Help Needed Identifiying Cause Of Death.. Details Inside

fairly sure that's an anti-bac med so could be messing with the filter bacteria......

stats seem fine now so no need to panic, just all useful to know to build up the picture. get us the historic test results as soon as you can.
 
pH
11th - 7.2
14th - 7.4
17th - 7.4
19th - 7.6

Ammonia
11th - 0.25
14th - 0.2
17th - 0
19th - 0

Nitrite
11th - 0.5
14th - 5
17th - 2
19th - 0

Nitrate
11th - 20
14th - 5
17th - 5
19th - 10


I added my first 3 fish (2 silver sharks & angel) days before the first tests and have gradually added a few more.
 
ok, so it was definatley cycling with fish but has now finished (the ammonia and nitrite dropping down to 0 show this).

I suspect it was the cycle which killed the fish, hopefully the ones which have made it through will be OK from now on.

few tips then...... have a read of the guide to maintenance linked in my sig which should explain how to clean the tank and filter and what you should be doing on a daily, weekly and monthly basis.

don't add anymore fish for at least 2/3 weeks, you need to let the bacteria colony establish, take some time to do research into the species of fish that you have, your fish combination is a bit odd, you need to adjust the numbers and so on and the sharks will eventually outgrow your tank, so do some research and you may need to shuffle stocking around a bit. the link 'guide to stocking lists' in my sig will start you off with how to work out what fish are suitable.

once a few weeks have passed you can add more fish, but only add a couple at a time, after adding fish make sure you test the water every day for a week afterwards, you may see a mini cycle and you'd need to do water changes to sort it out. after you've added fish, assuming it's all stable, leave it another 2/3 weeks before adding any more fish... then add a couple more fish and do the same thing again until you are happy that the tank is stocked.
 
Ok Thanks :)
Hopefully my fish will be ok now then.
I'll read up on the maintainace now..
 
Red-tailed sharks are territorial towards other cyprinid species. Silvers are relatively shy fish, and they're likely to be bullied by the Red-tail . . . I wouldn't really keep them in the same tank tbh.

Silver sharks are fast-swimming shoaling fish, so, as with all shoaling fish, 6 should be considered a minimum. They shouldn't be in anything less than 4ft as juveniles, increasing to a minimum of 6ftx3ft (7 or 8ft is better) as adults so the physical size of the tank would help. :)
 

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