opticalblue Posted August 24, 2011 Report Share Posted August 24, 2011 Hi i recently added a pair of gold algae eater to my tank in the weekend and now one has died today and the other one is lying on the bottom of the tank slowly moving around nearly just resting in one spot. My tank reading were PH 5.2 a sudden drop from 6.8 Amonia less than .02ppm I have raised my PH to around 6.6 and done a 20% water change Any ideas on why my Gold algae eater isn't doing to well or know what could be my problem NB my other fish are doing fine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted August 24, 2011 Report Share Posted August 24, 2011 The golds are a lot more sensitive than commons it appears. What caused the sudden pH drop? Was it before or after you added the golds? How did you raise the pH and over what time period? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opticalblue Posted August 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2011 Ok i see now Not sure what caused the sudden pH drop a couple of days after adding the fish however I do seem to be using the pH up more than the down since i started my tank. I raised the overnight and then this afternoon I saw that the pH has dropped again quite low. So i brought some bags of white rocks which was told by the fish shop that it raises the KH and pH levels and conditions of the water hardness will dissolve in and correct the hardness and ph when i went to buy some Seachem Neutral Anybody know the name of the white rocks/treatment is? So im giving that a go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oO SKIPPY Oo Posted August 25, 2011 Report Share Posted August 25, 2011 i would stop using the PH Up and Down products - you dont need them. if you "need" to have you PH at a certain level then you should be using natural products ie wood to lower it or oyster shells etc to raise it. using products will cause you more grief than you need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opticalblue Posted August 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2011 I have stop using them and using this stuff i think its called aragonite which i was told to use from the fish shop. So far the gold algae fella has gone back to normal so im going to try the natural product way for now Thanks Guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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