Help!!

[irescuedogs]

i have a 10 gallon tank with 6 adults and 11 fry and The water parameters just won’t stabilize!! I’ve done 3 25% water changes in the last 3 days and the ph is at 7.3 the ammonia is at 1ppm nitrates are 20ppm and the nitrites are 20ppm I have a sponge filter and an hob filter with ammonia remover filter pad and denitrite filter media. I don’t know what else to do to get the water back to normal. Someone please help me!! I need advice!! I can’t lose my babies!!!

 

[vetteguy53081]

adults and fry of what ?? ( Fish, seahorse, ?? ).
What water are you using (RODI or tap water from the faucet ? )
Addition of prime and or Chemipure blue will help but still need more info

 

[fishguy242]

hi,what type of fish,what tests are you using,heavy feeding for fry?

 

[irescuedogs]

adults and fry of what ?? ( Fish, seahorse, ?? ).
What water are you using (RODI or tap water from the faucet ? )
Addition of prime and or Chemipure blue will help but still need more info

Sorry! seahorses!!

 

[irescuedogs]

hi,what type of fish,what tests are you using,heavy feeding for fry?

Seahorses I’m using the master saltwater test kit and no I’m not over feeding

 

[fishguy242]

have you done this before?

 

[vetteguy53081]

Seahorses I’m using the master saltwater test kit and no I’m not over feeding

Assure filters are clean and you have met the following:
Salinity 1.024
Temp 75-78
Ph not to exceed 8.2
Mild water flow


What water are you using (RODI or tap water from the faucet ? )
Addition of Seachem prime and/or Chemipure blue will help

 

[irescuedogs]

have you done this before?

I’ve had them for about 3 months it’s my first go with seahorses

 

[irescuedogs]

Assure filters are clean and you have met the following:
Salinity 1.024
Temp 75-78
Ph not to exceed 8.2
Mild water flow


What water are you using (RODI or tap water from the faucet ? )
Addition of Seachem prime and/or Chemipure blue will help

Using rodi

 

[fishguy242]

need to set up a couple of vessels,to transfer babies every 24 hrs,just need air in them, remove them from tank w shotglass ..no air..put in clean water,feed ,change to next jar and repeat,give them something to hitch on ,but not get stuck on

 

[rayjay]

Well, I'm assuming these are dwarf seahorses and are being fed enriched brine shrimp nauplii. If they are Standards then you REALLY ARE in trouble until you move them to about a 75-90g tank.
As for dwarfs, I had no problem with around 50 dwarfs in a 5g but I changed out 90% of the water every 3 days. I also removed all nutrient depleted artemia before feeding the new batch.
I cleaned out the minifilter pad daily.
For dwarfs in a 10g tank you must have a PITA task of hatching and enriching the brine to be able to keep the density of the naupii high enough to keep the dwarfs satisfied.