Fish Dying

[moonplaty]

i found a fish dead it was staying at the bottom of the tank another one was in the filter almost entirely decomposed and when i left this morning at 11 they were all fine whats goig on these are f up deaths?

 

[DiscusKeeper403]

can't tell without so little information on body ect. maybe a picture would help...

 

[moonplaty]

there already dipose one seem bloated and was at the botom of the tank the other one lost all color completly white and stringy stuck on filter was incredibly light as well i still havent found his tail

now what im thinking might be problem is one filter stop working a while for a day or so and i didnt notice it until then or 2 some fish i got off this girl who had way way wat to many fish in there tank desease?

 

[Tetras]

Hi Moonplaty,

As Discuslova mentioned, there is not enough info regarding your situation. I'm a Newbee and won't be able to address your specific situation but it would help the pro's here if you could answer the following questions, this way we can better help your fishes.

Tank size:
pH:
ammonia:
nitrite:
nitrate:
kH:
gH:
tank temp:
Fish Symptoms (include full description including lesion, color, location, fish behavior):
Volume and Frequency of water changes:
Chemical Additives or Media in your tank:
Tank inhabitants:
Recent additions to your tank (living or decoration):
Exposure to chemicals:
Digital photo (include if possible):
How long has tank been running:

Hope this helps!!

 

[moonplaty]

Hi Moonplaty,

As Discuslova mentioned, there is not enough info regarding your situation. I'm a Newbee and won't be able to address your specific situation but it would help the pro's here if you could answer the following questions, this way it we can better help your fishes.

Tank size:
pH:
ammonia:
nitrite:
nitrate:
kH:
gH:
tank temp:
Fish Symptoms (include full description including lesion, color, location, fish behavior):
Volume and Frequency of water changes:
Chemical Additives or Media in your tank:
Tank inhabitants:
Recent additions to your tank (living or decoration):
Exposure to chemicals:
Digital photo (include if possible):
How long has tank been running:

Hope this helps!!

i got a 20 gallon tank
21 fish well cough cough 19*

2 spiney nose eels
2 cory cats
1hi-fin platy --->dead
a plume tail molly
1 octocynclus
3 flame tetras
the rest are babie guppies platy molys and hybirds

i do water change every two weeks 35% water change
got real plants in the tank
i noticed the tempature of the water droped 2 degress last night as it was colder than usual in the room guess the heater couldent keep up

nitrate and amonia im not set up to measure yet

there diet consit of a large pinch of flakes in the morning and a cube of bloodworms at night

i got 4 plants 3 cutlings that dont seem to be growing roots

fish died over the over the night or or day thought they seem ok when i left

i also noticed that one of my flame tetros is very big i thought it was pregnant but now....

 

[Tetras]

Hi again Moonplaty,

Also it is good to know how long the tank has been running, so if you could add that, it would be great.

One tip i can give you; The testing kit is a very important tool, when it comes to fish keeping, there are 2 kinds: strips and liquid. If you have the funds, you should invest in the liquid kind, it is more acurate. It will last you quite a while and is worth the expence.

Somebody will come a long shortly I'm sure, so we can help you sort this out.

 

[moonplaty]

the tank has been running since 11th of august withought any problem had two goldfish i gave them away

 

[Tetras]

ok, so your tank is cycling, very stressfull environment for fish, also as you mentioned earlier, you filter had shot off, and could have killed the small amount of beneficial bacteria allready established. So your fish could be going through another round of high ammonia and nitrites.

Can you rehome the fish in a friends established tank and do a fishless cycle, loads of info on how to do that on this forum (in very basic terms: Getting the benefitial bacteria established without having fish in the tank)

Sorry, just saw you had 2 goldfish initially, were they in the tank prior to your new fish, meaning was this an established tank before you got the new fishes or was this set up brand new on 11 august, sorry about that, just making sure we are getting all the facts straight.

If this is infact a cycling tank, you will have to do a lot more partial water changes with dechlorinated water, daily if possible and get the testing kit ASAP.

 

[moonplaty]

yes it was established now what worries me is the way the fish died be hard for me to test the water as im broke and wont be able to go to per store till next saturday

 

[Tetras]

Ok, so the tank was established. The only guide line I can give you now, is to start doing daily partial water changes with dechlorinated water, working out from the theory that your beneficial bacteria died when your filter shot off. It certainley won't hurt. It is very hard to advice anything else at the moment without water stats. It might not be the problem, but at the given time it can not be excluded.