failing filtration ??

[jolaf]

Speaking of help. i need it. I have a 26 gallon tank. I have a tetratec living filter PF150. I have had my tank for the 4th week this week. i have tested the water almost daily and all leveels are fine with t bit of hardness noted. Included in my tank are 4 neaons, a chinese algae eater, a plet, a betta fish, two swordtails and a molly and two small danios. The problem I am having is that I dont think the filter is giving them enough air. I have a airstone but have lost about 5 fish so far. I see white fuzzy stuff on my swordtail and the one bleeing heart tetra that dies had white stuff o nhim also. Beleiving it was ick I treated the entire tank this is the second day but I jsut lost another Angelfish today. Any notes of wisdom? I am thinking of getting another filter I am not so sure the living filter is doing its duty.

 

[ncstater1919]

no offense but CAE dont eat algae and mine was a spase lol sadly he died
by the way when i had neon tetras they had the smae diesease, its called neon tetra diesease where white looking cottonballs attach to the fishes gills, the thing is that the cottonballs would go and come until it over took my tetra

 

[jolaf]

The neons are the only thing that live in my tank lol Do you know anything about tetra bio filters with a siphon the water goes up and down like the book says maybe i jsut put fish in too soon?

no offense but CAE dont eat algae and mine was a spase lol sadly he died
by the way when i had neon tetras they had the smae diesease, its called neon tetra diesease where white looking cottonballs attach to the fishes gills, the thing is that the cottonballs would go and come until it over took my tetra

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[rdd1952]

Have you checked all your water parameters? What are the ammonia and nitrite readings? With that many fish in a 4 week old tank, I would suspect that the tank isn't cycled and that is main source of your problems.

 

[playfulalliecat]

Have you tested your water? Did you cycle the tank? I think that may be your problem. I am surprised you haven't lost a lot more fish. When cycling a new tank with fish, you have to start slow with one or two hardy fish. Also, you have to keep a close eye on your water parameters, namely, ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate. When ammonia and nitrites start to show a level, you have to do 10% water changes to keep those levels from poisong your fish.
The way the cycle works is the ammonia reading will go up, then the nitrite, and finally a nitrate spike. Lots of times the nitrate spike will cause cloudy water and this signals the end of the cycle.

Please give us some more information so that we can help you. If you don't have a test kit, take some water to your lfs. Lots of times they will test water for free or a small fee.

 

[jolaf]

Actually I take water each time I take the fish back to the store and it shows perfect in every way. i have been testing it daily. I am going into the fifth week this week and wil make a water change this weekend. The tank looks beautiful and the water is perfect. I think it jsut cycled and that is why I lost the fish. I am not buying any until I watch the remaining fish. I have left a guppy the plet, two fat bellied guppys. I se the dalmation molly is showing the signs of death today. I didsee a thin white colored cating on al the fish bfefore they died. I have seen ick but this doesn tlook like ick. Do you have asuggestion on what to treat the water with other than ick treatment? I do apprecaite all the feedback.

Have you tested your water? Did you cycle the tank? I think that may be your problem. I am surprised you haven't lost a lot more fish. When cycling a new tank with fish, you have to start slow with one or two hardy fish. Also, you have to keep a close eye on your water parameters, namely, ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate. When ammonia and nitrites start to show a level, you have to do 10% water changes to keep those levels from poisong your fish.
The way the cycle works is the ammonia reading will go up, then the nitrite, and finally a nitrate spike. Lots of times the nitrate spike will cause cloudy water and this signals the end of the cycle.

Please give us some more information so that we can help you. If you don't have a test kit, take some water to your lfs. Lots of times they will test water for free or a small fee.

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[jolaf]

I have the color strips for freshwater testing. The The nitrate is 0, the nitrate shows safe. The hardness is at the high end, the alkalinity is in the ideal range and the ph is at 7.2

Have you checked all your water parameters? What are the ammonia and nitrite readings? With that many fish in a 4 week old tank, I would suspect that the tank isn't cycled and that is main source of your problems.

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[13ullhe4d]

sounds more like a fungal infection.Would you be able to post a pic of the infected fish?Im not exactly familiar with this filter,but I dont believe tis would have any thing to do wit the fuzzy growths.wat kind of water changes do you do?how much and how often?what did you treat the tank with?need more specifics in order to really be of any help,other wise its just a guessing game and i dont like to guess.