Well, I set up this land/water enclosure for my new baby caiman, and I've been having some feeder fish trouble which is a cause for concern since the caiman will be living in this water, too.
Here's my problem. I have a high quality filter for 50 - 75g(which, it's probably about 45g - 50g or so), and a 50g water heater that keeps the water roughly between 65F and 70F on the farthest edges of the 'aquarium' away from the heater, it's obviously warmer closer to the heater.
I have plants inside the aquarium to produce oxygen.
I don't really understand what's wrong. I adjust my feeders to the temps, no problem. They're all lively and happy swimming in their little baggie. I release them into the water, they all died within 10 - 15 minutes...
I really.. really don't understand why that happened, it's obviously an issue with the water, which I have dechlorinated it.
I set the tank up on Wednesday, dechlorinated it and everything. Water was crystal clear, no problems at all. Water started getting cloudy about... Friday night, Saturday morning.
I've bought pH and ammonia testers, pH seems perfectly fine, ammonia, I'm not so sure..
I was using Rosey Red Minnows, for the record. Very resilient fish, but they just keeled over.
Do I need to do a complete replace of my water or does any one have any suggestions?
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