Freefallintolife
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I’m totally winging my aquarium and as you will quickly find out, I have no idea what I’m doing.
Tank size: 20+, I inherited the tank as a thank you for helping a friend move
pH: maybe 7.8? I don’t really understand how I’m supposed to read the indicator
ammonia: <0.02ppm
nitrite: no idea
nitrate: also no idea
kH: I’m not even sure what this is
gH: also not sure
tank temp: 78-79
Fish Symptoms: My male platy is just laying in the gravel or hiding, either in my crusty crab or my density planted area next to it. He doesn’t seem to be eating. Occasionally, like once this week, I saw him swimming around the cage, but only after I picked up the his hiding nook because I thought he might be dead.
He seems to be breathing fast, his fin has some frayed edges, he was laying on his side (idk it just seemed weird), he is no longer showing off or interacting with the ladies. A female panda platy died last week, she was also lathargic but was staying at a corner at the top of the tank not necessarily laying in the substrate.
Volume and Frequency of water changes:
25%-50% every 3-7 days, higher percentages for longer gaps.
Chemical Additives or Media in your tank: Aqueon water conditioner is added to tap water for changes.
Tank inhabitants: 1 Betta, 5 tetras, 3 neon tetras, 2 yo-yo loaches, 3 adult female platy, 2 juvenile platy (3-8weeks), innumerable snails (I’m trying very hard to remove them)
Recent additions to your tank (living or decoration): beta plant (4 weeks ago), Yo-yo loach (3 weeks), Fluval 30 (1 week) *accidentally flushed a piece of my fluval 106 canister filter during a cleaning, biofilter? (1week) *a weird Little Rock this that is theoretically supposed to work like a mechanical filter and cultivate bacteria colonies, ph and amonium indicators (1week) and finally I upgraded my oxygen to an airstone (3 weeks).
Exposure to chemicals: none that I’m aware unless flourish for my plants counts, I put a high dose in because it was supposed to kill snails about 4-6 weeks ago.
Idk I’m sure I gave way to much info that didn’t matter and not enough of the important stuff.
Digital photo (include if possible):
I’m unable to upload any pics they seem to be too large for the server
Tank size: 20+, I inherited the tank as a thank you for helping a friend move
pH: maybe 7.8? I don’t really understand how I’m supposed to read the indicator
ammonia: <0.02ppm
nitrite: no idea
nitrate: also no idea
kH: I’m not even sure what this is
gH: also not sure
tank temp: 78-79
Fish Symptoms: My male platy is just laying in the gravel or hiding, either in my crusty crab or my density planted area next to it. He doesn’t seem to be eating. Occasionally, like once this week, I saw him swimming around the cage, but only after I picked up the his hiding nook because I thought he might be dead.
He seems to be breathing fast, his fin has some frayed edges, he was laying on his side (idk it just seemed weird), he is no longer showing off or interacting with the ladies. A female panda platy died last week, she was also lathargic but was staying at a corner at the top of the tank not necessarily laying in the substrate.
Volume and Frequency of water changes:
25%-50% every 3-7 days, higher percentages for longer gaps.
Chemical Additives or Media in your tank: Aqueon water conditioner is added to tap water for changes.
Tank inhabitants: 1 Betta, 5 tetras, 3 neon tetras, 2 yo-yo loaches, 3 adult female platy, 2 juvenile platy (3-8weeks), innumerable snails (I’m trying very hard to remove them)
Recent additions to your tank (living or decoration): beta plant (4 weeks ago), Yo-yo loach (3 weeks), Fluval 30 (1 week) *accidentally flushed a piece of my fluval 106 canister filter during a cleaning, biofilter? (1week) *a weird Little Rock this that is theoretically supposed to work like a mechanical filter and cultivate bacteria colonies, ph and amonium indicators (1week) and finally I upgraded my oxygen to an airstone (3 weeks).
Exposure to chemicals: none that I’m aware unless flourish for my plants counts, I put a high dose in because it was supposed to kill snails about 4-6 weeks ago.
Idk I’m sure I gave way to much info that didn’t matter and not enough of the important stuff.
Digital photo (include if possible):
I’m unable to upload any pics they seem to be too large for the server
