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I recently added about 20 small tetras to my 80 gallon tank and encountered an issue. I acclimated for 3 hours(after a 1 week quaranteen) in a drip bucket. I assumed this was enough, but when I put them in they all started gasping for air and swimming upside down. In my panic, I thought it was a ph shock so I immediately tried to alter the ph in my tank. I had some buffer laying around so I added some and raised the ph from 6.6 to 7.0. Then I thought it raised my KH too igh so I added some acid buffer to lower the KH. they seemed to be doing better after I lost 5 fish, so I left it alone. In the morning I woke up to all of the tanks fish gasping at the surface for air. Its bad when u see about 80 fish dying. Anyways I started an air stone assuming it was O2 depletion from the plants during the night. At this time I lost about 6 more fish. By the end of the day 4 more fish died and all the shrimp died. The following day I changed 40% of the water. And then again the day after that. The fish are all doing great now, but I am having an issue with my plants. The are not pearling much anymore, some leaves have started to melt, stem burning at the substrate surface, leaves curling and the like. The tank water is also cloudy. After the water changes I tested the tank parameters
ph-6.6
kh-6
gh-7
Po4-1.0
Kno3-20ppm
Ca-35ppm
77-78 Degrees
260 watts Pc(on 12 hours)
I am just wondering what can be done to help my plants out now that the fish are good. Should I hold of on the ferts until they pick up or should I dose as normal. I am dosing using the PPS system(6ml PF anmd 2ml SS also 4ml Flourish and 4ml Excel all daily) I did not dose yesterday and today they seem to be doing better(more pearling), but it could be just getting back on track. I feel like such a rookie but when I saw them all dying so quick I just tried to help them out. Oh well, everyday i learn. Thank for any advice.
I recently added about 20 small tetras to my 80 gallon tank and encountered an issue. I acclimated for 3 hours(after a 1 week quaranteen) in a drip bucket. I assumed this was enough, but when I put them in they all started gasping for air and swimming upside down. In my panic, I thought it was a ph shock so I immediately tried to alter the ph in my tank. I had some buffer laying around so I added some and raised the ph from 6.6 to 7.0. Then I thought it raised my KH too igh so I added some acid buffer to lower the KH. they seemed to be doing better after I lost 5 fish, so I left it alone. In the morning I woke up to all of the tanks fish gasping at the surface for air. Its bad when u see about 80 fish dying. Anyways I started an air stone assuming it was O2 depletion from the plants during the night. At this time I lost about 6 more fish. By the end of the day 4 more fish died and all the shrimp died. The following day I changed 40% of the water. And then again the day after that. The fish are all doing great now, but I am having an issue with my plants. The are not pearling much anymore, some leaves have started to melt, stem burning at the substrate surface, leaves curling and the like. The tank water is also cloudy. After the water changes I tested the tank parameters
ph-6.6
kh-6
gh-7
Po4-1.0
Kno3-20ppm
Ca-35ppm
77-78 Degrees
260 watts Pc(on 12 hours)
I am just wondering what can be done to help my plants out now that the fish are good. Should I hold of on the ferts until they pick up or should I dose as normal. I am dosing using the PPS system(6ml PF anmd 2ml SS also 4ml Flourish and 4ml Excel all daily) I did not dose yesterday and today they seem to be doing better(more pearling), but it could be just getting back on track. I feel like such a rookie but when I saw them all dying so quick I just tried to help them out. Oh well, everyday i learn. Thank for any advice.