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Conodor · 02-07-2005, 05:27 AM

last sunday i got a 150 gallon tank with 10 fish in it, i trasfered as much water as i could to get the bacteria. well the fish seemed to do fine after the move. about the 3rd day the water turned cloudy, and i kept an eye on the water and the fish. i didn't have a test kit so i took a sample to the local pet shop (bought a kit while there) they said my amonia was leathal. i added some reccomended chemicals. sorry at work now but it was called something like zime number 7. i was suggested to use 2 or 3 bottles. i put 2 in there, the next day i used my new test kit and it was still very high, so i put my 3rd bottle, checked about 12 hours later... STILL high! so no it's past pet shop hours and i notice i have another chemical i bought to help trasfer the fish something named amon clean or something. now it's down to the 1 ppm.

ok that was friday, saturday i had to go out of town, came back sunday to see one of my fish a african chiclid about 8 inches or so and he's not doing so hot. i check the amonia and it's still about 1ppm, i check the PH and it's very low. about 6.4 so i make a quick run to buy some "ph increaser" by the time i got back my fish didn't make it. i added the PH increaser another fish didn't look so hot, by the morning he didn't make it. I did another PH test and it was about 6.6

(sorry for the length just wanted to give you all info!)

the only other thing i put in was some chemical for taking away clowdy ness.

so my questions are... do you think the fish are dying due to the low PH? or the bad amonia for those few days? and what's my goal amonia level 0? and from what i read about my fish my PH should be at least 7.0 i believe below is a list of my fish... well the fish i had! thanks...

tahnks very much for your time and any help.

1 12” SHOVELNOSE CATFISH
1 6” SHOVELNOSE CATFISH (died this morning)
2 12” GARPIKE’S
1 8” OSCAR
1 6” PIKE CICHLID
2 6” BLACK/BLUE/SLIGHTLY YELLOW AFRICAN CICHLID’S (1 died last night)
1 7” PACU
1 6” MISC CATFISH
1 12” RUBBERWORM (POSSIBLY I CAN NEVER FIND HIM)
1 5” RAPHELIA CATFISH

02-07-2005, 05:27 AM	#1
Conodor Fishy Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 27 User Feedback: (0)	fish dying last sunday i got a 150 gallon tank with 10 fish in it, i trasfered as much water as i could to get the bacteria. well the fish seemed to do fine after the move. about the 3rd day the water turned cloudy, and i kept an eye on the water and the fish. i didn't have a test kit so i took a sample to the local pet shop (bought a kit while there) they said my amonia was leathal. i added some reccomended chemicals. sorry at work now but it was called something like zime number 7. i was suggested to use 2 or 3 bottles. i put 2 in there, the next day i used my new test kit and it was still very high, so i put my 3rd bottle, checked about 12 hours later... STILL high! so no it's past pet shop hours and i notice i have another chemical i bought to help trasfer the fish something named amon clean or something. now it's down to the 1 ppm. ok that was friday, saturday i had to go out of town, came back sunday to see one of my fish a african chiclid about 8 inches or so and he's not doing so hot. i check the amonia and it's still about 1ppm, i check the PH and it's very low. about 6.4 so i make a quick run to buy some "ph increaser" by the time i got back my fish didn't make it. i added the PH increaser another fish didn't look so hot, by the morning he didn't make it. I did another PH test and it was about 6.6 (sorry for the length just wanted to give you all info!) the only other thing i put in was some chemical for taking away clowdy ness. so my questions are... do you think the fish are dying due to the low PH? or the bad amonia for those few days? and what's my goal amonia level 0? and from what i read about my fish my PH should be at least 7.0 i believe below is a list of my fish... well the fish i had! thanks... tahnks very much for your time and any help. 1 12” SHOVELNOSE CATFISH 1 6” SHOVELNOSE CATFISH (died this morning) 2 12” GARPIKE’S 1 8” OSCAR 1 6” PIKE CICHLID 2 6” BLACK/BLUE/SLIGHTLY YELLOW AFRICAN CICHLID’S (1 died last night) 1 7” PACU 1 6” MISC CATFISH 1 12” RUBBERWORM (POSSIBLY I CAN NEVER FIND HIM) 1 5” RAPHELIA CATFISH