side fin, the fins are frayed and split and his eyes are cloudy, can anyone help me with what to do with him? I really really want to save him, he is a beautiful fish
As per my angel as said above I can see what looks like a little bit of blood on a side fin, the fins are frayed and split and his eyes are cloudy, can anyone help me with what to do with him? I really really want to save him, he is a beautiful fish
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