Fish are dying

[_]im]

Hey,

I have recentely lost 2 mollies in the past few days. I haven't lost power and the tank ahs been set up for over 5 months. No high in ammonia or nitrate, the only thing i might have done is mix up the gravel a bit while vacuuming and i put peas in the tank to feed the otto cats, anyone see what could have happened??

OKay, secondly, i need new fish. What to do you think would be good additions to the tanks i have in my sig?

Thanks for any help

 

[clutterydrawer]

i dunno. did they show any symptoms before they died? could any soap/air freshener/flyspray or whatever have gt into the tank?

as for new fish...another peppered cory or two for the second tank, and maybe a dwarf gourami for the first?

 

[WILDER]

The fish you lost did you use them to cycle the tank.

 

[_]im]

Good point. I did cycle with them, well sort of when i got the tank it was almost cycled, meaning a few more water changes to bring down the nitrates and that was it....so im not sure whats going on. I may have had soap on my hands one day while in the tank, but I doubt enough to affect them, plus I had neons and otto cats in there and they are fine.

Anymore sudgestions for new fish?

 

[WILDER]

Because sometimes the cycle takes it's toll on some fish and their immune system shuts down and are open to desease.

 

[Shizat]

Maybe you vacuumed up a little too much good bacteria.