Hi! I need your help please

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ehecatl
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Hi! I need your help please

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Hi

I from to México City and excuse me I don´t well the english, but the translator will help me

I have many problems with my aquarium in this moment, my fishes are sick and die every day two or three fishes

My aquarium is a community and I have tetras, dwarf ciclids and cat fishes

1. Water parameters


a) Temperature range. 25° before 30° now
b) pH. 7.2 before now 7.6 the water of the street is 7.8 and with changes the water up
I try to down the ph with muriatic acid, but don´t down. I put little by little
c)
GH.
d) KH
e)Ammonia, Nitrate, Nitrite, levels. 0, 0 and 10 always I see frecuently this parameters
f) Water change frequency once a week, 20 %
(Most LFS's will check your water and give a list of readings). I don´t understand this point

2. Tank set up 3 years ago
a) Size. 510 liters, 170 x 60 x 50 centimeters
b) Substrate. inert
c) Filtration. fluval fx6 and co2
d) Furnishings. plants and mangrove
e) Other tank mates.
f) How long has it been set-up?
g) When was the last new fish added? 2 weeks
h) Foods used and frequency? new life spectrum, new era algae pellets, tetra color, azoo plus ultra fresh, papilla casera, daphnia once a week, tubifex once a week

3. Symptoms / Problem description ich in tetras and ciclids and y my catfishes sllowen tummy

My aquarium

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I have hypancistrus inspector, zebra and debilitera how do you see


Image

This tetra has other thing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5GKXO-H8q8[/youtube]

4. Action taken (if any) temperature more up and

5. Medications used (if any) metroanidazol and terramicina

But nevertheless, I have a cuple ramirezi with eggs. That's life black humor of the life

Thanks for your help
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Re: Hi! I need your help please

Post by Barbie »

OK so I can't be sure what the question is here, but I think you are asking for a diagnosis on a sick fish? The video just gives me an error. Can you describe the symptoms?

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