jhd
New Member
It is quite a desister with your tank.
Apart from high tem to treat ich (ick),
from your picture it looks like you have large gravel.
Just to make sure, I need to ask you if you vacuum IN the gravel.
With large gravel, uneaten food can not be recover by fish and keeps rotting. Bottom dwellers are affected first, stressed out and they are prone to ick, which first affect stressed fish (especially scaleless).
Make sure that you vacuum in the gravel, 25% of water weekly.
To check your kit, take sample of water from your tank and give it to be checked in your store you got the fish from. Results should agree. Good luck.
Apart from high tem to treat ich (ick),
from your picture it looks like you have large gravel.
Just to make sure, I need to ask you if you vacuum IN the gravel.
With large gravel, uneaten food can not be recover by fish and keeps rotting. Bottom dwellers are affected first, stressed out and they are prone to ick, which first affect stressed fish (especially scaleless).
Make sure that you vacuum in the gravel, 25% of water weekly.
To check your kit, take sample of water from your tank and give it to be checked in your store you got the fish from. Results should agree. Good luck.