10 ppm nitrates is perfectly exceptable, hard to keep it at 0 , as for the 55, you have nitrite typed twice but same goes for nitrates , ammonia of .25 isnt bad but should be zero, what is the stocking in this tank? If your really concerned try more water changes but really 10ppm is fine
:-?Hanky, thank you for your reply so quick. I've had the tank over two years now and up to today, I've had no problems. I am also going to figure out what to de-populate of.
overstocking will cause ammonia, What do you have in there? being a bit overstocked can be ok if you do enough water changes and have extra filtration just my opinion though and others will say get rid of some fish.
2 platys
5 "pork chops"
7 glass cats
6 corys
1 botia (2")
1 pleco (2")
3 sunset gouramis
2 up-side down cats
3 (unwanted) chinese algae eaters, ( however they have cleaned the tank of algae, but they do pick on a few select fish)
3 horse face loaches
2 zebra danios
3 blood fins
1 widow maker
1 brown African knife
The Chinese Algae Eater, I would recommend to GO, they are aggressive, messy and stop eating algae when older.
The Upside Catfish need to be in groups of 3 or more.
Bloodfin Tetra need to be in groups of 5 or more.
Zebra Danio also need to be in groups of 5 or more.
Most Pleco require driftwood in the tank so you would need that, it also depends on what pleco it is, some can get over a foot long which is way too much for your tank.
Gourami need a well planted tank.
You need to pick which fish you would like to keep and we can then offer suggestions for your tank.
There is going to have to be A LOT of changes though. :-(
Thanks so much, I'm taking notes and taking advice. I'll figure which other ones to fish out other then the ones mentioned
I thought the Brown African Knife stayed at a 4 to 6 inch length and the pleco is a small one, it was called a "clown" pleco. If that is correct, I don't know, but it's about 2" for over two years now. Maybe I should let those two go also. Hmmmmmm. I'll think it out and post a thread.. Y'all have been super help!
Not sure if you saw this or not , but at the top of the page there is a section titled Tropical Fish Profiles, this will be helpfull to you to research the fish you have, according to them your clown pleco can get up to 18 inchs. check it out theres lots of good info in there. I just googled the African Knife Fish to see what it looks like, I could be wrong on that 1 search more into him to.
I am interested to know what people mean when they say get rid of this or get rid of that? where do you get rid of these fish to? back to the LFS? will they just take on anything you get bored of, or becomes incompatible etc.
I am interested to know what people mean when they say get rid of this or get rid of that? where do you get rid of these fish to? back to the LFS? will they just take on anything you get bored of, or becomes incompatible etc.
You are not alone, I too wonder where these fish wind up.
Most reputable stores in my neck of the woods are not inclined to accept fishes that may or may not be healthy for fear of introducing unknown pathogens to their otherwise healthy tanks.
Nor are they inclined to free up tank space to accomodate these fishes that need quarantine period.
I would not accept fish from my sister who also cares for fishes/shrimps, without quarantine period.
With that said,,I don't alway's practice what I preach.A few month's ago I introduced eight neon's to 80 gal planted tank of healthy fishes and pathogen unknown killed off all but twelve of approx sixty assorted fishes.
I just googled 2 other sites for Clown Plecos and they are supposed to get a max of 5 inchs, your right 1077, guess we need someone to fix the profile here.
There is a lfs that is willing to help me out. They also have a seperate tank to house them in.
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