Please help! My 2 year old son is now into fish so I decided to get more fish for my 29 gallon tank. I origonaly had 1 danio and 1 large Pleco. I have since added 3 small cherry barbs, 3 tiger barbs and one kuhli loach. My tank is not stabolized. The pet store thought it was because before adding the new fish I had done a thorough gravel vacumming. But that was two weeks ago and my nitrates are still through the roof. I tested my tap and it is fine (better than my tank).
One tiger barb has died and the other two are swimming near the top for the last week or so (I don't know if that is normal) anyway, I temporarly lower my nitrates after 1/4 to 1/3 weekly water changes, but they keep raising up over 130ppms (it was over 200). My nitrites are 0, Hardness is 300, total alkalinity is 80-100, ph ranges from 6.6 to 7.0. Amonia is 0. I have a Penquin 270 biowheel and a large ornament that blows alot of bubbles (is it possible to have too many bubbles?) Any ideas will be helpful! Thanks!
2007-09-20
18:01:42
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