Hello Folks,
I bought a fish tank (60L) roughly 2 weeks ago. Some items I also bought were, Plants (Live/Fake), Gravel And Ornaments. The tank came with a filter and heater as well as the filter cartridges. Anyways, I cycled the fish tank and had it up and running for 4 days. I introduced 5 fish on Monday. 2 guppies, 3 Neon blue tetra's. By Monday evening My First guppy died, it stayed up at surface, literally a millimetre below. As if it struggled to swim, Then by thursday my first Tetra died (They seemed to be absolutely fine until then.) Now as I have returned home from work, the remaining 2 blue tetras both died. No signs of any visible diseases on my fish. Some of my live plants don't look so alive, and my water seems rather cloudy. I have a 6 in 1 tester kit. Nothing seems to be wrong and i was putting it down to my plants turning the water murky. My remaining fish swims fine, goes to the bottom and swims around the tank, BUT the huge majority of its time is spent right at the surface. I'm worried I'm doing something far wrong, and have put a lot of money into trying to make this work. I know very little about keeping fish and wanted to learn and keep them. Started to think if i would need an air pump. Done so much research and seem to find nothing. Hoping some one with a lot of experience can lend a helping hand and give me some guidance.
Thanks.
I bought a fish tank (60L) roughly 2 weeks ago. Some items I also bought were, Plants (Live/Fake), Gravel And Ornaments. The tank came with a filter and heater as well as the filter cartridges. Anyways, I cycled the fish tank and had it up and running for 4 days. I introduced 5 fish on Monday. 2 guppies, 3 Neon blue tetra's. By Monday evening My First guppy died, it stayed up at surface, literally a millimetre below. As if it struggled to swim, Then by thursday my first Tetra died (They seemed to be absolutely fine until then.) Now as I have returned home from work, the remaining 2 blue tetras both died. No signs of any visible diseases on my fish. Some of my live plants don't look so alive, and my water seems rather cloudy. I have a 6 in 1 tester kit. Nothing seems to be wrong and i was putting it down to my plants turning the water murky. My remaining fish swims fine, goes to the bottom and swims around the tank, BUT the huge majority of its time is spent right at the surface. I'm worried I'm doing something far wrong, and have put a lot of money into trying to make this work. I know very little about keeping fish and wanted to learn and keep them. Started to think if i would need an air pump. Done so much research and seem to find nothing. Hoping some one with a lot of experience can lend a helping hand and give me some guidance.
Thanks.