VeryFatbloke
Fish Fanatic
Hi there
I have a Juwel Rio 240 planted tank. I had a replacement heating boiler fitted last week, I had a back boiler which has been replaced by a combi boiler. The work required a lot of pipe realignment and the removal of the main water tank in the loft and the hot water cylinder in the airing cupboard. As part of the work the whole system was flushed and works well.
I did a 50 litre water change on Sunday and since then my fish have been struggling, gasping at the top of the tank. On Tuesday I did a 100L water change and yesterday my son did a 50L water change and I did a further 100L water change before I went to bed last night. I came down this morning and the fish are still swimming at the top gasping. I did a water test, Ph, ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, Gh, Kh and Fe. All of the results were good other than Fe, which seems to be off the scale.
I have a mixer tap in the kitchen which I use to refill the removed water, I add Stress Coat to that. My son tested the untreated tap water yesterday fort Ph, ammonia, nitrite and nitrate and all the results were good. I have tested the untreated tap water for Fe and untreated it's off the scale as well. I'm using the JBL Labs test kit and the scale goes up to 1.5 but the colour is darker than the highest reading on the test chart. My next step is to test the treated water which I'll do at lunch time (I'm WFH).
I have two questions. First, is it likely that the boiler change work could have affected the iron level in my tap water? And secondly, what can I do to bring the level in the aquarium down?
Any help gratefully received. I am UK based.
I have a Juwel Rio 240 planted tank. I had a replacement heating boiler fitted last week, I had a back boiler which has been replaced by a combi boiler. The work required a lot of pipe realignment and the removal of the main water tank in the loft and the hot water cylinder in the airing cupboard. As part of the work the whole system was flushed and works well.
I did a 50 litre water change on Sunday and since then my fish have been struggling, gasping at the top of the tank. On Tuesday I did a 100L water change and yesterday my son did a 50L water change and I did a further 100L water change before I went to bed last night. I came down this morning and the fish are still swimming at the top gasping. I did a water test, Ph, ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, Gh, Kh and Fe. All of the results were good other than Fe, which seems to be off the scale.
I have a mixer tap in the kitchen which I use to refill the removed water, I add Stress Coat to that. My son tested the untreated tap water yesterday fort Ph, ammonia, nitrite and nitrate and all the results were good. I have tested the untreated tap water for Fe and untreated it's off the scale as well. I'm using the JBL Labs test kit and the scale goes up to 1.5 but the colour is darker than the highest reading on the test chart. My next step is to test the treated water which I'll do at lunch time (I'm WFH).
I have two questions. First, is it likely that the boiler change work could have affected the iron level in my tap water? And secondly, what can I do to bring the level in the aquarium down?
Any help gratefully received. I am UK based.