Tragedyfin
New Member
*Fish death*
I got my first tank last week, and from the pet shop's advice I got fish on Saturday - just 4 glowlight tetras. It's a planted tank and things went well over the weekend, they seemed inquisitive, ate, played around in the plants and decorations I got.
They seemed fine this morning, and when I came home at lunch, but when I came back this evening, one of them was swimming upside down and was having trouble directing themselves, and was instead being swept by the current of the filter. They're dead now.
From what I've read in the hour I've had it seems swim bladder related, but I don't know any more than that. I've taken a water sample but I don't have a testing kit. I'm going to try and get one tomorrow.
I don't really know what else to say, everything seems to have gone wrong.
Otherwise about myself: mid 20s, in the UK and currently sad, fingers crossed things improve.
I got my first tank last week, and from the pet shop's advice I got fish on Saturday - just 4 glowlight tetras. It's a planted tank and things went well over the weekend, they seemed inquisitive, ate, played around in the plants and decorations I got.
They seemed fine this morning, and when I came home at lunch, but when I came back this evening, one of them was swimming upside down and was having trouble directing themselves, and was instead being swept by the current of the filter. They're dead now.
From what I've read in the hour I've had it seems swim bladder related, but I don't know any more than that. I've taken a water sample but I don't have a testing kit. I'm going to try and get one tomorrow.
I don't really know what else to say, everything seems to have gone wrong.
Otherwise about myself: mid 20s, in the UK and currently sad, fingers crossed things improve.
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