Ammonia is already at 0.25ppm I currently have 6 fish 4 black neon tetras a dwarf gourami and a peppered Cory (yes I know cories need bigger groups he will be moved to a 50 gallon at some point whenever it is done being treated for ich)
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Do you mean you have ich in the 10g along w/cycling? Or do you mean a separate 50g tank? Sorry, close to my bedtime. I may not be reading closely. How are you treating the ich?
In the 50g there was an ich out break we are treating it with tetra ick tablets
My dwarf gourami is still being lethargic and has stringy white poop and it looks like he is gasping for air but not breathing heavy or anything
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Even less often. Once every other day. Fish are cold blooded. They don't need the calories to maintain their body temperature. Which means they don't need to eat nearly as much as many people instinctively think.
Any excess food you feed them will either be processed into waste which raises ammonia levels. Or goes uneaten and decomposes, which also raises ammonia levels. Either way, excess feeding is the last thing you want to do when a tank is cycling.
Okay that makes sense
Also, try adding fast growing floating plants. Salvinia minima, anacharis, hornwort, water wisteria, water lettuce, Amazon frogbit, red root floaters, guppy grass, water sprite, among others.
Those plants grow fast, which means they absorb a lot of nutrients like ammonia out of the water column. Sometimes if you have enough of them, you don't even need to do a traditional cycle.
Those plants grow fast, which means they absorb a lot of nutrients like ammonia out of the water column. Sometimes if you have enough of them, you don't even need to do a traditional cycle.
I don't know where to buy them from my LFS doesn't sell any
I get all my plants off Etsy.
Nitrite poisoning will make the blood turn brown and so the gills. it's not a permanent condition but it will remain for a while before going away. And is really not good for the fishes. Lower oxygen in the blood transport is causing asphyxia. Still it's normal for your gourami to take gulps of air, they have the capability to breathe air like bettas.
If he has slow down on rapid breathing and started to become lethargic. You need to maintain nitrite at a very low level. If possible inhibited with a product like Prime. That would really save the day, and probably the week too.
His gills were coloured like this ever since I got him and today he is showing symptoms of DGD
All you can do right now is keep up with water changes and make sure your water is well oxygenated through a filter and/or air stone. It's an unfortunate situation but keep testing and do large changes when those readings start to rise. It could take a few weeks with your biolad and unfortunately you may lose some fish due to the stress.
You mention you learned about the Nitrogen cycle too late, are you also cycling the 50 gallon too?
You mention you learned about the Nitrogen cycle too late, are you also cycling the 50 gallon too?
No the 50 gallon is established I'm not the one who cares for it that one is my stepfathers
Ah ok that makes sense.
Just do what you can, these things happen and you can't reverse the situation. Ebay and etsy are good for plants, I'd recommend getting something like elodea densa and water lettuce to start as they don't need planting, but the water changes are the main thing you need to do. At each water change add Prime, even if you're changing water twice a day. It will slowly start to settle down, but it may take a good few weeks.
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