Fish Dying By The Day.

[CameronN]

Sadly, my moving of fishies was not a successful one. I started out with 5 tiger barbs in a 29G tank. My house however was falling apart due to a fault in the foundation so I had to move fast.

2 died because the electricity was turned off by the county (I couldn't do anything about it). I don't own a truck or anything like that so the tank came over with the fishies in bags. I had to start a new tank all over again.

My old filter was completely broken during the rushed move, so I ordered an aquaclear 50. It arrived and my tank has been set up now for a bout a week. I have had no choice but to cycle with the fish, so I went to petsmart and got some chemicals that did nothing but make the water soapy.

I changed all of the water. During this time I checked the water straight from the tap with a bit of conditioner in it. Results were .50 PPM ammonia from the tap.

During my dilemma the other 2 of my original fish died, right after introducing 6 new barbs and a rainbow shark (yes I know they grow). I was kind of forced to buy them because the 2 tiger barbs I had were just distant and sad looking. I apologize for the messiness of this post, but my last original barb just died and I don't know what to do. I can provide full water test results if anyone needs.

 

[FishFanatic04]

Are you planning on a bigger tank for the shark? Was there no way to save the media from your old fitler? You are now in a fich-in cycle and I am betting that your ammonia is spiked. You should be doing water changes and maybe post your current test results.

 

[CameronN]

Are you planning on a bigger tank for the shark? Was there no way to save the media from your old fitler? You are now in a fich-in cycle and I am betting that your ammonia is spiked. You should be doing water changes and maybe post your current test results.

Yes I am looking at a used tank for him (75G), but right now he is just a baby at 1.5 inches. No, the filter media was lost in the truck along with it's top. My ammonia is high because of the fish, but also because the ammonia from the tap is high. I do 50% water changes daily, I will post my results shortly.

 

[FishFanatic04]

I have 1.0ppm ammonia in my tap, when I was stuck in a fish-in cycle, I changed the water anytime it went above 1.o ppm.

 

[CameronN]

I have 1.0ppm ammonia in my tap, when I was stuck in a fish-in cycle, I changed the water anytime it went above 1.o ppm.

K, here are the results:

1.0 Ammonia
1.0 Nitrite
5.0 Nitrate
~6.7 pH

 

[FishFanatic04]

Going off your nitrites..you should really change the water, as much as you can just leaving the fish covered. The good news is that your cycle is moving if you have nitrites. The bad news is that it's soooooo bad for your fish.

 

[CameronN]

Going off your nitrites..you should really change the water, as much as you can just leaving the fish covered. The good news is that your cycle is moving if you have nitrites. The bad news is that it's soooooo bad for your fish.

I can do another 75% change in about an hour when the water comes back.

 

[FishFanatic04]

If it helps...I was doing my cycle in a 46g and doing 2 90% changes a day Be glad you have a 29g...lots faster and less buckets

 

[afremont]

Going off your nitrites..you should really change the water, as much as you can just leaving the fish covered. The good news is that your cycle is moving if you have nitrites. The bad news is that it's soooooo bad for your fish.

Yep, this is one place where aquarium salt really shines. It can spare the fish the horrors and suffering of nitrIte poisoning and provide a thicker slime coat.

 

[CameronN]

Going off your nitrites..you should really change the water, as much as you can just leaving the fish covered. The good news is that your cycle is moving if you have nitrites. The bad news is that it's soooooo bad for your fish.

Yep, this is one place where aquarium salt really shines. It can spare the fish the horrors and suffering of nitrIte poisoning and provide a thicker slime coat.

Sadly that is one of the many things I lost during the move. Does epsom salt perform the same basic action (in addition to making the fish poop)?