Alarming Death Rate in Dirted Tank

My fish are keep dying in the dirted tank. I teated the water couple of daysvago and everything was 0 except ph was 6.5. Lfs saysvthat dont do big water changes as its affecting the ph. What is going weong most of the fish are gone already and i am having one fush die every day.

The second thing, i am having white kind a jelly on the glass after upgrading the light to dual t5.

Please advise what to do.

Thanks

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Permalink Reply by john walden on December 27, 2014 at 1:40am

Bro your screwed !!!!!!!!

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Permalink Reply by john walden on December 27, 2014 at 1:41am

Just kidding man did you cycle your tank and do you have snails ? that could be white jelly like stuff when they lay eggs and what not on the glass as for the fish dying in the dirted tank . Did you try pre soaking you dirt before you capped it with gravel or sand ? If not you might have gases stuck under your dirt in bubbles which can be toxic !

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Permalink Reply by Shary on December 27, 2014 at 1:55am

lol, Thanks for the reply.

The tank is running for three years before I dirt the tank. I have small snails in the tank which i am picking up or may be remove them with a snail trap.

I think I did the mistake when i dirt the tank. I did not soak the dirt before capping it with the gravel because i followed a youtube video tutorial on Walsted Method and the guy did not soak the dirt before putting in the tank. I poked the dirt and most of the bubbles are released then i change the water. I placed the crushed coral in the filter and ph is now 7.2. The LFS says the water is good now with 0 NH3/NH4, 0 NO2 and 0 NO3. The Ph was 7.2 and KH was 2.

I added few Platies and they are still alive with old black tetra. Plants growth is great. I am planning to put Pressurized co2 soon in both tanks.