SuburbanGirl
Member
I changed my water tonight and almost as soon as I did one of the Jacks started "scratching" at herself behind the gills. I switched them around to each other's tanks, and then the male started doing the same thing. They are both acting fidgity, and like something is bothering them, but I can't see any other symptoms. The tap water at my home is very hard, so I've been cutting it with RO from the LFS.
I tested the water using the API Master Test Kit and my results were identical for both tanks:
PH 7.6
hPH 7.4
ammonia 0.25
nitrite 0
nitrate 20
I took them out of the tanks and put them in a bowl with filtered water from the fridge (we were in the process of filling the Brita filter, so the water was room temperature) the filtered water was cut with tap water in the bowl to give them some hardness. I will keep an eye on them tonight, but any thoughts are appreciated. I'm not really sure what my next step should be.
Thanks in advance.
I tested the water using the API Master Test Kit and my results were identical for both tanks:
PH 7.6
hPH 7.4
ammonia 0.25
nitrite 0
nitrate 20
I took them out of the tanks and put them in a bowl with filtered water from the fridge (we were in the process of filling the Brita filter, so the water was room temperature) the filtered water was cut with tap water in the bowl to give them some hardness. I will keep an eye on them tonight, but any thoughts are appreciated. I'm not really sure what my next step should be.
Thanks in advance.