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Eli_The_Eel · 04-24-2008, 11:44 PM

I just woke up for some water and took a glance at my tank, and I noticed that my black clown turned a translucent orange color. His fins are still pitch black. He seems to be fine, although is is swimming kind of franticly, do I have anything to worry about?

mandarin11 · 04-24-2008, 11:59 PM

What size tank and more importantly what are the water params?

Eli_The_Eel · 04-25-2008, 12:05 AM

Its a 40 gallon. Just Checked the params and they are the same as they have been for the last week that he's been in there. The only things that are off is that my nitrites are at .2 ppm and my nitrates are at ~5-10 ppm. Salinity is fine, ph fine and ALK fine. I havn't added anything to the tank.

Is it possible he's witsed from me turning the actinics on?

phoenixhieghts · 04-25-2008, 12:24 AM

he's prob just freaked out - give him a half a day he'll be back to normal

mandarin11 · 04-25-2008, 12:33 AM

Oh, I wasn't aware you turned the actinics on. (I 'view' mine with the moonlights

) Yeah he's probably just weirded out by the sudden 'sunrise'. Take another look at him later on today.

Keep an eye on the nitrites. Ideally they should be at 0.

Eli_The_Eel · 04-25-2008, 12:55 AM

hes looking better already. thanks for the advice. how do i lower nitrites? ive been doing weekly water changes, but no luck...

mandarin11 · 04-25-2008, 01:12 AM

Check to make sure nothing is dieing. If something does go to fish heaven (or snail heaven

) then immediately remove it from the tank. What percentage water changes are you doing a week?

phoenixhieghts · 04-25-2008, 01:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Eli_The_Eel

hes looking better already. thanks for the advice. how do i lower nitrites? ive been doing weekly water changes, but no luck...

Stop doing the water changes, give the bacteria time to accumilate.

R34dawn · 04-25-2008, 05:14 AM

You can also boost your bacteria by adding something like Cycle, it work
really good for me!