dipsydoodlenoodle
Fish Gatherer
What could be wrong with my tank?
Over the last few days I’ve lost three guppies and two red cherry shrimp; two of the guppies weren’t 100% well anyway; but that’s not really the point. They were sold as cold water (not the normal fancy guppies you get).
I upgraded their tank; it’s now 7.4 gallons, I got a heater (after many questions on here); their tank was about 19-20degrees anyway but I got a heater and it’s now 22-24degrees so it’s not a big increase. The water stats are fine, I put their filter in from their other tank (the filter was ‘too big’ for their smaller tank but it’s perfect for this tank).
The shrimp and guppies were acclimatised. I put some of their old tank water in the new tank and part new water (just like I’d do on a normal water change).
The only new things I’ve put in are extra gravel; which was washed (in water, no detergents) and cleaned before going in (it’s the dust free gravel); they had some in, I just put more of the same stuff in. I moved their plant, their castle and I put a new rock in (the shrimp had been in with the rock previously). I had put them in, thought I’d then go and get some more plants for their tank, but I now have no fish left.
I was wondering, did I do something wrong, has something I’ve done affected them, is it maybe because I got a heater and they were used to the colder temperatures or is it possible that one of the guppies had something and it’s infected the whole tank?
So now I have a 7.4 gallon tank with 8 shrimp in it. I plan on waiting a few weeks before adding anything else to it, just in case; I’m going to do 20% water changes daily just in case. Do you think I’ll be fatal to my shrimp? Also would it be recommended to throw out the fish net/equipment I used in that tank as not to affect any other tank.
Over the last few days I’ve lost three guppies and two red cherry shrimp; two of the guppies weren’t 100% well anyway; but that’s not really the point. They were sold as cold water (not the normal fancy guppies you get).
I upgraded their tank; it’s now 7.4 gallons, I got a heater (after many questions on here); their tank was about 19-20degrees anyway but I got a heater and it’s now 22-24degrees so it’s not a big increase. The water stats are fine, I put their filter in from their other tank (the filter was ‘too big’ for their smaller tank but it’s perfect for this tank).
The shrimp and guppies were acclimatised. I put some of their old tank water in the new tank and part new water (just like I’d do on a normal water change).
The only new things I’ve put in are extra gravel; which was washed (in water, no detergents) and cleaned before going in (it’s the dust free gravel); they had some in, I just put more of the same stuff in. I moved their plant, their castle and I put a new rock in (the shrimp had been in with the rock previously). I had put them in, thought I’d then go and get some more plants for their tank, but I now have no fish left.
I was wondering, did I do something wrong, has something I’ve done affected them, is it maybe because I got a heater and they were used to the colder temperatures or is it possible that one of the guppies had something and it’s infected the whole tank?
So now I have a 7.4 gallon tank with 8 shrimp in it. I plan on waiting a few weeks before adding anything else to it, just in case; I’m going to do 20% water changes daily just in case. Do you think I’ll be fatal to my shrimp? Also would it be recommended to throw out the fish net/equipment I used in that tank as not to affect any other tank.
