Dying Fish

[~debs~]

can any1 help, i posted earlier in anuva place, my yellow male mollie has died, he had a large bruise on top of his head, i bought 2 black females 3 days ago do u fink hes bin attacked, im a newbie an wen i started up my tank the information i had wasnt the best an ive since found out that theres a hell of a lot more to fish keeping, its bin 10 yrs since i last had fish!! im absolutly gutted my mollie has died as he was one of my 1st fish, i did have 6 barbs but they all died a wk ago an i dont know y, all 2geva ive lost 22 fish, as they died i replaced em which is y so many deaths, i put that down to putting the fish in the tank 2 soon tho, i have one remaining barb 2 black female mollies one yellow female mollie an a leopard plec, im using safe guard in my water but it hasnt yet bin tested bcuz ive only just found out u have to test it, hope i dont sound thick lol

 

[Fillet 'O' Fish]

replied to earlier on your other mail....I think you are adding way to many fish to early in the new tank maturing cycle

Sorry to hear of your losses, but I definately think that if the tank is only 3 weeks old and you are adding that many fish from the start there will be problems.

 

[~debs~]

replied to earlier on your other mail....I think you are adding way to many fish to early in the new tank maturing cycle

Sorry to hear of your losses, but I definately think that if the tank is only 3 weeks old and you are adding that many fish from the start there will be problems.

hiya, i do feel gutted especially avin to get my poor dead mollie out, im so upset, i do realise now that i was way to eager to get the tank goin, im expecting them all to die now, im not gna buy anymore fish for a while, is it best(if they all die) to just start again an leave the tank set up n running for a cuple wks 1st? thanku so much for ur reply, debs, xxx.

 

[Fillet 'O' Fish]

Best advice is to get yourself a test kit and make sure that your water is mature before adding fish, especially non-hardy fish.
Ammonia and Nitrite readings should be zero, and Nitrates as near to zero as possible.
This will proably take around a month !!
Then add a couple of fish each week and let the tank get used to the new ammonia etc before adding more.
Hopefully this will reduce the risk of any more losses.

 

[~debs~]

Best advice is to get yourself a test kit and make sure that your water is mature before adding fish, especially non-hardy fish.
Ammonia and Nitrite readings should be zero, and Nitrates as near to zero as possible.
This will proably take around a month !!
Then add a couple of fish each week and let the tank get used to the new ammonia etc before adding more.
Hopefully this will reduce the risk of any more losses.

thanku eva so much, uve bin really helpfull, ive noted it all down so hopefully no more losses, i seriously ran b4 i cud walk!! i will go an buy myself a kit 2day an get the water tested whilst im there, ta loads 4 advice, debs,xxx.

Best advice is to get yourself a test kit and make sure that your water is mature before adding fish, especially non-hardy fish.
Ammonia and Nitrite readings should be zero, and Nitrates as near to zero as possible.
This will proably take around a month !!
Then add a couple of fish each week and let the tank get used to the new ammonia etc before adding more.
Hopefully this will reduce the risk of any more losses.

oh dear im having probs again, one of the 2 female mollies is bein really vicious, shes attackin my barb like mad, shes like pyscho killer fish, ive just put sum more food in an shes eating like shes neva bin fed, she attacks the barb evry time btween feeding, i dont wanna ova feed the tank, im really stuk, cant cope wiv this nasty fish, shes dun it since i got her 3 days ago, the uva female just hides all the time , debs, xxx.

 

[l337dave]

hmm,

you could consider taking your fish back to the shop and starting the tank over with a fishless cycle.

other people may be able to advise you better.




dave.