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I have a tank containing 2 small Oscars, 1 Red Bellied Pacu, and 1 Arowana. Everything has been fine up until today. The Arowana was swimming in the middle of the tank opening and closing its mouth (its what got my attention) I opened the lid and looked down and the top of the fish looks like the skin is peeling off. None of the other fish show any symtoms and they are all still eating normally. I will admit, Im having trouble with water quality right now. I have biofilters with ammonia neutralizing media, have kept the tank vaccumed, put a few plants in there to help with nitrates, and have it well areated. For some reason, even after a 25% water change, the water looks like a muddy lake and then this happened with the Arowana...so..HELP PLEASE!!
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oooah!
100 gal: 1 Arowana, 2 Oscars, 1 Red Bellied Pacu, 1 Pleco
55 gal: GS Puffer, Rope Fish, 2 Angels, 2 Killifish, Butterfly Fish, 2 Sand Golbys, 2 Plecos, 2 Gold Gourmis -
wow, that sounds like a nightmare...can we have some more info, like water parameters, recent changes, specific problems youre having with your water...and some picsI make people happy -
what size tank and what kind of filtration are you running?Haiku's are easy
But sometimes they don't make sense
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No recent changes..the fish have been in there together for awhile. Did that water change yesterday, and did a 50% water change today. cleared it up a bit, but not a whole lot. Using 4 Bio-Wheel filters and undergravel filter with dual powerheads. Going tomorrow to buy a canister filter.
My Ph is sitting steady at 6.8
My temperature is sitting steady at 80F
its a 100 gallon tank (yes I know these fish will get bigger, have another tank that will be more than big enough for them all, just havent got to set it up yet, space mainly)
The media Im using is part for ammonia and part for nitrate/nitrite. Those levels are normal. I have a digital water sampling kit from when I was in school, so I know those are ok. No matter what though, the water will not clear up, its like you go into a creek and stir up the mud.oooah!
100 gal: 1 Arowana, 2 Oscars, 1 Red Bellied Pacu, 1 Pleco
55 gal: GS Puffer, Rope Fish, 2 Angels, 2 Killifish, Butterfly Fish, 2 Sand Golbys, 2 Plecos, 2 Gold GourmisComment
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What does that mean? What are the values?Originally posted by fono15200 View Post"Millennium hand and shrimp!"Comment
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normal meaning stable and very low to non existantoooah!
100 gal: 1 Arowana, 2 Oscars, 1 Red Bellied Pacu, 1 Pleco
55 gal: GS Puffer, Rope Fish, 2 Angels, 2 Killifish, Butterfly Fish, 2 Sand Golbys, 2 Plecos, 2 Gold GourmisComment
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hmmm... sound kinda like new tank syndrome, but your water tests out... any utility/water work in your area? pipe work usually means extra chlorine... add anything new - substrate, etc...
also the ammozorb type products work till theyre overloaded, then they release the bad stuff... but your test is normal values... good luck bro, i cant keep silver aros alive...
oh yeah, after the 50 percent water change, were there tiny bubble stickin to everything indicating lots of dissolved nitrogen?Comment
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