Thanks to Dawn and Giancarlo for your help and advice on this problem. John, both tanks are being filled with tap water, but I only change about 1/4 or less of the 20 gal. tank. But it is interesting that the fish in the 20 gal. don't seem to show any effects of the ph. The fish in the 20 gal. are a Betta, cory cat, harlequin rasbora and rummy nose tetra. Both tanks get Stress Coat from the same bottle and tap water from the same tap. I will change less water more frequently in both tanks and see if this resolves the problem, as well as less of the Stress Coat as Dawn had advised.
Jill S.
--- On Wed, 9/1/10, john Buford <jbuf@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
From: john Buford <jbuf@ix.netcom.com>
Subject: RE: [tropical fish club] Re: Unusual behaviour?
To: tropicalfishclub@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wednesday, September 1, 2010, 7:55 AM
Ive been following this thread. And while i am new to this stuff the one thing that i have a question about is what is the difference between the water changes of the two tanks. Is one filled using a bucket and a hose. Is the same bottle of stress coat used for both tanks. If filled by bucket is one tank done first then the other. Is there a chance that the buckets are used for something else between the water changes. Investigate the differences between the two. I think this may help isolate
What is going on here.
Hth
John
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From: tuvix72 <no_reply@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, August 30, 2010 1:19 PM
To: tropicalfishclub@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [tropical fish club] Re: Unusual behaviour?
Dawn, assuming the return is pointed sideways, as it should be, you'll actually find that the dead spot is right there under it as the current is being pushed to the opposing end of the tank. There's nothing wrong with placing both intake and return in the same corner...
Giancarlo
--- In tropicalfishclub@yahoogroups.com, Dawn Moneyhan <dawnshungryeyes4u2c@...> wrote:
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> Are the intake and output tubes in the same area? Those should be positioned on opposite ends of the tank from each other. If they are positioned near each other the filter continues to recycle the already filtered water while not pulling in water from the uncleaned end of the tank.Â
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