Spider5
03-20-2008, 08:01 PM
Trying to follow the forum rules I should have not posted this intro in the introduction yourself section but here instead. So in order to right a wrong I reintroduce the info here. Thanks for all the feedback already provided and one thing I can rule out is that no copper was found during testing of the water.
I’ve been dealing with fish tanks for quite a number of years but ran into a very strange problem with my 55 gal tank. Last summer my AC in my house broke and the temp was well over 100F and unfortunately I cooked my stock of fish with some of the fish being almost 5 years old (bummer). In December I decide to resurrect the hobby and started from scratch. After filling to tank I added some chemicals to remove the chorine I ran my Fluval 405 for a week to remove any of the air in the system. I than introduced 6 Danio Zebra’s to the tank and changed about 15% of the water each weekend. I check the water and surprisingly the PH keeps steady at 8 even though the tap water always has been 7.6 and test over the last couple of months at 7.6 and in the past I’ve always had a 7.6 PH in the tank. I figured there must be something wrong with my test kit but a new one gave the same results. I have checked the Ammonia level and it is typically 0ppm or 1ppm. I’ve checked Nitrite which is 0ppm and Nitrate holding at about 10ppm. All these seem very normal numbers to me after the initial cycle but each time I introduce a couple of fish to the water they are all dead within 24hours. I’ve tried fish from three different LFS with the same result. I lost one of the Zebra’s very early on but the other 5 are still doing fine. Now nearing my 4th month, what other chemistry should I check for that is killing the fish, and does my problem have something to do with the high PH?
I’ve been dealing with fish tanks for quite a number of years but ran into a very strange problem with my 55 gal tank. Last summer my AC in my house broke and the temp was well over 100F and unfortunately I cooked my stock of fish with some of the fish being almost 5 years old (bummer). In December I decide to resurrect the hobby and started from scratch. After filling to tank I added some chemicals to remove the chorine I ran my Fluval 405 for a week to remove any of the air in the system. I than introduced 6 Danio Zebra’s to the tank and changed about 15% of the water each weekend. I check the water and surprisingly the PH keeps steady at 8 even though the tap water always has been 7.6 and test over the last couple of months at 7.6 and in the past I’ve always had a 7.6 PH in the tank. I figured there must be something wrong with my test kit but a new one gave the same results. I have checked the Ammonia level and it is typically 0ppm or 1ppm. I’ve checked Nitrite which is 0ppm and Nitrate holding at about 10ppm. All these seem very normal numbers to me after the initial cycle but each time I introduce a couple of fish to the water they are all dead within 24hours. I’ve tried fish from three different LFS with the same result. I lost one of the Zebra’s very early on but the other 5 are still doing fine. Now nearing my 4th month, what other chemistry should I check for that is killing the fish, and does my problem have something to do with the high PH?