FishMum1207
New Member
Hi all,
Iām new ish to fish keeping and after an initial pandemic of ich which killed off our cardinal tetras, I thought we were doing ok.
We have, however in the last 10 days lost our dwarf Goirami and a female betta. Both went very still and didnāt do an awful lot, no eating and just hiding at the top of the tankā¦
I now have a ram doing the same, although he did come out to eat this morning and heās hiding at the bottom rather than the top.
None of the fish have looked ill in terms of anything on their scales, the temperature and nitrates etc have been really stable and I do a thorough clean every 6-7 days, vacuuming the gravel and changing around 20% of the water.
All of the pets were purchased at our local pets at home store, as they are closest to home. The staff seemed really knowledgeable but are the fish from here just not made to last? Friends at work did advise against buying from there but as this started out as a hobby for my children we found it easier to buy from there.
Any help would be much appreciated. As far as I can tell thereās no ammonia and nitrates are v low so Iām not sure what else it could be.
Thanks
Iām new ish to fish keeping and after an initial pandemic of ich which killed off our cardinal tetras, I thought we were doing ok.
We have, however in the last 10 days lost our dwarf Goirami and a female betta. Both went very still and didnāt do an awful lot, no eating and just hiding at the top of the tankā¦
I now have a ram doing the same, although he did come out to eat this morning and heās hiding at the bottom rather than the top.
None of the fish have looked ill in terms of anything on their scales, the temperature and nitrates etc have been really stable and I do a thorough clean every 6-7 days, vacuuming the gravel and changing around 20% of the water.
All of the pets were purchased at our local pets at home store, as they are closest to home. The staff seemed really knowledgeable but are the fish from here just not made to last? Friends at work did advise against buying from there but as this started out as a hobby for my children we found it easier to buy from there.
Any help would be much appreciated. As far as I can tell thereās no ammonia and nitrates are v low so Iām not sure what else it could be.
Thanks