Hey Everyone,
I live in the middle of nowhere ohio and the near pet store is an hour away. None of them sell RO/DI water and i dont have a good spot currently to store water. I am working on a space to store water but it will be a couple of weeks before it's ready.
My question is that i have had the tank setup for about a 6 weeks. I fully cycled the tank but at 4 weeks i added 2 clowns, 2 peppermint shrimp, and 2 conchs. They were all doing fine but about 6 days after both clowns died ....
I checked my temp, PH, specific gravity, KH, NH3, NO2, NO3... All of them seemed to be fine (listed below), i did call my pet store to ask what may have happened and unfortunately they we useless...
I waited did a 50 percent water change, tested and waited two days and tested again. Temp fluctuated a little and the specific gravity went to 1.024.
I did what maybe you guys will shun me for and added a butterfly and 2 clowns. Again all thriving then a week later they all started swimming really slow and i tried to quarantine them all but all 3 guys didnt make it.
I am not sure what info i can give that might help, so any questions, advice, or guidance would be so helpful.
I am in the middle of nowhere with no resources other than you guys :/,
Temperature - 78 degrees
pH – 8.4
Specific Gravity – 1.025
Alkalinity – 8 KH
Ammonia – 0
Nitrite – 0
Nitrate – 0
Thanks a head of time!
I live in the middle of nowhere ohio and the near pet store is an hour away. None of them sell RO/DI water and i dont have a good spot currently to store water. I am working on a space to store water but it will be a couple of weeks before it's ready.
My question is that i have had the tank setup for about a 6 weeks. I fully cycled the tank but at 4 weeks i added 2 clowns, 2 peppermint shrimp, and 2 conchs. They were all doing fine but about 6 days after both clowns died ....
I checked my temp, PH, specific gravity, KH, NH3, NO2, NO3... All of them seemed to be fine (listed below), i did call my pet store to ask what may have happened and unfortunately they we useless...
I waited did a 50 percent water change, tested and waited two days and tested again. Temp fluctuated a little and the specific gravity went to 1.024.
I did what maybe you guys will shun me for and added a butterfly and 2 clowns. Again all thriving then a week later they all started swimming really slow and i tried to quarantine them all but all 3 guys didnt make it.
I am not sure what info i can give that might help, so any questions, advice, or guidance would be so helpful.
I am in the middle of nowhere with no resources other than you guys :/,
Temperature - 78 degrees
pH – 8.4
Specific Gravity – 1.025
Alkalinity – 8 KH
Ammonia – 0
Nitrite – 0
Nitrate – 0
Thanks a head of time!