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Aqurium help: my tanks plants dying / anyway food to clean or reduce ammonia levels/ tips to clean t2007-11-24 23:10:01

before buying plants do some research on them -- here is the best site i have found --

http://www.plantgeek.net/

its best to never do full tank changes -- do 25% every couple of days. if you have to but never all at once.

weekly i do the following --

1) remove decorations (other than live plants) and wash them with really hot tap water.

2) wipe down the sides of the aquarium on the inside with paper towels

3) gravel vacuum until 20-25% of the water is gone.

4) rinse off the filter cartridge in dirty water

5) replace the water and decorations and restart the filter.

if you do 20% water changes every 2-3 days for a week or two your ammonia should drop drastically and not cause added stress on anyone else.

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It sounds your plant and fish problem are related. Elodia /anacarius is a hard plant to kill. This plant does not like temps over 75 degrees if you have your heater set on 80+ the plant could be dieing and poluting the water for the fish.Also many medications will kill plants. I would remove all the decaying plants and do a 30 % water change. If you have an out side filter run it to get any remaining plant material out of the tank

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25% water change with a gravel vac. Wait at least 24 hours, then do a second. If you need to do a third, wait at least 48 hours. Too much at once is deadly.