Swimminq
01-25-06, 04:55 PM 01-25-06
I received a 47 gallon freshwater aquarium set up 2 months ago. Since then, I have 2 mollies, 2 swordtails, 2 platys, 2 albino cory catfish, 1 female betta, and 1 gourami .. along with 1 molly and 1 gourami that left us :[ For a week after I bought each fish (added 2 or 3 at a time) the tank was fine, I thought all would be good. I added fish per recommendation by my LPS helper ...
The last 2 weeks, my ammonia levels have shot up. I added live plants, through the advice of my LPS and it did nothing for me :[ I was also told to do 10% water changes per day to dilute the ammonia in the tank until things cleared up. Nothing has happened - in fact, the ammonia has essentially gotten worse I believe. Last night, my dad went to the LPS and they told him to vacuum the bottom of the aquarium - I did, and followed their specific instructions on how to do (and almost went swimming, too!) but it did nothing for me :/
I have an ammonia reader inside the aquarium, and it reads 1 ppm/ml, but when I test the water with my water tests it reads 8 ppm/ml!
Please tell me how to fix the high ammonia problem in my tank, and whatever expense (except the expense of the fish that I fear are in jeopardy either way) ... money & time are really no object at this point - Tell me HOW to get rid of my problem, and ASAP! I hate seeing htem like this - and I hate knowing that they're suffering slowly :/
Sorry if this is located somewhere else on the forum. I did a quick search, but came up with nothing :[
The last 2 weeks, my ammonia levels have shot up. I added live plants, through the advice of my LPS and it did nothing for me :[ I was also told to do 10% water changes per day to dilute the ammonia in the tank until things cleared up. Nothing has happened - in fact, the ammonia has essentially gotten worse I believe. Last night, my dad went to the LPS and they told him to vacuum the bottom of the aquarium - I did, and followed their specific instructions on how to do (and almost went swimming, too!) but it did nothing for me :/
I have an ammonia reader inside the aquarium, and it reads 1 ppm/ml, but when I test the water with my water tests it reads 8 ppm/ml!
Please tell me how to fix the high ammonia problem in my tank, and whatever expense (except the expense of the fish that I fear are in jeopardy either way) ... money & time are really no object at this point - Tell me HOW to get rid of my problem, and ASAP! I hate seeing htem like this - and I hate knowing that they're suffering slowly :/
Sorry if this is located somewhere else on the forum. I did a quick search, but came up with nothing :[