Angelfish

[logan22]

hey grant..so two of my angelfish cant seem to to keep there balance and fins are clamped...one of them keeps getting stuck to the filter.. i am almost positive they are going to die.. im really sad i am not sure what i have did wrong? the other two seem fine. i checked for disease.. one of them there color is very dulland scales seem to be falling off..i hope this doesnt happen to the others..checked my water param.. Nitrite 0 ..Ammo 0.25...Ph 7.8 Gh 2 kh 5 Nitrate 5.0

Any info would be great...thanks

[katienaha]

as per your water parameters - ammonia poisoning. do an immediate large water change, at least 50% and keep doing so daily for the next couple days. Hopefully they bounce back.

[logan22]

i already did a water change two days ago and the a few days before.. because my ammo was to high i also got amo carb for my filter.. and i got ammo block for free swiiming ammonia.. so iam stumped as to why its not going away.. i dont want to do to many waterchanges...that cant be to good

[traco]

Keep doing large water changes daily, and add Prime.

[katienaha]

water changes will not harm your fish as long as you are using conditioners. 100% water changes are feasible, its not the water that counts, its the bacterica in the filter and substrate. an important thing to know about ammonia removers - they can undo what you are trying to do. your bacteria is what converts toxic ammonia to non toxic nitrates eventually. if you remove that ammonia directly, the bacteria die off due to the lack of food, once you stop using the product, the ammonia returns (because your bioload hasnt changed) and then your tank can crash again and have an ammonia spike.

the best remedy is 50% water changes daily, keep monitoring your parameters. once you see a drop, slowly drop your water changes daily from 50% down to 40.. etc. until it finally balances out at 0ppm.

[logan22]

okay i will do that THANKYOU ..very much..i will be monitoring it over the next few days.. and i will keep you posted...
Cheers darlin thanks for the help

[Rastapus]

I agree with everything above but not the 100% water change. That can be very hard on your fish, we dont recommend more than 50% daily.