Help With Discus

[sjolliff]

my reading have always been 0 but tested tonights and ammonia is between 0.25 and 0.50!!

also my ph has been dropping.
Has been 6.4 for ages now dropped below 6?

cant see no dead fish, few plants look a bit funny but nowt over normal

any idea whats could be causing it

 

[WILDER]

How many gallons or litres is the tank.
How many fish and which type.
What substrate and ornaments do you have in the tank?

 

[sjolliff]

Its around 350L of water
cories,angels,tetras 8 discus
sand and some rocks and one piece of bogwood

my ph is now close to 5!!!!!

Im on my 3 WC since last night and i cant get the ph up
i use 10ml of easycarbo and 15ml of TPN+ as ferts daily for the plants could it be that?

 

[mike os]

the ph wont bother the discus...... Ive had it down to less than 3 before now......

ammonia is another problem entirely... no food until it is sorted

no more than 20% water change at a time & no more than 2 a day untill it gets back to about normal... wherever that si for you.

 

[sjolliff]

i did a 25% yesterday and still showed ammonia so did another 25% and it was near 0

so i done a 50% today

i did a 25% yesterday and still showed ammonia so did another 25% and it was near 0

so i done a 50% today

just finished th WC all this has happened since using easycarbo and TPN+?

 

[sjolliff]

PH back up to 6.4 and ammonia 0
Think im going to stop using the ferts?!

 

[WILDER]

Bogwood lowers ph.
What type of rocks are they.

 

[sjolliff]

They been in for 18 months, just stone not sure on the exact type but nothing special

the ph problems have been while dosing the ferts only, but the planted lads said i would be ok

 

[WILDER]

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