Uncycled Tank

Oky, I lost a black molly and a guppy today!! Is this because of a change or what?

 

Have you tested your water? How did you do the fish/tank move exactly?

 

10% WC daily, feed only every second day (be careful not to overfeed) and get filter media from somewhere and hang it in a stocking with an airstone under, add a sponge filter as well (cheap, and great at breeding bacteriaz). That's my opinion. Good luck!

 

Thanks, can I do water change while using seachem stabilazer?

 

of course. but add the stability after the water change.

 

Oky, I lost a platy today. I changed 20 liters of water today. I hope this will help

 

Is the water cloudy? Does the water have a strange smell? The stability will help and should sort the tank out

 

It's not unusual to lose fish with an uncycled tank,just make sure to remove the dead fish.

You should probably also check the condition of the dead fish to find out the cause of death.

 

The water is crystal clear. There is kind of afunny smell but I will buy me a new botle of seachem stabilazer tommorrow, mine is finished. O and I inspected the dead fish and there were no sighns of illness or anything

 

O yeah, I wanted to ask this. I don't buy fish food(flakes) in containers. My lfs sell them in made up plastic bags of about 100grams because they order huge bags at once, can I just keep it in this bags? Next to my tank or in a cupboard or what? At the moment itn the cupboard

 

Hi what food are u feeding? Ok the tank is cycling as u are getting that smell. Like strong fish food. Put an air stone in there and check if u can test the water. Keep on adding the stability and I think u can do a small water Change as u are loosing fish. Keep us posted.

 

Normal flakes I bought from the pet store, I think its a daro product and I'm not sure what the other one is. I'm alsing tubifex worms and a brownish pellet which the fishies love

 

Ok. If u can try and get your self a good fish flake. Tetra makes a few good ones. The diets have been formulated and well balanced for fish. I would not use fish food in a plastic bag as you do not know what is in there. Some off these cheaper foods do not have all the requires vitamins that your fish require. Hope this helps

 

Oky thanks

 

You are welcome. Pets top is in your area. They should stock some good flake food

 

Get yourself some test kits and keep an eye on your water parameters (I use the ones made by Salifert) .....have you got any way to monitor ammonia levels, nitrite levels etc while your tank is cycling?
I started up my 450 litre tank just over 2 weeks ago, used old filter media in new pumps and dose Seachem Stability everyday, and so far my ammonia levels are 0, nitrite 0 and nitrates 3ppm and the fish are as happy as ever.....I've even added another 10 fish over the course of 2 weeks.
Without knowing what your water parmeters are, it can be difficult to manage your cycle properly and determine if its ammonia spikes, nitrite spikes or whatever killing your fish.

 

hey buddy,dry fish food(flakes,pellets etc) should be kept in airtight containers.prevents food from rot as well as spice bugs.not recommended to leave food in a partially closed/open packet.
regarding bacteria in solution....dose your filter,that should have the highest concentration of bacteria bcoz all tank water goes thru during operation.
the help you received thus far is spoton....jus remember to cut back on feeding till the system settles,

 

Thanks. I tested my water.
Ammonia:0
Nitrite:0.2
Nitrate:10
PH: higher than 7.4

 

And I have about 26 low tech plants in my tank now

 

I put my test kits and fish food in the same cupboard?