Help Me Please >>>>dying Fish

[Crazypeder]

hello ppl ....srry for the rush and skipping introductions.....but i just registered .....i am very very ......very newbie with fish tanks .....my mate gave a few fish he had a week ago ......unfortunnaly i had one dead yesterday ....but i thought it was normal......but today i have my most precious ....a cat fish i think ...all black ....with only the tale in red ....i actually saw someone with that fish as an avatar here somewhere.....


here go some pics of my 38 litres flat bowl fish ....with only a pump filter and an oxygen pump...please help ...i really want to save as many as i can !!!

couldn t put them here ...dunno how...srry .....help


*snif* *snif*

he s half dead now ....by the looks of him ....have no idea ....of what i could do to try and save him ... his colours are faded ...please ppl ...is any one out there ....i am lost ...not knowing ...

 

[donna123]

hi,
firstly to tff,
how longs your tank been running for? do you have a test kit or could you get one asap, because you will need to test for ammonia ,nitrite and nitrate, for now do a 25% water change, i would post in the emergancy section with all this info there the post will been seen by many more people ready to help,
ps i could not find an all black with red tail cat unless he has a white belly id say you may have a red tail black shark,grow to 6inch, hth all the best donna .

 

[Crazypeder]

hi donna123,

thanks !!!

one and an half week. No, don t realy know what to look foras a test kit .
Done the water change, and it looks like it worked, early in the morning he was half way dead, know he looks ok, and is almost back to normal, been on our friend google ...and yes it is a red tale black shark.

can t say how much i thankyou for the tip....and yes now i know where the emergency bit is ...

sorry ppl for weird introduction in the forum .....i am very noobie with fish, so if ya all let me ...i ll be around and squeeze all my future knowledge of you...

once again thankyou very much Donna!!!

 

[WILDER]

That fish you describe sounds like a red tailed black shark, hope not though as they need a 40gal tank, plus being in that size tank will make him for aggressive then they are.
Need full stock list of fish.

http/www.aquahobby.com/gallery/e_bicolor.php