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  • Aug 28, 2012, 05:56 PM
    Sookie Landar
    Fish Tank Problems
    I have a 55 gallon tank. Its been up and running for about a year and 7 months years now.
    But here lately I have been having some troubles with it. It keeps getting cloudy and my ammonia levels are high. I was told to add moss balls to my tank and do a 30% water change, so I did. I still keep losing fish, My tank is still cloudy and my ammonia levels are still high.

    I have 2 AquaTechPower Filter 30-60, a 200 watt heater, and bubble wall.

    Any advice to help me clear up my tank and lower the ammonia levels will be greatly appreciated!! Thanks in advance!
  • Aug 28, 2012, 06:29 PM
    odinn7
    Do you have too many fish?
    How is the PH level?
    Has anything changed recently?

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  • Aug 28, 2012, 07:17 PM
    Sookie Landar
    I have 6 Skirt Tetra, 4 Lamp Eye Tetra and 1 Plecostomus. About how many fish can I have in the 55 gallon. Do I have to many now? The PH levels are good. The only thing different I have done recently was added a cave from the pet store. Could that be my problem?
  • Aug 28, 2012, 07:50 PM
    ITstudent2006
    Well the first thing to trouble-shoot increasing/decreasing levels is to identify what has changed. Since you have recently put in something new, I would take it out.

    Have you ruled out any diseases? How do the fish look once you take them out after dying?

    I have a 45g Pentagon Corner with 3 New World Cichlids and 1 Pleco. I was always under the impression that 1" of fish per gallon of water was a safe rule. Not sure the sizes of yours but you have 12 in that tank.

    Any mating pairs?
  • Aug 29, 2012, 06:32 PM
    odinn7
    Now wait... you added a cave recently... Did the problem start shortly after that?

    I had a tank going real well for years and bought something, washed it off, and added it. A day later I was having problems with the water. I removed it and the problem cleared up. I soaked it in a bucket of water for a week then washed it off with clean hot water. It seemed to be good then.

    Maybe try removing that cave and see how it goes.

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