Fish acting strange

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Right, i took out my platy last night because he was dying (2minutes later he died) and ever sinse then the other platy keeps hiding and not bothering to move around much... Is he depressed? Or just sleeping... Or is there something wrong?

Also ever sinse last night 1 of my sword tails is acting strange as well hes not moving around as much as is staying away from the other fish just like my platy is.

Thanks in advanced.

Ps - Ammonia: 0, Nitrite: 0.3-1, its starting to come down though.
Ph: 8
Nitrate: 100mg/litre from my test result.

 

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My fish have possible White Spot, and are a bit saw around their gills so are being treated now .

 

[Wisperian]

Why are ya smiling about that?

 

[David]

You may have overloaded your tank a bit for it's first cycle... No more than 2 to 3 hardy fish should be introduced at once. Also you may want to look into fishless cycling; it's much faster and no fish are lost. Also I think your pH may be a bit too high try lowering it to about 7.5. Dunno what else you can do.

 

[corrosive]

Why are ya smiling about that?

Im said " " because the fish are being treated and i know whats most likely wrong with them .

You may have overloaded your tank a bit for it's first cycle... No more than 2 to 3 hardy fish should be introduced at once. Also you may want to look into fishless cycling; it's much faster and no fish are lost. Also I think your pH may be a bit too high try lowering it to about 7.5. Dunno what else you can do.

I cant see any point my changing my ph, my lfs say its ok and it does on the test thing i did too, plus if i were to change the ph, everytime i do water changes it will probably go back up because the of the ph in the tapwater is probably about 8?
The reason i started with 6 fish is because my lfs recommended me to , personally i would have just got the 4 sword tails but HEY.

Thanks.

 

[David]

Hehe yeah I understand. Don't always trust the lfs though: they want you to buy more fish can you guess why. It's a common mistake to overstock a new tank the fish may be suffocating in ammonia. It's not very pleasant.

 

[David]

Do you have a test kit for ammonia and nitrite? Chances are you have a spike and those levels may be abnormally high, and this is whats killing your fish. Unfortunately there's not much you can do. Next time buy less fish Or use the fishless cycling method (household ammonia as opposed to fish) it's faster and safer.

 

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Ammonia: 0, Nitrite: 0.3-1, its starting to come down though.
Ph: 8
Nitrate: 100mg/litre, Not Good Lmao.

My nitrite was real high its just today that it has started to slowly drop.