[AquaticLife] disease question
Hi,
Generally, all of these kinds of issues start up as a result of water quality issues. What were your readings for ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, pH and any other tests you have prior to having these issues? How often are you doing PWC’s (25% partial water changes)? Are you vacuuming your gravel with each PWC?
What is the brand name and type of medicine you are using? Some meds will kill off your nitrifying bacteria so the only thing you can do is frequent PWC’s to keep the ammonia levels low enough while treating the fish.
When you take the carbon out, are you leaving the rest of the filter media (floss, sponge, etc.) in? What kind of filter system do you have on the 30G? Brand, etc. Go to my blog and I have a long article on doing proper “Filter Cleaning and Maintenance” which will give you some ideas on how to possibly modify the way you are doing things and changes you can make to your filter cartridges, presuming that is what you have, so that you always have a fully cycled filter running. What kind of filter system do you have on the 5.5G tank also?
What kind of loach do you have? How many livebearers and tetras do you have? If all of these fish are juveniles and you have plans to get another tank or a larger tank, you may be OK, but if you only plan on keeping the 30G tank, then you may be overstocked which could also be contributing to your health issues. Overstocking causes stress issues to fish and when fish get stressed, their immune system falters and they start to get sick.
An angelfish should be in a 35G tank as a minimum for long term success. Loaches, depending on the species, can get pretty big and may require a larger tank as well… and most of them should be kept in shoals of three or more which increases their needed tank space even more.
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