sorcha Posted October 1, 2011 Report Share Posted October 1, 2011 I've just started a tank again, used to have heaps! They used to be 400L etc, this one is a Jebo 110L, I had it set up with 5 gold fish for a couple of months no probs then things turned to custard, had algae blooms etc, cloudy water, lost 2 fish. Assuming the tank hadn't cycled properly & had an ammonia spike. Anyway I let the last few go in the pond & have started from scratch again. This time I tried cycling with fish food only for 3 weeks, the ammonia gradully climbed, then Nitrite climbed then both back to 0 then nitrate slowly climbed to 10 as its supposed to. I used "cycle" too not that I believe in that stuff really! Anyway I left it for another week, have planted it too. Yesterday added 2 kuhli loaches, 2 dwarf chain loaches & 1 zebra loach, all tiny. Probably not the wisest first fish for new set up! Today ammonia has slightly risen. Fish yesterday were swimming erratically, today not really swimming but just sitting on the bottom, is that normal for these loaches? Ammonia is virtually 0, hard to tell. Nitrite 0 & nitrate only 5.ph 7. I'm guessing it hasn't cycled properly?? What else can I do, water changes, hope for the best lol? I've ordered 3 dwarf puffers that are meant to be arriving next week..that was all I was going to keep in the tank.. I'm using bore water from outside hose, ph is low but rest of the tests were good. Maybe I'm just panicking over nothing but don't want to lose them. Also using an undergravel filter, 2 x internal & one built in trickle filter. :nilly: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted October 1, 2011 Report Share Posted October 1, 2011 water changes, :thup: how is the water temperature? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sorcha Posted October 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2011 K thx, just keep doing them?? temp is 24 adjusted it and is now 25 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#!CrunchBang Posted October 2, 2011 Report Share Posted October 2, 2011 lots of small water changes and don't add fish too fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sorcha Posted October 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2011 Thx, did a small water change today & will just keep doing them. Fingers crossed it comes right soon :-? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the-obstacle Posted October 2, 2011 Report Share Posted October 2, 2011 as above - unless the fish are dropping dead just keep up daily 10% or so water changes and it'll come right. Maybe a little bit of prime in the new water to help counter any harmful ammonia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sorcha Posted October 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2011 THanks, will do, Ammonia is reading 0. I'm starting to wonder if it's from using bore water?? I never had a problem before but used to keep cichlids, mainly aficans therefore if the bore water was hard they wouldn't have minded. Does anyone know if bore water is hard? Have bought test kit on trade me but hasn't arrived yet.. I might have a go with the house/tap water & see if that makes a difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ice222 Posted October 5, 2011 Report Share Posted October 5, 2011 It could just be that they're fairly new to the tank and haven't settled in yet. Those fish seem to like being in groups, so that may be why they're less active. I'm not saying add more fish straight away, but maybe as you slowly add more fish in of the same types, they'll get more comfortable in the tank and start coming out/moving around more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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