sick fish

[rngpw1028]

I have a clown fish and a Hifin shrimp goby that are breathing very rapidly. I have had them since last november, but moved them into a larger tank about 1 month ago. All other fish and coral that made the move are doing fine. Water parameters are 0 Nitrites, 10 Nitrates, .25 Ammonia, 8.4 Ph. Salinity 1.022. the only thing that I have been doing differently is I have been using straight D.I. for my water top offs. I add 2 drops of aragamilk for every gallon of D.I. Any body have any idea why my fish are having problems.

 

[beth]

The ammonia will cause serious consequences all marine animals. Start doing daily water changes until that ammonia is down to zero. Why do you have ammonia?

 

[rngpw1028]

I usually dont have ammonia. I had it tested on tuesday. 3 days after I noticed the clown having problems and the ammonia was at zero. I tested last night (3/17) and it was between 0 and .25. I put amqel to try to bring it down, I will test again later.

 

[beth]

Do the water changes as I suggest, amquel will only go so far.

 

[rngpw1028]

so you dont think that D.I. is the problem. I see that alot of people use R.O and or R.O/D.I. together. I am using straight D.I. Like I said before though I am adding aragamilk to it.

 

[sepulatian]

Originally Posted by rngpw1028
so you dont think that D.I. is the problem. I see that alot of people use R.O and or R.O/D.I. together. I am using straight D.I. Like I said before though I am adding aragamilk to it.
Test your DI water. I am curious of why you think it might be that. De-ionized water wouldn't cause ammonia. To many additives would. Why are you adding the aragamilk? Something is breaking down in the water, causing ammonia.

 

[rngpw1028]

Originally Posted by sepulatian
Test your DI water. I am curious of why you think it might be that. De-ionized water wouldn't cause ammonia. To many additives would. Why are you adding the aragamilk? Something is breaking down in the water, causing ammonia.
I dont think that the ammonia is caused by the d.i. I was'nt sure if maybe it wasnt causing my fish to be sick. Im adding the aragamilk because i was told that running water through the di strips it of all of its essential minerals. The aragamilk is to replace those minerals. I am curious to know what kind of additives could be causing my ammonia to rise so i could stay away from that in the future, so if you could let me know that would be greatly appreciated.