ok here the story i bought a 125 gallon tank a week ago i am writing this on the 9th day OK here the big issue I DID NOT CYCLE MY AQUARIUM !!!!!.
i started adding fish on the 3rd day (i used one of my old aquarium filters to speed the process up of building the necessary bacteria NOTE it did not work.) i have a mixture of MBUNA chichlids and 2 Peacocks they get along fine ... everything seemed fine untill day 7 . I have had a break out of
ICK and cloudy eye disease. NO fish have died yet ... I have been treating the tank with some
malachite green and malafix for the pop eye an fungus. its working on some of my fish but it just seems soon as i get one healed up another one is breaking out with it what can i do? i don't want to lose any of my babies!!! i have been isolating the sick fish and putting them in a separate tank to recover and then putting them in my established 55 gallon the only problem is i have some babies in their from another pair and i don't want to many big fish in there. i have treated the 125 tank and the sick tank with the medicine. I KNOW MY BIG MISTAKE WAS NOT CYCLING THE TANK BUT NOW THAT I KNOW THAT WHAT CAN I DO TO GET THESE ISSUES CLEARED UP. here are my tank readings as of day 9
nitrate - 80 ppm(danger high)
nitrite - 10 ppm (high also)
hardness - 300 ppm (i live in SA tx we have hard water)
alkalinity - 180 ppm
PH - 8.4 (i have chichlids so this reading is ok
ammonia - 0 (this is the only thing that is good but its expected for day 9)
ONE more thing - i added some drift wood i found in canyon lake texas one piece i used safely in my 55 gallon with no issues. the other peice i hadnt used before but im not sure if they are contributing factors to the issue.
Another thing- about day 7 i noticed small white dots on the glass of my aquarium looks like algae but it been a while since Ive had to deal with these little white spots.. even in my 155 my algae eater would just keep that in control....
new 125 gallon disaster need help!!!
