okay i just got these two and im doing a 7 gal water change (in a 29 gallon tank) and adding 1ml of seachem and 10ml of bacteria
Can someone PLEASE help me figure out whats up with my Silver Arowana?
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okay i just got these two and im doing a 7 gal water change (in a 29 gallon tank) and adding 1ml of seachem and 10ml of bacteria
good. get current moving. You need o get the top layer of water moving so you can get oxygen in the tank. Airstone and/ or powerhead.
If water changes are stressing out the fish I would investigate this. Something is either really had with the tank or the tap water.
And 7g from a 35g tank is not even close to being enough. If the air your breathing is toxic and killing you, do you only want to change 1/5th of it or all of it?
Do your fish a favor and max out water changes to fin level. I can promise you your tank is a pissing hole at this stage.
Also, you should really invest in a liquid test kit to provide a more accurate reading. Test strips are fine as a quick check once your all established but I wouldn't rely on them early on in a uncycled tank.
Assuming your dosing the right amount of prime 1 capful does 50g I believe so I would just go with that. A bit of overdosing is fine in most cases.
You can change a ton of water as it's better to cause some short term stress from a. Big water change vs long term exposure to ammonia.
If you really want to start off this hobby on a positive note, get those fish out of the tank and give them to someone that owns a large and cycled tank that can house them., or return them to the shop. Otherwise I guarantee they'll be dead within the next 6 months, if not sooner.
Then do a fishless cycle.
Arowana, clown loach in a 29G, uncycled as well? It is unheard of and people would be way harsher on you if you weren't a newbie. In a 29G I'd keep shrimp and a betta the most.
Then do a fishless cycle.
Arowana, clown loach in a 29G, uncycled as well? It is unheard of and people would be way harsher on you if you weren't a newbie. In a 29G I'd keep shrimp and a betta the most.
First off welcome to the hobby there a lot of great information on this site and lots of knowledgeable people to learn from. Don’t get discouraged we have all killed some fish by accident. Ok so what people are saying here is correct and your fish are definitely showing signs of new tank syndrome. It probably is a good idea to get those fish out of your tank and into a cycled tank or they will die. But on to the root of the problem. You are doing what’s know as fish in cycling, it requires a sacrificial fish and is usually done with a feeder fish not a expensive fish like an arowana. Fish in cycling allmost always ends in the fish dieing. The fishless cycle is a better approach and can be done by putting some food in the tank to let rot. The way the cycle works is the food brakes down and creates ammonia, the ammonia will spike at first. Ammonia is lethal to fish and that’s what’s causing your fish to act weird. After the ammonia spike you will then see a nitrite spike which is also lethal to your fish. After the nitrite spike you will start to see nitrate. When the ammonia and nitrite fall to zero and you are reading nitrate on your test kit the cycle has completed. When you see a reading of 20ppm nitrate or what ever your threshold is then the only way to remove it is by doing a water change. A 50 percent water change will result in 10ppm of nitrate. The nitrogen cycle is the building block of the aquarium hobby and without properly undstanding how it works you will be constantly loosing fish and not know why. I have linked a video that will explain the cycle better.
