Hello everyone, this is a long one but I'd appreciate any feedback you can give, thank you!
I've had my tank for over 2 months now, bought it from a local pet store, it''s 64 Litre, I have a tropical set up.
I started out with a couple of mollies and corys after the initial set up, a few days went by and I added a couple more, next week, couple more.. at the most I held 2 mollies, 4 corys and a plec (one mollie had babys.. needless to say they didnt last as we werent going to breed at this time and were not made aware of the sex!)
Any who, we followed all the instructions the shop gave us (Pets at Home) and had bought all the ornamets/ plants from the same store, as well as the food they were used to.
We have all the required treatments & more! from filter boost to tap safe and even ammonia remover.
After having the tank for three or so weeks we woke to find the plec belly up, in case we may have misjudged the amount of food we had given, we caught him in our net and lay him at the surface for a little bit, but his eyes went and colour was fading and it went stiff, so we removed.
We were shocked so marched back to the pet store, we bought some test kits to make sure everything in our water was ok.
It was. (days after we had introduced a couple fish to the tank, guramis along with another mollie)
A couple days went by and the mollies went, when we went to the store they said we had an ammonia spike and to do a large water change and use the remover..
When we returned home one of our Honey Guramis had gone! We were frustrated, we kept on top of the water changes (recommended 20% daily until ammonia dropped significantly) and only fed every other day.
Slowly but surely the fish started to go again, when we went to the pet shop to ask about what we're doing wrong the kind chap suggested a new filter saying perhaps the one they're selling with the tank isn't good enough.. (lovely)
Luckily he gave it us for free which is a relief as the amount of money we had already spent was unreal..!
We introduced the new filter whilst still running the old one for a few days and then took it out.
We tested our water and the ammonia was still high, slowly it was decreasing..
Next we wake to find a bronze cory dead and the following day the two peppered corys.
We now have one honey guarmi and one bronze cory left, and unfortunately the cory now has white spot!!
When we tested our water everything was good except the ammonia which wasnt as high as it had been and has come down a lot but we haven;t rid it yet..
We're at a loss as of what to do, we have taken great care of our tank and I understand we should have problems as it's new, but should we really be getting this many problems? What can I do??
I will upload a pic of my tank shortly, thank you for reading and hope you can help x
I've had my tank for over 2 months now, bought it from a local pet store, it''s 64 Litre, I have a tropical set up.
I started out with a couple of mollies and corys after the initial set up, a few days went by and I added a couple more, next week, couple more.. at the most I held 2 mollies, 4 corys and a plec (one mollie had babys.. needless to say they didnt last as we werent going to breed at this time and were not made aware of the sex!)
Any who, we followed all the instructions the shop gave us (Pets at Home) and had bought all the ornamets/ plants from the same store, as well as the food they were used to.
We have all the required treatments & more! from filter boost to tap safe and even ammonia remover.
After having the tank for three or so weeks we woke to find the plec belly up, in case we may have misjudged the amount of food we had given, we caught him in our net and lay him at the surface for a little bit, but his eyes went and colour was fading and it went stiff, so we removed.
We were shocked so marched back to the pet store, we bought some test kits to make sure everything in our water was ok.
It was. (days after we had introduced a couple fish to the tank, guramis along with another mollie)
A couple days went by and the mollies went, when we went to the store they said we had an ammonia spike and to do a large water change and use the remover..
When we returned home one of our Honey Guramis had gone! We were frustrated, we kept on top of the water changes (recommended 20% daily until ammonia dropped significantly) and only fed every other day.
Slowly but surely the fish started to go again, when we went to the pet shop to ask about what we're doing wrong the kind chap suggested a new filter saying perhaps the one they're selling with the tank isn't good enough.. (lovely)
Luckily he gave it us for free which is a relief as the amount of money we had already spent was unreal..!
We introduced the new filter whilst still running the old one for a few days and then took it out.
We tested our water and the ammonia was still high, slowly it was decreasing..
Next we wake to find a bronze cory dead and the following day the two peppered corys.
We now have one honey guarmi and one bronze cory left, and unfortunately the cory now has white spot!!
When we tested our water everything was good except the ammonia which wasnt as high as it had been and has come down a lot but we haven;t rid it yet..
We're at a loss as of what to do, we have taken great care of our tank and I understand we should have problems as it's new, but should we really be getting this many problems? What can I do??
I will upload a pic of my tank shortly, thank you for reading and hope you can help x