virgojavier
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- 19 Nov 2012
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Dear All
I am new here. Let me introduce myself. My name is Lucas and I have set up my "low tech" tank at 6th of November.
Here are some details about my tank:
- 60l tank
- 11W light ( I know its very poor, but thats how I got it with the lid, I am planning to upgrade it next week by adding another 15W bulp plus reflector, all in all I should get at least 0.5W/l)
- as a begginer I have made some mistakes and I didn't use proper substrate, all I have is a white sand mixed with gravel. I am adding root tablets once a week to support my plants.
- 100W Tetra Heater
- aquael fzn-3 external filter (cascade)
- 100 APS Tetra air pump with long air stone
- water parameters:
NH3/NH4+ - 0.00 ppm (present reading - just bought the test kit)
NO2 - 0.5 mg (was like that at 19th November), I am assuming its close to 0ppm now as my ammonia is 0 as well.
NO3 - 5-10mg/l (was like that at 19th November when I have borrowed test kit from my friend)
pH - 6.9 in the morning, 7.2 - evening ( I have a digital pH meter, so I am doing a lot of measurments to track my water pH changes)
KH - 40mg/l (measured at 3rd Dec)
Gh - 80mg/l (measured at 3rd Dec)
Free Cl - 0 ppm
Total Cl - 0 ppm
- plant list:
nymphoides sp "Taiwan"
Utricularia graminifolia
Anubias bart v. Nana
Bacopa caroliniana
Cabomba caroliniana
Egeria densa
Lilaeopsis mauritiana
- Fish list
Bronze corydoras (2x) - introduced to the tank 2 weeks ago (both fine, very active, looks healthy)
Corydoras paleatus (2x) - introduced to the tank 2 weeks ago (both fine, very active, looks healthy)
Ancistrus dolichopterus (bushymouth catfish (1x) - introduced to the tank 2 weeks ago (looks fine)
Guppies (4x) - 1 male, 3 females - introduced to the tank 1st of December
Neon Tetra (4x) - introduced to the tank 3rd of December
Cardinal Tetra (2x) - introduced to the tank 3rd of December
Here is the description of the problem that I have recently encounter.
Last saturday I have bought 4 guppies from local Pets at Home store and introduced them to the tank, they were all fine, look very healthy, eating and swimming very fast.
On monday I have received 4 Neon tetra and 2 Carinal Tetra from my friend, I have moved them to my tank somewhere around 6pm. After an hour or two I have noticed that my Guppies started behaving very strange.
Guppies stopped swimming around the tank, staying in one place just near the water surface
Forgive my the quality of the photo. Photo taken with iPhone.
Below a photo presenting my tank in full:
I have done a partial change of water (10l) yesterday evening, thinking about NO2 poisoning. But my other fishes are just fine.
This morning male Guppie refused to eat... I am gettin worried!
Is it possible that the Guppies went through some sort of shock after introducing Neon Tetras? Are they sick or stressed?
Please HELP!
Thank you in advance!
EDIT: I have made a short movie to show you all what is it look like:
http://youtu.be/AphN1WzrU5c
I am new here. Let me introduce myself. My name is Lucas and I have set up my "low tech" tank at 6th of November.
Here are some details about my tank:
- 60l tank
- 11W light ( I know its very poor, but thats how I got it with the lid, I am planning to upgrade it next week by adding another 15W bulp plus reflector, all in all I should get at least 0.5W/l)
- as a begginer I have made some mistakes and I didn't use proper substrate, all I have is a white sand mixed with gravel. I am adding root tablets once a week to support my plants.
- 100W Tetra Heater
- aquael fzn-3 external filter (cascade)
- 100 APS Tetra air pump with long air stone
- water parameters:
NH3/NH4+ - 0.00 ppm (present reading - just bought the test kit)
NO2 - 0.5 mg (was like that at 19th November), I am assuming its close to 0ppm now as my ammonia is 0 as well.
NO3 - 5-10mg/l (was like that at 19th November when I have borrowed test kit from my friend)
pH - 6.9 in the morning, 7.2 - evening ( I have a digital pH meter, so I am doing a lot of measurments to track my water pH changes)
KH - 40mg/l (measured at 3rd Dec)
Gh - 80mg/l (measured at 3rd Dec)
Free Cl - 0 ppm
Total Cl - 0 ppm
- plant list:
nymphoides sp "Taiwan"
Utricularia graminifolia
Anubias bart v. Nana
Bacopa caroliniana
Cabomba caroliniana
Egeria densa
Lilaeopsis mauritiana
- Fish list
Bronze corydoras (2x) - introduced to the tank 2 weeks ago (both fine, very active, looks healthy)
Corydoras paleatus (2x) - introduced to the tank 2 weeks ago (both fine, very active, looks healthy)
Ancistrus dolichopterus (bushymouth catfish (1x) - introduced to the tank 2 weeks ago (looks fine)
Guppies (4x) - 1 male, 3 females - introduced to the tank 1st of December
Neon Tetra (4x) - introduced to the tank 3rd of December
Cardinal Tetra (2x) - introduced to the tank 3rd of December
Here is the description of the problem that I have recently encounter.
Last saturday I have bought 4 guppies from local Pets at Home store and introduced them to the tank, they were all fine, look very healthy, eating and swimming very fast.
On monday I have received 4 Neon tetra and 2 Carinal Tetra from my friend, I have moved them to my tank somewhere around 6pm. After an hour or two I have noticed that my Guppies started behaving very strange.
Guppies stopped swimming around the tank, staying in one place just near the water surface
Forgive my the quality of the photo. Photo taken with iPhone.
Below a photo presenting my tank in full:
I have done a partial change of water (10l) yesterday evening, thinking about NO2 poisoning. But my other fishes are just fine.
This morning male Guppie refused to eat... I am gettin worried!
Is it possible that the Guppies went through some sort of shock after introducing Neon Tetras? Are they sick or stressed?
Please HELP!
Thank you in advance!
EDIT: I have made a short movie to show you all what is it look like:
http://youtu.be/AphN1WzrU5c