| Re: Problems with tank upgrade |
Subject: Re: Problems with tank upgrade by JayKay on 19/6/2007 0:31:51 You've done a massive water change anyway, so the cycle is disrupted. Personally, I'd dump the filter stuff, clean it all out and start again - mainly due to the fact that you will have a new stressful cycle and whatever infection on top of that anyway, so it's a no-win situation. You'll have to identify your flies and larvae in order to learn what diseases they may carry - I've never heard of such a thing happening in a filter - poor you. You do have too many fish for the tank - soz. Around 4-5 fish would be the limit. You seem to have more than one infection going on, so reducing the chance of deaths would be my first priority and I would be cleaning out the tank and filters and maybe carefully starting again in a bigger tank or at least using a bigger external filter with smaller, more frequent changes right now, making sure I placed my fish under minimal stress whilst the tank went through its cycle. Small and frequent water changes lessen cycle disruption. Maybe your weekly 50% changes are causing continual flares and stress on your fish? Do you monitor your ammonia, nitrite and nitrate levels before and after you change the water? You may need to allow for your nitrates to build up in order to balance the water? Jax |