I have been keeping a planted freshwater tank (29 G) for years and have never had as many issues as I am currently experiencing! I am not sure what to do about it and would appreciate some assistance...These are the issues I'm experiencing:
1) Have battled with cyano for months. Ended up doing the antibiotic treatments to get rid of it, which worked for awhile but then it came back about 2 months later.
2) Noticed one of my fishes eyes have popped out... he's now unable to swim and I know he's about to die. He is a black skirted tetra.
3) There are a ton of foamy bubbles on the top of my tank. I have a filter and an aeration device and usually the top has no bubbles on the top... it's out of control now.
In the past month I have added 3 apple/mystery snails to the tank, one died. The other seem to be fine.
I also added three additional albino corys. Currently I have 2 apple snails, 4 black skirts, 4 corys.
I likely caused a bit of the problem with the water quality by overfeeding because I wasn't sure how much to feed the bottomfeeders/snails, but even with that, I haven't seen the tank in this condition before.
Last night I did a 25% emergency water change but before I did that I added some tetracycline antibiotics for fish diseases hoping that would fix my poor eye popped fish. I had to do the water change because I noticed a decrease in the quality... so there goes the treatment schedule.
This morning it seems like the bubbles/foam is worse so I did another 20% water change. The filter appears to be working, but it is old. It is an Aqua Clear 70. I have kept the lights off today because I heard that is good for tackling the cyano. I just feel like I have too many things going on right now and even with my fishkeeping experience, I'm not sure how to tackle it. Suggestions?? I have included two photos that I just took of my tank this morning.
1) Have battled with cyano for months. Ended up doing the antibiotic treatments to get rid of it, which worked for awhile but then it came back about 2 months later.
2) Noticed one of my fishes eyes have popped out... he's now unable to swim and I know he's about to die. He is a black skirted tetra.
3) There are a ton of foamy bubbles on the top of my tank. I have a filter and an aeration device and usually the top has no bubbles on the top... it's out of control now.
In the past month I have added 3 apple/mystery snails to the tank, one died. The other seem to be fine.
I also added three additional albino corys. Currently I have 2 apple snails, 4 black skirts, 4 corys.
I likely caused a bit of the problem with the water quality by overfeeding because I wasn't sure how much to feed the bottomfeeders/snails, but even with that, I haven't seen the tank in this condition before.
Last night I did a 25% emergency water change but before I did that I added some tetracycline antibiotics for fish diseases hoping that would fix my poor eye popped fish. I had to do the water change because I noticed a decrease in the quality... so there goes the treatment schedule.
This morning it seems like the bubbles/foam is worse so I did another 20% water change. The filter appears to be working, but it is old. It is an Aqua Clear 70. I have kept the lights off today because I heard that is good for tackling the cyano. I just feel like I have too many things going on right now and even with my fishkeeping experience, I'm not sure how to tackle it. Suggestions?? I have included two photos that I just took of my tank this morning.