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Okay, so I've had my 5 gallon aquarium for only two months. Still trying my best to stabilize everything. Water is ALWAYS hard/very hard on the strip. Chlorine is usually good but yesterday is was shaded as unsafe, then nitrite and nitrate levels are high, ph and alkalinity is high too. . . It was fine but now it's bad and it doesn't go down. I've got five fish in the tank, not sure what's the limit. Two Albino Cory Catfish, one Otocinclus Catfish, one Upsidedown Catfish, and One Scissortail Rasbora. I am worried about their health and I want to get the water stabilized. I think I put in too much treatment because the water is tinted yellow. The tank setup is with a simple carbon filter, a heater keeping the water at a steady 77 degrees, a bubbler, and only three fake plants and gravel. It was crystal clear two days ago.
I know I need more shelter for the fish, and I know I'm more than liikely screwing up real bad here, so you can go ahead and lecture me but I'm just wanting to fix it before losing the fish. It's for my little brother(7 yrs) and sister(6 yrs), they enjoy watching the fish so I want to keep those fish alive.
Help me out!
I know I need more shelter for the fish, and I know I'm more than liikely screwing up real bad here, so you can go ahead and lecture me but I'm just wanting to fix it before losing the fish. It's for my little brother(7 yrs) and sister(6 yrs), they enjoy watching the fish so I want to keep those fish alive.
Help me out!