kyleb2003
Fish Crazy
Have had my set up running for over 6 months with no problems and only lost I think 2 fish in the whole of that time. Since last Sunday I've lost 4 neons and 2 pencil fish and I do not know why. I've had a couple of diseases in the past with other tanks and dealt with them but there are no symptoms this time, they all seem fine until I find a dead fish that also looks fine (but dead of course). I added 7 glowlight danios last Saturday, but otherwise no changes. See details below, please let me know if you have any idea what it may be:
1. Water parameters. I only use the strips (not good, I know) but they are all as per normal, no changes at all, nitrite zero etc. and nothing has changed that I feel would affect this other than the addition of the danios.
2. A full description of the fishes symptoms. None. They all seem fine apart from a couple of the neons looked a bill dull though they all seem alert and eat loads as usual. This morning (Sunday, a week after the first death) the neons and pencilfish were at the back, first sign of change.
3. How often you do water changes and how much. weekly, around 30%. did a water change yesterday and found 2 dead pencilfish this morning. did a further 30-35% change this morning in case some more clean water would help.
4. Any chemicals and treatments you add to the water. always use nutrafin aqua+ when adding new water. for the plants (quite heavily planted) I add Seachem Flourish twice a week and excel 3 times a week, and AE design Aqua Nourish and Nourish+ daily for about the last 3-4 weeks. Tend to add a bit of API aquarium salt too with waterchanges but not a whole load.
5. What tank mates are in the tank. currently there are 8 neons, 4 golden pencilfish, 7 glowlight danios (the new ones, no losses), 1 apisto cacatuoides, several krib fry that I want to rehome, a clown plec, 2 bumblebee gobies, some armano shrimp and a couple of khuli loaches.
6. Tank size. it's 240L, 4ft long not sure of the other dims something like 48" x 18" x 15"
7. Finally Have you recently added any new fish? as mentioned, 7 glowlight danios
I'm aware it's not perfect, but I'm very attentive and careful and I've never experienced as many deaths as this in such a short time in my whole life of keeping fish. Especially frustrating as there are no visible symptoms and they all appear to be swimming completely fine. The neons are bright, the pencilfish aren't now that they've lost 2/6 but they were ok before. The apisto is completely fine as are the danios and bumblebees.
Any advice welcome. Thanks.
1. Water parameters. I only use the strips (not good, I know) but they are all as per normal, no changes at all, nitrite zero etc. and nothing has changed that I feel would affect this other than the addition of the danios.
2. A full description of the fishes symptoms. None. They all seem fine apart from a couple of the neons looked a bill dull though they all seem alert and eat loads as usual. This morning (Sunday, a week after the first death) the neons and pencilfish were at the back, first sign of change.
3. How often you do water changes and how much. weekly, around 30%. did a water change yesterday and found 2 dead pencilfish this morning. did a further 30-35% change this morning in case some more clean water would help.
4. Any chemicals and treatments you add to the water. always use nutrafin aqua+ when adding new water. for the plants (quite heavily planted) I add Seachem Flourish twice a week and excel 3 times a week, and AE design Aqua Nourish and Nourish+ daily for about the last 3-4 weeks. Tend to add a bit of API aquarium salt too with waterchanges but not a whole load.
5. What tank mates are in the tank. currently there are 8 neons, 4 golden pencilfish, 7 glowlight danios (the new ones, no losses), 1 apisto cacatuoides, several krib fry that I want to rehome, a clown plec, 2 bumblebee gobies, some armano shrimp and a couple of khuli loaches.
6. Tank size. it's 240L, 4ft long not sure of the other dims something like 48" x 18" x 15"
7. Finally Have you recently added any new fish? as mentioned, 7 glowlight danios
I'm aware it's not perfect, but I'm very attentive and careful and I've never experienced as many deaths as this in such a short time in my whole life of keeping fish. Especially frustrating as there are no visible symptoms and they all appear to be swimming completely fine. The neons are bright, the pencilfish aren't now that they've lost 2/6 but they were ok before. The apisto is completely fine as are the danios and bumblebees.
Any advice welcome. Thanks.
