I Need Help Like Now!

[xCowlesy]

Okay, im being serious here, my fish are literally just dying off one by one today!

I have NOT got any idea why! the water is fine, i did a strip test and it was all normal.

What the hell is going on!!

 

[crunch7]

First Rule for this Hobby: Strips are wrong in most if not all of the times.

Second Rule : Read Before you buy fish or else have to bear the pain of loosing them as I did myself.

here are the links

http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?/topic/277264-beginners-resource-center/

about your fish

http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?/forum/36-fish-species-index/

Read, Learn and Experience first hand, am sure you will learn a lot. I DID

All the Luck

 

[Fishy friend2]

Could you please fill this out
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):

 

[xCowlesy]

I havent just bought these fish that have died, i havent bought any fish in ages to be honest. The fish that are dying have been fine, then all of a sudden they have just died, multiple ones all at once.
I have never experienced this before in my time of keeping fish. It has really annoyed me.

I dont know what is wrong because most of the fish in my tank dont look well today either.

 

[xCowlesy]

Tank size:304L
pH:7.5
ammoniaunsure
nitrite:0
nitrite:0
kH:240
gH:180
tank temp:25 degrees

Fish Symptoms (include full description including lesion, color, location, fish behavior): fish seam to be very lethargic today when i got in from college, they seam to be floating around without control (neon tetras mainly). Ive lost 3 tetras this evening which i know isnt normal hense me getting panicked over it all!
Their colour is normal on all the fish, no changed.
The fish seam to be either at the bottom or near the surface.
No abnormalities on the fish, ive thoroughly checked and they seam normal which is confusing me really bad!!

Volume and Frequency of water changes: normally at least a quarter to half a tank when i clean the tank, and every two weeks i clean the tank, but not as much recently due to losing a few fish.

Chemical Additives or Media in your tank: External filter. (i used a accu-clear but it has been used before and had no effect)

Tank inhabitants: A snail from live plants, but its been in a while.

Recent additions to your tank (living or decoration): No living, just extra plants.


I dont understand why they have been like this because the water has always been like it has and i havent done anything different.

 

[MegaZerino]

swimbladder??

symptoms:
Erratic Swimming Position
Loss of equilibrium
Fish will be unable to maintain buoyancy

and a lot of the time ive had this the waterparameters have been fine, it just sort of happens

 

[xCowlesy]

Hmmph, thats really annoyed me now. The store near me is closed now too!!

 

[Fishy friend2]

My first initial thought was SBD too, the symptoms sound awfully similar. My recommendation is to. Don't feed for 3-5 days, or until it clears up, feed peas, feed daphnia, and add Epsom salt

 

[pablothebetta]

Could the plants you bought have been treated with something (pesticides, etc) prior to you purchasing them which contained materials which were harmful to your fish?

 

[Fishy friend2]

Don't the plants only have a negative effect on invertebrates such as shrimps and snails, and not fish. The pesticide situation being on plants has been brought to attention by a fair amount of people but it has only been known to have a negative effect on invertebrates, right? The OP also said

no living

I doubt that fake plants would be treated with pesticides, possibly the plants could be leaching unidentified harmful materials but I'm sticking with this is SBD

 

[xCowlesy]

Thanks! I will definatley do that.
Would cleaning be a good idea too?

 

[MegaZerino]

something you could also do is remove, i dont know how if you have a long or cubeish tank, but remove say 25% of the water so the fish arent under as much water pressure and it may help them to swim a little better

 

[xCowlesy]

Thankyou, i will do that now in fact

 

[CezzaXV]

You wrote nitrite twice - did you mean nitrate? I ask because you said 0 which would be bad if it was nitrate, especially coupled with the fact that you don't know what your ammonia is.

Other than this, have you been spraying anything around your tank that might have gotten into the water?

 

[xCowlesy]

on my testers there is two tests for nitrate, one for NO2 and NO3, so i put the results of both.

Ive been told by most of the people that have tanks that no nitrate is good, my local fish shop said that too.

Oh and no, i havent sprayed nothign near the tank.