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Aquarium Advice Newbie
Hello!
I am happy to be here and hoping to get a few questions answered as well as gain some confidence in our aquarium knowlege and abilities
I have a 30(?) gallon hexagon tank (not toally sure of the exact size) that I took after my father passed away. It was a passion of his, so I'm excited to get this tank up and running. We have visited our local pet store so many times and they have been awesome answering all our questions, but I am quickly getting a bit overwhelmed and looking for another forum for some information!
We are using the AquaClear 50 filter, a Fluval heater and since our tank is deap, the pet store recommended a fan to help circulate the water that we've placed fairly low in the tank and pointed upwwards. We have landscaped it with some artificial decorations along with a rock and one live java fern.
Started with some liquid ammonia & bacteria per the instructions from our pet store friends, but didn't get the bacteria bloom we were expecting. Did it again and still nothing. We decided to introduce some fish to help get things going.
The day we put the fish in we had a PH of 7.6 and ammonia of 1.0. I hadn't tested for Nitrite or Nitrate that day. We also added our tank salt on this day as well a dose of Neutral Regulator powder as recommended by our pet store
We added 2x Neon Blue Dwarf Rainbows, 1x Black Skirt Tetra and 1x Rosy Barb
We have been testing our water daily for about a week and the levels are consistently Ph 7.6, Ammonia 1.0, Nitrite 0, Nitrate 5.0. I added a second dose of the Neutral Regulator 3 days after the first, and
Not sure if this was the best idea, but we added a Fruit Salad Tetra and 2x Molly.
Today we lost one of the dwarf rainbow fish
I'm wondering if we just need to wait and be patient for the tank to regulate or if there is something we need to be doing? I just want to make sure we're not serial fish killers!
If you got all the way to the bottom, thank you for reading!!
I am happy to be here and hoping to get a few questions answered as well as gain some confidence in our aquarium knowlege and abilities
I have a 30(?) gallon hexagon tank (not toally sure of the exact size) that I took after my father passed away. It was a passion of his, so I'm excited to get this tank up and running. We have visited our local pet store so many times and they have been awesome answering all our questions, but I am quickly getting a bit overwhelmed and looking for another forum for some information!
We are using the AquaClear 50 filter, a Fluval heater and since our tank is deap, the pet store recommended a fan to help circulate the water that we've placed fairly low in the tank and pointed upwwards. We have landscaped it with some artificial decorations along with a rock and one live java fern.
Started with some liquid ammonia & bacteria per the instructions from our pet store friends, but didn't get the bacteria bloom we were expecting. Did it again and still nothing. We decided to introduce some fish to help get things going.
The day we put the fish in we had a PH of 7.6 and ammonia of 1.0. I hadn't tested for Nitrite or Nitrate that day. We also added our tank salt on this day as well a dose of Neutral Regulator powder as recommended by our pet store
We added 2x Neon Blue Dwarf Rainbows, 1x Black Skirt Tetra and 1x Rosy Barb
We have been testing our water daily for about a week and the levels are consistently Ph 7.6, Ammonia 1.0, Nitrite 0, Nitrate 5.0. I added a second dose of the Neutral Regulator 3 days after the first, and
Not sure if this was the best idea, but we added a Fruit Salad Tetra and 2x Molly.
Today we lost one of the dwarf rainbow fish
I'm wondering if we just need to wait and be patient for the tank to regulate or if there is something we need to be doing? I just want to make sure we're not serial fish killers!
If you got all the way to the bottom, thank you for reading!!