10 gallon rosy barb tank

[mrairportjunke]

Re: 10 gallon rosy barb tank

kinda.  theyre multi colored.  more of an orangeish color when you look at them in the can.  im gonna try switchin food maybe to see if that helps.

[Mzungu]

Re: 10 gallon rosy barb tank

If your tank is new, it could just be an algae/bacterial bloom. Are you using a gravel vacuum when you do water changes?

Testing the water's always a good idea.  :)

[mrairportjunke]

Re: 10 gallon rosy barb tank

yeahy i vacuum and its been up for 2 months. i gitta test water too see

[nacra99]

Re: 10 gallon rosy barb tank

I agree with Mzungu, i think it's a bacterial bloom. It's typically seen during cycling or if there is excessive decay.

Is it completely cycled? Test for Ammonia and Nitrites. They should be zero. If there is any, means that your tank is still cycling, which would explain the cloudiness.

Nice pirate btw =)

[mrairportjunke]

Re: 10 gallon rosy barb tank

yeah thanks.  ill check the levels today.  thanks for tellin me what the levels should be.  Then ill do another water change and vaccuum.  And yes I like my pirate. thanks.  lol.  couldnt pass it up when i saw him and the chest.  My wife thinks im a big kid.  maybe shes right.

[mrairportjunke]

Re: 10 gallon rosy barb tank

ok. just tested everything.  nitrate no3 was really high.  if its from over feeding i think it might be my wife.  i saw her feed this morning.  little too much.  but im gnona water change and treat see what happens. thanks gusy

[Mzungu]

Re: 10 gallon rosy barb tank

What do you mean by "really high?"

[mrairportjunke]

Re: 10 gallon rosy barb tank

no3 was at 80 and no2 was at like 2.0

[eklikewhoa]

Re: 10 gallon rosy barb tank

looks like your tank is just starting to cycle. 8O

[mrairportjunke]

Re: 10 gallon rosy barb tank

its been setup for like 2 months or so.

[nacra99]

Re: 10 gallon rosy barb tank

80ppm?? That's borderline high... but you should do a partial waterchange anyway.

with NO2 at 2, could either be that it is just starting to cycle or that it is just starting to finish cycling.  Judging from your higher NO3, i'm tempted to guess the latter... but that's just a guess.

Either way, any amount of NO2 means that it's not done cycling. Hence the cloudiness caused by the bacterial bloom. I suggest using biospira if you can get some. It'll complete the cycle in 24-48 hrs.

It is not uncommon for tanks to take that long to completely cycle. Especially if you are using fish to cycle.

The fishkeeping hobby definitely makes all of us like big kids again  

[Mzungu]

Re: 10 gallon rosy barb tank

You're right, 80 is really high.

When you do a water change, how much water are you replacing?

[mrairportjunke]

Re: 10 gallon rosy barb tank

50 percent when i water change

[Mzungu]

Re: 10 gallon rosy barb tank

Okay, can you walk us through a history of the tank?

You said it was set up 2 months ago. What has happened since then? Have you added any other fish besides the rosy barbs? How many times a day do you feed them? How often are you doing water changes? Are you always changing out the filter when you're doing a water change?

[mrairportjunke]

Re: 10 gallon rosy barb tank

ok.  when i set it up i had guppys and stff in it.  but then introduced a clown loach baby that i got and it had the ich.  killed everything in the tank.  I treated the tank for ich and all and was able to save the 2 rosy barbs that were in there.  so after about 4 weeks i bought somemore rosy barbs and this is where we are now.  I feeed 2 times a day and i been doing water change like 5 times cause of the yelllowish water i was tryin to get rid of.  i change out the filter everytime too.