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Semi New tank

hkton — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:59:38 GMT

I just bought a 75 gallon tank from a person off craigslist. came with everything. well my dad and i wanted to fix up the stand before we actually set up the tank. 5 days later we set up the tank. i was planning to keep the filter running for a week after i set up the tank so the Good bacteria can grow. so i cleaned everything rocks, decorations, etc. well yesterday was the day i set up the tank and when i started the filter..the water inside was rotten, smelled like sewage.. the filter pumped some of that crap into the tank for a few seconds. cleaned the filter and replaced the fine pad and carbon pad. i want to know if i had started the tank over?(new tank syndrome)

fyi i filled it with 45 gallons of new water and the rest of the water with the water from the cooler.

Neon Tetra Disease

jsmith11618 — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:06:53 GMT

All my Neon Tetras show symptoms of this disease, they are loosing their color and swimming oddly, and no longer school, one is worse then the others, but all are looking the same.

They look identical to this picture but with more white and less coloration and one fish is skinny, even though all are still eating.

To the best of my knowledge there is no known treatment for this disease, so I have decided to euthanize the neons in the hope it wont spread to any of their tank mates.

I know there have been threads before regarding euthanasia but the search feature never works for me and I cannot recall all the options.

I don't have access to any MS 222 but I would like to do it in the most painless way possible for the fish. ( I know about clove oil and vodka, and although clove oil is not exspensive, Vodka is.) I was just hoping there might be other options.

Nobody sells MS 222 in this area, I would use it otherwise.

My parameters are fine and dandy.

Ammonia, Nitrite is 0 ppm
Nitrate is 10ppm
pH is 7.2

Based on photos I have been looking and symptoms, NTD is my best diagnoses, its nothing I have seen before disease wise.

I would try to get a picture of the actual fish but my camera sucks and they are hiding in the plants.

I'm Fed-up!!! HELP!

hiddenrunes — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 10:18:54 GMT

Over the past couple days my filter has been breaking down and it is only 6 months old! The hair algae and slime algae is still out of control no matter how little I feed the fish or change the lighting or physically rip it out of the tank. I am so tired of the waging the 5 month battle with my tank over this algae and 2 of my neons appear to have lost all their scales. I'm close to euthanising all my fish, throwing away all the algae covered plants and emptying this tank. Somebody help!!!

Power Outages

Fish Diary — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 19:28:12 GMT

I live in New England and we just got a bunch of snow. I bought extra hay and grain for the horse and put his winter blanket on... Got the ice melt, shovel, and kitty litter in the car along with 300 pounds of horse feed for weight. I am most worried about my fish! We tend to lose power quite often. Does anyone know of any battery operated backup heat and air sources? I have a 65gal, a 45 gal, and a 10gal.

Danios dying - Help!

Finncatt — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 12:44:35 GMT

My Danios are slowly dying off. They get thinner and thinner, and their back sort of humps with the tail angling downward. They get that dent behind their upper skull that makes them look emaciated. They basically seem to stop eating and hang near the bottom of the tank.

First one was about 6 months ago, a golden Danio, she twisted up and whirled when she tried to swim, then died. Then about three months ago, I added some live plants and lost my otto cats and my Molly. Removed plants, water changes, and the Danios survived.

I added more Danios since they seemed the hardiest--total of 8. Used to find 10-20 baby Danio fry when I did water changes (would re-release them), but since the plant disaster only have found maybe 3, and none in the last month.

Then about two weeks my oldest Zebra Danio, a male named Moe (had him two years) got thin and weak and I found him dead and pulled half into the filter (poor Moe!). I thought it was old age, but now another male (a golden) is getting thinner and weaker, and his tail is angled downward, there's a dark bulge near his anus area. Another zebra female that I have had since February 08 is getting thin too. I separated the golden into a hang-on tank so she wouldn't have to fight the current and the other fish.

Also, had three medium sized mystery snails from a LFS about a month ago to eat the algae, but they could not adapt to my high PH (8.5+) so I returned them after only one day. But! they left 4 babies that when I did a water change, I noticed them and kept them in a breeder in the tank. These have since grown and layed eggs and it's amazing. Not sure what will happen with this new situation!

I feed the fish well, nothing has changed there. I do 40% water change and vacuum the gravel every Saturday (did this 2x week when had more fish). Since the otto cats died, the brown algae has been building up on the decorations and the glass. I keep it off the glass but it is still on the driftwood and sticks to the gravel. When the snails are large enough, I'll release them and I think that will take care of the algae.

What is going on? How can I stop this cycle of my poor fish wasting away and dying? Thanks for your help!

Tank:
29gal Tall, set up in February 2007. Hang-on 40gal whisper filter. Air stone. Water - 80 degrees. Plastic plants and decorations. natural driftwood, in tank since February 07 to help pull down the PH. gravel bottom.

Readings:
Nitrites - 0
Nitrates - 0
PH - 8.5+
KH - 240+ (it's darker than the highest reading)
GH - 0
My PH here is really high--always has been. I have to acclimate anything new over several hours. I used to try to bring the PH down, or to use spring water from the grocery store and warm it up by floating hot water in baggies, but that took about 4 hours, so gave up and am living with the PH I have. It's also weird how the KH is so high and yet the GH is so low.

Fish Loss

cipher — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 20:42:01 GMT

Hey Everyone,

I have a 48 gallon tank that has been set up for about two years. Recently I have had some trouble with my tank. A month ago I got tired of how dirty my tank got so quickly, so I got two of the 350 penguin bio wheels. After those ran for about three weeks we got some new fish. We got 5 fancy guppies, 6 dwarf gouramis, and 2 gold mystery snails. After a week we only had 2 guppies and the gouramis left. I got more fish to have 7 guppies, the original 6 gouramis, 4 snails, 3 african dwarf frogs, 4 barbs (I've had these for about two years), and 2 plecos (these I've had for about 6 months). A week after I replaced those, I've lost one of the plecos, three gouramis, 5 guppies, two frogs, and all four snails. This brings my lost fish total to 10 guppies, 3 gouramis, 6 snails, 2 frogs, and 1 pleco. I have tested my water and have no ammonia, no nitrates, no nitrites, and a ph of 6.7, and my water is at 75 degrees.

Other than the two bio wheels, I haven't changed anything but the fish, which I bought at Petsmart (cringe). Any ideas?

Guys Quick Response Needed!!!! (UPDATE)!!!!

jasminehill — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 14:19:47 GMT

Im uploaded a video as I type this hoping that if I write the info needed it may help to save his life..........the poor thing.............I noticed awhile ago that he had some white fuzzy stuff on his face sorta like a beard.......doesnt look like ick really more like fuzz did an immediate 80% water change and added quick cure as he is swimming weird...............he is swimming upside down and getting stuck to the filter and laying on his side I dont know what to do or is it too late I wanted to get here first I havent even had time to do water testing as t5his is more imp............any ideas based on what I have described? video as soon as it loads

Help tank very green and smells like swamp

10 acre woods — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 09:33:45 GMT

tank turning green and smells like a swamp filter and water changed recently but 5 day later back to green swamp water. also brown gunk on bottom of tank. please help.

Not sure if this is an emergency but...

takhisis — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 07:48:38 GMT

I am cycling my tank it has been set up maybe 2 weeks now, i have fish in it ( i know i shouldn't cycle with fish however i do daily, sometimes twice daily water changes) 6 glofish, 3 bleeding heart tetras, 1 feeder guppy, 1 pleco, 1 red tailed shark and 2 big mystery snails and 2 baby ( hopefully ) mystery snails.

I tested my water this morning:

0 NH3/4

1.6 nitrite ( i did a 10 gallon water change)

12.5 nitrate

ph 7.5 ish

gh and kh are super super low at 1 or 2

i added cuttlebone to the filter as nikita had suggested to me and this morning i crushed it up alittle finer because it was hindering my water flow through the filter, i put it in a peice of panty hose and crushed it up enough that it'll not hinder the water flow in the filter put it back in the tank, but i forgot that after crushing it i would have very fine dust and when i re introduced it to the filter i got cloudy water. should i be worried about it or can i just let the activated charcoal, that i'm going to assume is still there because it's not been in use that long, will clean it up?

Will the cloudy water hurt the fish ?

29 gallon tank

160 gph filter

2 live plants

Bad ich!!! HELP!!

CephalopodLover — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 08:58:17 GMT

I got a new fish awhile ago and he brought ich into my tank. Now one of my bigger Severums is all black, has ich everywhere and is up right in one of my plants!! I put some salt in the tank and turned up the heat. some of the other fish have it on them too but not as bad. I don't what to have one fish wipe out my whole tank!! Please help!!

torn fin

pufferrocks — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 20:41:58 GMT

My reg wag platys top fin (mind blank as what its called) is torn. Like its fine then it dips and is torn off to the base for a ways and then its fine again, if that made any sence. She is acting a bit lethargic? laying around near the bottom or top. I am hopeing she is better in the morning but is there anything I can do for her or just let her grow her fin back herself over time. I don't really know what happened to her fin the other fish have never shown any agressive behaviors to one another and there isn't really any sharp stuff in the tank. There are some hard plastic plants but they have been in there for years.

need help with oscar w/ hole in the head disease

coolness126 — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 20:39:19 GMT

i have an oscar thats about 5 inches long with a bad case of hole in the head, i also have a pacu with no signs of the same disease. im looking for an easy, inexpensive remedy to cure the disease and prevent it. i keep my water very clean and change it at least 2 times a month. i feed both my fish a combination of feeder fish, hikari algae "discs," hbh oscar grow and oscar show with the occasional fresh spinnach. my tank has a large filter and an air stone. any suggestions as to why my oscar has this disease and how i can be rid of it and prevent it from happening again? im going to post a picture of the oscar later. any help will be gladly appreciated.

fish loss...im confused

verti89 — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 08:39:11 GMT

I have a 50 gal tank that has about 8 Neon Tetras, 4 Tequila Sunrises, 4 chinese catfish, and a mix of live plants and fake. I am doing 2 water changes a week of about 15%, and my ammonia and nitrite levels this morning tested at less than .25 PPm for both. My fish seem to behave totally normally but for some reason I am losing the neons. Of the 18 I bought in the last 3 months I am down to 8 or so (they are hard to count). They don't die right after I buy them or after water changes so I don't think it is anything I am doing there and they don't appear to be distressed at all before hand. Obviously I always treat my tap water before adding it and my tank stays at about 74 degrees. Please help.

pH

Hellcat — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 15:48:27 GMT

I don't know if this classified as a emergency but i am still new to the fish keeping world while i was doing my weekly 10% waterchange i add some pH decreaser to my bucket of water to make it equal to the tank pH and what had happen is i over dosed it my pH i should have checked the pH in the bucket first before i placed the water in the tank. The tank originally was at 7.6 and now its reading 7.2 my concern is how bad is this change going to affect the fish currently in the tank I have 12 neon tetras and 6 black neons and 2 cories. I know it was a stupid thing for me to do.

Whats wrong with midas?

jasminehill — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 06:43:08 GMT

Wondering if anyone can tell whats up with my midas? He is acting and eating normally. He is separated in a tank alone until I get my 125 set up. He just got these spots yesterday and I have no clue if he is changing color? Or does he have some sort of funk?........Ive been doing daily water changes since I noticed the spots and also tested the water and everything is normal........ammonia 0, nitrite 0, ph 7.0, and nitrates are 10

Thanks in advance!! Jas

ph danger

bettasrcool — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 14:14:33 GMT

Is a ph of 6.0 dangerous for fish like bettas and tetras? What is the danger zone on the low end of ph for most soft water fish? Also what are the fish symptoms that they might exhibit from too low ph? Thanks.

ick

aquamaniac — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 17:13:04 GMT

hi. i have some interestingly colored feeder goldfish i rescued in a 20 gallon tank and they have ick. All i have is majorly outdated medication...will it work, what will help. i cant afford any more meds at the moment.

Not emergency yet...

Conner — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 15:20:03 GMT

I don't think this is an emergency yet, but I wanted to get some feedback on it just in case it turns into one.

When I got home from work today, I was looking at my fish tank (the 125g), and noticed a blotch of red on a peppered cory. Taking a closer look, I noticed that it has two parallel red blotches/lines on its left hindquarters. I did get two pics of it, but they aren't the best, since the little guy wouldn't hold still. The cory is acting normally, I don't see any swelling, just the two red blotches. I'm wondering if maybe the cory accidentally settled down on top of the stingrays tail and got nicked, but I don't know if that was what caused it. This is the first time I've seen anything like this in the tank. It's also possible it happened from him trying to squeeze between two rocks or pieces of driftwood or something, since I've seen them do that fairly often.

I haven't gotten the numbers for A, Ni or Na, but I just did a 30% water change yesterday, so they wouldn't really reflect what's been going on over the last few days anyways. But every time I've tested this tank, the values have been this:
A=0ppm
Ni=0ppm
Na= <20ppm, usually <10ppm

Here are the pics:

Concrete algae

nagadragon — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 12:29:55 GMT

So for about 6 months, I've had this annoying green algae that grows on the glass and decorations. I scrub and scrub and scrub and it won't come off the glass! I gave up on the decorations, and am replacing them with driftwood, as it doesn't seem to stick to that. Anybody have any ideas?

The only thing that seems to work is using my fingernail and carving at it, but it takes longer than forever, and is irritating. A friend told me lemon juice and a scrub pad.

Why did all my fish die?

New to fish — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 17:02:44 GMT

I have been caring for my son's gold fish (Nemo), which we had for five months. Nemo had quite a personality and was very active. He was eating well, then suddenly died. Although, we couldn't replace him, we bought 2 more gold fish and a plecostamus, which all died a week later at the same time. We also have 2 male beta's. We had samson for a year and he was showing no signs of being ill either. Goliath is also a beta, whom we had for about 3 weeks. I am concerned because Samson and Goliath died 2 days ago, also on the same day. Since the Beta's are in separate tanks I am stumped! not to mention broken hearted. The only common link, is that we bought bulbs from a department store which are suppose to grow in the tank and not be toxic to the fish. All the fish had these in their tanks and none died until we put the plants in ,but I'm still not sure if it could be a coincidence. HELP!

Why did all my fish die?

New to fish — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 17:02:17 GMT

My Fish Need Help

jmdHTSiberian — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 12:49:12 GMT

I have had my 2 black mollies for about two months. Through out the last two weeks i have noticed that their spine are becoming misshaped. Is this something that I can correct? and do I have to be concerned about affecting the other inhabitants of my tank?

weird pH and water cloudiness issues

johnny chimpo — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 08:01:03 GMT

it's been a while since i posted, but i'm having a very unique problem that i never could've anticipated. my water is getting EXTREMELY cloudy, and fast. all of my parameters are great except the pH is off the charts. my kit reads to 8.2, i believe, and i'd say it's past that. i'm going to test with another brand kit when i get home today just to be sure.

now for the uniqueness.....i think the cloudiness is actually a result of my fireplace. a log smouldered overnite about a week back and smoked the whole first floor of my house. i think the cloudiness may be the smoke absorbing/passing through the water. i did a 50% water change, have not had the fireplace on since, and less than a week later i'm back to a really cloudy tank.

what can i do to get rid of this, and lower my pH? 90% water change? is the filter media saturated w/ smoke in some way that it keeps leaching it back into the water? is the buffering capacity completely shot?

any thoughts would be appreciated....and thus far i haven't lost any fish.

Balloon Molly Pregnancy

FastFoward5k — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:03:20 GMT

One of my female Balloon Mollies, Clementine, got pregnant (on purpose) with my male, Hugh, about 10 weeks ago. She is seperated into a 40 gallon Rubbermaid tub (filtered, heated, etc.) alone and has given birth to one baby. This really baffles me. The baby is in a 10 gallon alone and is healthy and eating. She had the single baby about one week ago, but she has not had anymore. I know she can't have possibly eaten 100 babies. What is wrong? Can someone help me?

David L., my ich persists

fisher_really — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 12:40:35 GMT

David,

On Thursday I did my first dose of QuickCure. Fully dosed Thursday, Friday, Saturday--water change & full dose, today-full dose. Some of the ich spots on the corydoras have not "hatched" yet. I think I see beginning of spots on my loxo cory. Am I still safe with QuickCure? When do I need to think about the quinine?

My fish are all terribly stressed and I'm afraid I might lose the whole tank.

red tailed shark

justin30 — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:12:52 GMT

I just noticed my red tailed shark is no longer black he is almost clear and his tail is dull dull red. My first real problem in my 55gal since I got it. what is this.:w00t:

Not an Emergency

fisher_really — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:33:26 GMT

Here is a picture of one of my flamebacks from last night.

I couldn't figure out what the black marks were. They were clearly "on" him and not part of him. I added some extra salt to the water because some of the fish were flashing. This morning this is how he looked.

Although the black smudges are still there, they look somehow better. Am I crazy?

PS. I'm lovin' this new camera.

My on-going tank disaster

fisher_really — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:34:25 GMT

So the ich is not responding to QuickCure. So I need to get quinine. Some of my fish now are hemmoraging, some of them have cotton like fungus on their mouths, some have fungus "discs" on their tail or gills.

And now I am noticing on the tops of my guppies and one gourami,before the dorsal fins, is losing color. What now? I'm currently treating the tank with quickcure AND erythromycin.

I'm thinking this might be a result of a broken heater that when I replaced it, I didn't raise the temp slowly enough.

Oh, I forgot:

ammonia 0; nitrite 0 nitrate <20. 25% water change on Saturday. Planning another one on Wednesday.

Any suggestions?

Sick Convict Cichlid

mic1979 — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:23:03 GMT

I have a young Convict Cichlid (about 1"). He had ich about two weeks ago but I treated it and he seemed fine. Now though he pretty much just hides in a flower pot or behind a plant. He seems like he is breathing hard and doesn't seem to be eating or moving much. If anyone can offer any insight I would appreciate it!

Thank you

New "algae" a concern?

renosteinke — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 20:55:20 GMT

My open-top 35 gallon indoor "pond" has nearly alwys had a light coating of green algae on the sides. Recently, there is a new growth, and I'm wondering if this is a cause for concern.

The new growths are scattered over the algea, sort of like a breakout od acne ... only in this case they are dime sized tn circles, with the certer half brown in color.

The only change I've made recently is to raise the water temp to 72-73, rather than the cool 70 I had been using.Population is primarily goldfish, with a beta, some snails, and some plecos for good measure

The 'rosettes' only appear on algae patches, and not on the gravel or pond ornaments. If anything, they make me think of lichens.

My questions are: what are they, and need I do anything about them?

What's wrong with this fish?

villandra — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:25:56 GMT

One of my flame tetras has dark spots behind its gills that have never been
there before and aren't on any of the other fish. They are in the same
location on each side, and they look rather like ulcers. One is more pink
than the others which are very dark.

http://community.webshots.com/album/568662392CwMcMP#

Fish had a serious issue with letting me photograph both sides.

I put two slightly impure gneiss rocks from the family house in the Southern
Adirondacks in the tank two days ago in place of the two sick looking rusty
white quartz, so I checked all the water parameters carefully. They all
appear to be fine.

Ammonia - as close to 0 as I've ever seen it. The color was actually
yellow.

Nitrites - 0. As usual. It has always taken an Act of God for the
nitrites to rise in my tank, and a new bottle of test solution made no
difference.
Nitrates between 5 and 10.

GH between 8 and 9, as usual - compared to between 7 and 8 for the tap
water. (They seriously soften the tap water here.)

KH 3, as usual, compared to 4 for the tap water.

pH pretty much normal, but I was getting consistently inconsistent results
with my high range, normal range and wide range test solutions, and,
strangely, the newly prepared water in the bucket that's had air bubbled
through it was much lower ph than usual. I dumped it out on the lawn; Lord
knows what's up with that. pH of teh water out of the tap actually varies
between 9.0 and 8.4. When I tested it, the high range showed between 8,4
and 9.0 and definitely under 9.0, and the wide range showed atleast 9.0.

I scrubbed the rocks with dish washer detergent, soaked them in chlorox,
scrubbed them with bleach scouring powder, and then boiled them, before
putting them in the tank. My sister picked them up outside the house, and
not from a body of water.

Yours,
Dora Smith
Austin, TX
tiggernut24@yahoo.com

Problem with keeping my fish alive

scottypam — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 20:15:42 GMT

I was given 4 baby convict fish by a friend to start off my new tank - I am not a novice but never had these fish before - over two weeks 10 other fish have died - I checked on the internet and find they are vicious - mine are only a half in ch long - how could this be? Any answer would be appreciated - what can survive with them in a community tank?

My son in law has sick fish

jasminehill — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 06:26:41 GMT

Well I was over at my daughters yesterday and saw some of his cichlids had what appeared to be a lip fungus....and he has also had some recent deaths in this tanks.

I believe this is from feeding feeder guppies and rosy reds....what do you all think.

Also I know he isnt going to stop feeding them live as he says thats the only way they will eat (we know better tho) sooooo that being said if he is going to continue this is there a safe way to do it without infecting his whole tank? Other than quarantining for 2 weeks as thats not an option spacewise for him.

How about treating the feeders with meds before feeding? If so what and for how long?

Sorry all the questions but I wanna be totally informed before I "try" to guide him in the right direction on this one! Thx Jas

I have an "ich"y mess

fisher_really — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:11:33 GMT

46g tank --Ammonia 0, Nitrites 0, Nitrates <20, pH 7.6

last water change Nov 8 at 30%, several anachris (?), and 2 Amazon Sword plants, 3 inch air bubbler

I noticed that one of my platys with ich November 2 or there about. I went and purchased "Ich-Attack" which is intended for tanks with "scaleless" and "little" fish. I have been using the product twice a day since November 3. (This is the recommended dosage.) I discontinued use on November 8 because I had not seen any white spots for four days and my dwarf gouramis didn't look right. I can't explain what I thought was wrong, but you know your own fish.

Anyway, today I had to remove one of the gouramis because the swordtails were battering it and it was laying in the substrate. Now recovering--hopefully-- in a different tank. Lo and behold, tonight I find ich once again on my platys. I have one more gourami in that tank.

HELP!! Please please please, let me know of an excellent, perfect wonderful ich cure that won't hurt my corydoras or my fry. I don't care about the cost or the duration, just the perfection and gentleness of the product.

Can I do salt with corydoras?

Cotton Mouth?

georgiapeach — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 18:36:58 GMT

I have a platy that I belive may have cotton mouth. I have never had any of my fish have this before or have anything that looks what she has. I would really appreacite any advice on how to treat. Also is it contagious to my other fish? I have 5 other platys and one bristlenose pleco. I have a 40 gallon tank and all my levels are normal. It looks like a white fluffy patch on one side of her mouth and she also has two pacthes on each side back fin. Any help would be great, thanks

My tank is still bad HELP!

Neowolf242 — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 15:17:42 GMT

When my mom got the water tested at petsmart, the employees said that they were amazed our angels were still alive. They said that if the water was like this before we got the fish, that she would have told us to start all over. They've told us a lot of things we can do, but i wanna know what started this in the first place. I pulled all the Gold Ribbon plants out and all we have left is Anachris and Water Wisteria. Also, we found this brownish white fuzzy stuff on the bottom of the tank and i can't figure out what it is or where it came from. Also there are a lot more black rocks in the tank then at 1st

Molly fry are dropping like flies

jasminehill — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 06:46:19 GMT

As most of you know I have a 10 gal Nursery tank for my fry.........in it are guppies, sailfin mollies, and some sunburst platy fry...........now the guppies are about 2 weeks older and a little bigger (which is another thing im wondering is normal my female guppy is humungous) .

These are the changes that have been made to the tank:

Last week I moved the guppies into a different small tank because I was worried maybe they would start picking on the younger fry.

After they were separated for a few days neither species seemed too happy with their living conditions.....so I put the guppies back in with them in the nursery tank. Now I have noticed that alot of the time they are all huddled together at the top of the tank around the heater...........there is plenty of filtration and I was thinking maybe I should add an airstone.....so I did this as well.

The other thing I did was after reading Davids question about the differences in substrate I thought hmmm maybe alot of their food is falling in between the marbles.....and as now there are no predators in the tank theres really no need for them, so I switched to gravels (which were taken from and established tank).

All water levels are where they should be....ammonia 0, nitrites 0, ph 6.9 -7.0, and nitrates are around 20.

Over the past 2 days the molly fry are dropping rapidly I cant figure out why I have done numerous water changes and testing the water alot....next thing I know I come in and theres more of the poor little things dead on the filter valve............what could be going on? I question this because I have probably 30 guppy fry and around 10 platy fry and NONE of them have died this is only affecting the mollies.

Any ideas guys? Im feeling helpless here ! Thx Jas

Sick guppy

austin123 — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 09:46:15 GMT

He's been staying up near the heater for a while and he looks very bloated. What should I do?

Fish keeping dying

GrahamB — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 15:22:25 GMT

Hi,

I have a 110 liter tank with 1 betta, 3 mollys, 5 platies, 10 neons, 3 cat fish.

Out of these 1 of the molly fish has just died, 1 platy which looked ill for a long time, 1 cat fish.

I've tested the water quality and all seems fine,

NO3 < 25

NO2 < 5

water hardness between 6.5 and 7.5

What could the problem be, what can I do ???

Thanks,

gbwien

Sudden Gourami Death!

hiddenrunes — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 21:37:03 GMT

Okay, My 28 gallon planted tank with the 4.6 watts per gallon lighting, 4 swordtails, 5 panda cories, 10 neons and a dwarf gourami pair was doing really well except for some algae and plant browning. A lot of people said CO2 was necesary for my tank so I tried a couple times to get a DIY system to work and today I finally did! I was so excited, the little bubbles were coming out and getting caught in the diffuser and everything looked good. I left for work today at 5pm and came home and my boyfriend said both my male and female gouramis had died at like 8:00pm!!!!!! He had immediately removed the CO2 when he saw them dead and my other fish seem fine. The gouramis were both young, no disease present, swimming and eating normally. They were doing beautifully. Did the CO2 somehow kill them?????!!!! Very upset.....they were so beautiful and I was very proud...