5 Dead Today

[kidjatt]

Found 5 dead fish in my tank today, think a sword tail and a silver gourami are on the way aswell, they are alive but not very active and very slow to react. I did a water change 2 days ago and everything seemed rosy untill now. Could it be

1) Aquaclear - it says for goldfish which i just realised (stupid asda), would this matter?
2) Tiger Barbs - Could they have nipped them to death?
3) Water quality - Im going to get the water checked from lfs tommorow, Wouldnt it be the case that if the water was unsuitable the fish would die in a relatively short time?
4) Location - Its now in a south facing room which has more sunshine, but the tank is not in direct sunlight. The temp is stayin at a constant 25 degrees.

I dont want to loose any more fish if i can help it. Also i have lost 3 black mollies, is there any reason that before today these were the only fish that had died.

 

[WILDER]

How many gallons or litres is the tank.
How many fish and which type.
Need water stats first thing to rule out.
Take a sample of your water to the lfs and tell them to write the readings down for you.
I would invest in a master test kit of your own, liquid ones are the best.
Any symtoms to go on.
Yes tigar barbs are fins nippers and are aggressive.
Any laboured breathing.

A tiger barb will attack a fish with long flowing fins so not picked your fish stock to wisely.

 

[The_Dude]

That sucks dude.Sorry for your loss.

 

[kidjatt]

its a 5 foot tank, 60x18x15 i think its 224 litres i think its 60 us gallons
Fish tank contains; 8 neon tetra's, 3 cardinal tetra's, 8 flame tetra's, 2 Tiger barbs, 2 green Tiger barbs, 2 gold tiger barbs, 3 Clown Loaches, 2 sword tails, " algae plecs, 1 Red tail shark, 1 Silver shark, 2 Gouramis (not sure what exact 1s, 6 Guppies, 1 silver molly, 1 female siamese fighter betta. i think thats it.

I will invest in a kit though.
A blue gourami that died did have laboured breathing i think, it died really slowly

 

[WILDER]

Your tanks overstocked.
Water change,
What filter do you have in the tank.
I would get your water tested.
Any ripped fins before they died.

 

[kidjatt]

The tank looks empty! How can it be overstocked?
The filter i use is an internal filter, magicjet or something like that.
I havent noticed any ripped fins other than the siamese fighter last night.

 

[WILDER]

Remove the betta to a tank on its own.
How many gallons does the filter turn over an hour.
I would get your water tested as until then we will just be guessing whats going off.
Ask in tropical chit chat about your stocking, as I would say the tanks overstocked.

 

[kidjatt]

has the forum crashed?

 

[WILDER]

No but it can go slow now and then.

 

[kidjatt]

The stats on the filter

Power; 20 watt
Capacity; 265 gallons per hour out-put

Also the fish seem to be swimming towards the top of the water

 

[WILDER]

The filters fine then.
With the fish doing that there is no harm in preforming a water change till you get your water tested.
Can you increase aeration in the tank.
Check gills over to see if there pale with excess mucas, or red and inflamed.

 

[kidjatt]

i have 2 6 inch air stones in the tank. i dont think i can increase it anymore.

Do you suggest i do a water change?

 

[WILDER]

Yes as the fish are not right, it due to poor water quality to parasites to bacterial.
Until we know water stats hard to say what going off.

 

[kidjatt]

i havent got any of the aqua clear left, should i just put in normal tap water

 

[WILDER]

The only water you can preform a water change without conditioner is to do small water changes, shouldn't harm them much then.