Hello guys,
Unfortunately, I have to start my first thread not bragging with something, but rather with complaining.
I'm experiencing continuous HITH fish deaths over the course of several months.
Not all at once but one by one every 3-4 weeks: 3 blue rams, and now I see HITH symptoms in my apisto female.
That could mean the only thing - I'm doing something wrong.
Let me describe my setup and routine in case you see some red flags in what I'm doing.
Setup:
55g, Fluval 206 canister with Seachem matrix and spoonge, UV sterilizer, 2 airstones.
kH: 2, GH: ~120ppm, pH: ~7, Ammonia/Nitrite:0, Nitrates: ranges from 0 to 10
Livestock:
about 5 endlers, 5 celestial danios, trio of blue rams, trio of apisto
Routine:
WC twice a week - 5/7 gallons each, siphoning leaf litter debris, 1/4 spoon of accid buffer to bring kH down from 3 to 2.
Feeding twice a day: flakes/pellets in the morning. Frozen food/grindal worms in the evening,
What I'm planning to change:
- Feed once a day.
- Do bigger water changes ~10 gallons twice a week. (Would be enough?)
- Add *more* plants
- Remove all the leaf litter completely
- Add powerhead
There's too much of controversial information on the internets, please, share your experience.
Unfortunately, I have to start my first thread not bragging with something, but rather with complaining.
I'm experiencing continuous HITH fish deaths over the course of several months.
Not all at once but one by one every 3-4 weeks: 3 blue rams, and now I see HITH symptoms in my apisto female.
That could mean the only thing - I'm doing something wrong.
Let me describe my setup and routine in case you see some red flags in what I'm doing.
Setup:
55g, Fluval 206 canister with Seachem matrix and spoonge, UV sterilizer, 2 airstones.
kH: 2, GH: ~120ppm, pH: ~7, Ammonia/Nitrite:0, Nitrates: ranges from 0 to 10
Livestock:
about 5 endlers, 5 celestial danios, trio of blue rams, trio of apisto
Routine:
WC twice a week - 5/7 gallons each, siphoning leaf litter debris, 1/4 spoon of accid buffer to bring kH down from 3 to 2.
Feeding twice a day: flakes/pellets in the morning. Frozen food/grindal worms in the evening,
What I'm planning to change:
- Feed once a day.
- Do bigger water changes ~10 gallons twice a week. (Would be enough?)
- Add *more* plants
- Remove all the leaf litter completely
- Add powerhead
There's too much of controversial information on the internets, please, share your experience.