Urgent Help And Advice Needed

[Tory]

Hi All,

Before I start, Im not sure of recent water params as I cant get to my lfs now - about a week ago, they were all within desired ranges - nitrites 0 etc etc. Ive just replaced a faulty powerhead, and water turnover is fab.

Ive got 2 issues.

The first, is that this afternoon, my water is very cloudy so am starting to panic that I might be having a bacteria bloom...

Second, my temo is 25 - 26 degrees and I keep catching a cluster of mollies around the filter towards the top of the water - right next to where the heater is.

Can anyone give me any explanations or advice on what might be happening?

Thanks in advance x

 

[Tory]

anyone

 

[indigoj]

Hi, without your water stats it is hard to say, you really need a test kit so you can check them yourself when ever you need to.

When you say you replaced a powerhead do you mean just the motor or the whole filter including media? Water turnover is important but not as important as maintaining good bacteria.

I'd say it is a water quality issue, do a water change of around 25-30% now and lay off feeding for 24hours, do another waterchange tomorrow of the same ammount and get your water stats asap. Keep up water changes until you have test results - ask your LFS for actual readings - ammonia and nitrIte should be ZERO and nitrAte under 40 ideally -lower the better for nitrate but ammonia and nitrite are more important. Also check your ph.

What size is the tank and what fish are in there?

 

[Tory]

Thanks for the reply, it is only the powerhead - not the full filter, but isnt the desired powerhead for particular filter...

Its a fairly established tank, at 140l and community tropicals - have already started the water changes, will carry on and see how it goes

Thanks x

 

[indigoj]

Hmmm, 'community tropicals' can mean anything what is your actual stocking? Anything new recently?

 

[shelaghfishface]

go to your LFS tomoorow if poss and get a test done.. write down the readings and post them here, its very hard to guess whats wrong without them, if its a bloom, then just leave or you`ll feel like youre chasing your tail ( assuming all the tests are ok that is)
personaly im not a fan of mollies at all, they seem to bring nothing but bad news ( to me at least) how long have they been in there and were they all bought from the same store? same batch maybe?

i dont suppose i will ever be able to find this post again as the forum is all change at the moment..i`ll try but if not then good luck, i hope you get it all sorted

shelagh xxx