Finally!!!! Someone who actually said it loud that he never ever did any tests and still had a healthy Aquarium. I had given up the hobby for about 25 years and just restarted it about a month back. So coming back into it, i decided to look up a few videos on RU-vid, boy was that a mistake. Never knew that during my sabbatical a Monster named "Nitrogen Cycle" has reared its ugly head. Back in the day, it used to take me only a single day to buy a tank and set it up, fish, plants, filters, lights, the works and never face any problem. I live in Nairobi, Kenya and we have non of these "Magic Potions" everyone talks about. No Prime or Stability or what have you. Lol, the only thing i see in pet shops are Anti-Chlorine or some General Aid. I do miss the old days.
Same, When I was a teen in the 90's My Dad had 5 fish tanks. One 55 gallon filled with oscars and jacks. No problems I didn't know squat about fish care.. But they lived for many years!
Just got a 75 gallon with a really nice fluval filter went crazy on my setup spent over $1000 even got all the chemicals for the chlorine and stuff it was my mistake to add them to the tank only a hour after setting it up but in the past never had a fish die from it. I got 2 comet goldfish and a koi. Just woke up to the koi banging and the roof and died one minute later. Comets are still hanging in but can tell they’re struggling. Sucks man… a lot hope they survive.
I'm new to the hobbies.. I'm going through the so-called new tank syndrome as well with my 20 gallon. Ammonia levels are steady. But nitrite and nitrate is skyrocketing
when talking about not testing i had 2 male bettas in a 5 gallon tank with a divider they survived for 2-3 years without testing now i have 3 comet golfish in a 29 gallon tank and i test them but now they have ick so i got the api super ick cure and now 2 are good but one still has some but i did my last treatment today i have to wait 48 hours and fingers crossed there going to be all good
I set up my 70 gallon tank about 7 months ago and it was only crystal clear for about 2 months and I just can’t seem to get it to stabilize again . I’m getting so frustrated with it I’m already thinking about emptying it out :( Water changes don’t seem to do anything, new filters haven’t worked . New filter media hasn’t help and water pumps also didn’t help .
@@thekoiaddiction4740 I used a Freshwater Master Kit by API and here are the results . The pH is at 7.6 I also did a High Range pH and it reads 7.4 My Ammonia is at 8.0 possibly more and the Nitrite ( NO2- ) is at 0.25 ppm and Nitrate (NO3-) is at 160 ppm
My new tank has developed the syndrome, the gold fish seem a little stressed as they keeping swimming against the glass most of the time, so how much and how frequently shall I change the water?
@@thekoiaddiction4740 Today the water became clear, as you said,it went away after a few days. Right now I am using a power filter as well as a sponge filter The present bio media is the one that comes with the filter (sponge)
@@tanishqsuryawanshi1276 how many gallons and how many fish? What is the make a model of the filter? Sorry for all of the questions but I want to make sure to give ya the best advice I can.
@@thekoiaddiction4740 That's fine, It's a 15 Gallon ( I know it's small but the fish store persuaded me to have two Goldfishes ), there are two filters, one is internal filter it's a powerhead and has sponge inside as media and another is the common sponge filter. Temperatures are taken care of.
I got fish yesterday and got the tank and decorations, yesterday I set it all up, Added water conditioner, waited fifteen minutes and then put my fish in and the next morning two are dead and I think it’s new tank syndrome because I didn’t know to wait 24 hours to add them and I don’t know what to do to save my last 3 fish!!!!
@@thekoiaddiction4740 Yes so my tank was at the right temp but it wasn’t cycled correctly and unfortunately all 5 of my tropical fish died. My brothers brought them back to the fish store and some of my water and came back with a betta fish and some special water conditioner and I’m more than happy with him, he’s super pretty and since my tank is so big I only need to clean it every so often.
@@maeveodonnell9959 you should clean out a Betta tank atleast once a week since they are very prone to diseases and can get stressed easily I do my tank every 5 days also I wouldn’t recommend adding fish to your tank for at least 2 weeks I hope this helps
just a quick question, how do you do water changes without losing bacteria? i will have my tanks cycled and then do a water change and the cycle will restart
@@thekoiaddiction4740 i only have 1 20 gallon tank with one filter, nope i do not clean the filter. it definitely is to do with my tap water because taking water out is no problem its just putting new water in, i put prime in the tap water but still resets the cycle. would you recommend i do less changes untill the nitrates get really high?
@@alwaysgettingbetter maybe look at a different water conditioner. I can only guess it has to do with the new water killing your BB. Maybe you have heavy chlorine or chloromine in your tap water.
@@vaultddemon626 just remember for a full grown Koi you want 200-250 gallons. While its little...under 8 inches....it would be fine but you would want it in a much larger home after that.
Yep. Only temporary when my second pond is done the shubunkins will be moving out to the old pond. I do keep up with water changes and have a ton of filtration on that tank because of the heavy stocking. That being said if I took 7 out there would be no fish left. The sarrassas have already been moved to the outside pond. Watch the other videos and youll notice that.
