I came home from work and found the elephant nose fish in distress. I could tell that the fish was rapidly breathing and was listing to one side. I'm guessing that the pH spike seen in the last couple of weeks has finally taken a toll on the elephant nose. I tried giving the fish a salt bath to see if that would improve the breathing but it did not. I finally removed the fish when it completely stopped moving.
This pH problem is beginning to bother me big time. I know that the pH is high, and I don't want to stress the tank inhabitants by dropping it extremely fast. To that end (and in the interest of plant care) I purchased something called a CO2 Fizz Factory by Jungle Labs from Drs. Foster & Smith and I'm trying to lower pH using SeaChem Acid Buffer. The problem, I guess, is that the pH is really moving to that recommended environment for the aquarium inhabitants.
Anyway, I did go ahead and perform a water change - removing 3.75 gallons and adding in 4.0 gallons of recipe replacement water. I took a sample of tank water before the change for testing later. I will post those results here when I catch up.
Friday, May 14, 2004
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