Cory's Gasping For Breath

[Mowbz]

What have you been doing with the filter cartridges?

 

[Harlequins]

+1 - agree with Mowbz...

Have you changed you filter cartridges recently??

 

[betta fish]

Also 25% water changes per week are fine, you should never have to change 100% ever unless something drastic has happened.

 

[Platy lover]

Also 25% water changes per week are fine, you should never have to change 100% ever unless something drastic has happened.

All but my albino cory died and I change the cartridge every 6-7 weeks

 

[Harlequins]

Thats where you problem lies....DO NOT change the filter cartridge, not matter what the instructions says, it just needs a swish in used tank water to clean it...

Unfortuntely when you changed the cartridge you threw away the bacteria needed to keep your tank going...your filter therefore needs to be cycled again to keep your fish alive without ammonia/nitrite spikes!

Sorry to hear you lost your fish,pity you didn't ask before changing the cartridge....

 

[Mowbz]

^^ As i suspected, guess you thought the same?! Great mind think alike and all that......













Idiots never differ either though.....

 

[Platy lover]

^^ As i suspected, guess you thought the same?! Great mind think alike and all that....



Idiots never differ either though.....

I am not an idiot this is the first time I ever had a fish tank.

 

[Mowbz]

No no no! Thats not what i meant!

Great minds think alike, the flipside is, idiots never differ either. I was a joke at Harlequins immediate suspicion of the filter cartridges being the problem, like myself..... Not a dig at a newbie, we all started out the same!

 

[Platy lover]

No no no! Thats not what i meant!

Great minds think alike, the flipside is, idiots never differ either. I was a joke at Harlequins immediate suspicion of the filter cartridges being the problem, like myself..... Not a dig at a newbie, we all started out the same!

Lol sorry I get defensive easily because of my autism. I am glad Whitey (Albino bronze cory)and Fred (clown pleco)haven't died from it.

 

[Mowbz]

Im glad too!

How many Corys do you have left now? I have a rubbernose plec,disappears for days then appears wriggling in the sand out front! He switches between a sandy colour and dark browny green, so he can be hard to spot.

Do you have anything else in there?

 

[Platy lover]

Im glad too!

How many Corys do you have left now? I have a rubbernose plec,disappears for days then appears wriggling in the sand out front! He switches between a sandy colour and dark browny green, so he can be hard to spot.

Do you have anything else in there?

I just have 1 cory, 3 oto's, 3 guppies, 4 platy's, 1 dwarf gourami, 2 swordtails, 1 pleco, 2 mystery snail, and 2 ghost shrimp. The casualties were 5 cories, a guppy, and a ghost shrimp.

 

[Mowbz]

In that case i would give it a week or so, and try to get some more Corys. The surviving one will be a lot happier!

 

[Platy lover]

In that case i would give it a week or so, and try to get some more Corys. The surviving one will be a lot happier!

Yeah he is trying to play with the platy's but they are ignoring him.

 

[lurch1000]

If you ever need to replace media, certainly don't replace more than 30% at a time. All media will hold bacteria, and changing too much will cause you to cycle.

After a media change, whatever the size, keep an eye on the tank as if you would when you first cycled it.

Ammo-lock as mentioned doesn't get rid of the stuff, it just locks it, and it will still show on a test.

Stick with it! It'll come together! Little extra monitoring, test before and after a water change so you know what your tank has produced in 24 hours, and also gives you time to react in a less drastic fashion to anything.

Out of interest, do your Cories not grab air from the surface of the tank?

 

[Platy lover]

If you ever need to replace media, certainly don't replace more than 30% at a time. All media will hold bacteria, and changing too much will cause you to cycle.

After a media change, whatever the size, keep an eye on the tank as if you would when you first cycled it.

Ammo-lock as mentioned doesn't get rid of the stuff, it just locks it, and it will still show on a test.

Stick with it! It'll come together! Little extra monitoring, test before and after a water change so you know what your tank has produced in 24 hours, and also gives you time to react in a less drastic fashion to anything.

Out of interest, do your Cories not grab air from the surface of the tank?

They did and all of them sadly passed away so did 6 platy's. I swished the filter in water yesterday and the tank looks fine now. I have 23 new fry and they are all still alive