So bummed...

[Talvari]

I was gone for almost a week and a half, staying at my Aunts, house sitting and taking care of her elderly dog. My husband stopped home a few times to feed the fish, the cats, etc. I guess he didn't think to look over the fish tanks the way I normally do, so he missed the fact that there was dead fish in the tank. Ammonia spiked, badly. It was around 5 ppms. I lost almost a dozen fish.

Im so frustrated now, because I was finally happy with my fish tank. The way it looked, the way it was stocked, etc.

Current Stock (With what WAS stocked in parenthesis)

-3 Bloodfin Tetra (Had 8)
-4 Serpae Tetra (Had 8)
-4 Peppered Cory (Had 5)
-4 Nerite Snails
-4 Otos
-2 Pineapple Swordtails (Had 4)
-2 Bristlenose
-1 Pearl Gourami
-1 Blue Ram
-1 Hifin Pleco

I did an emergency 75% water change last night cause everyone was looking pretty lethargic. I retested this morning, and thankfully its down to around 1ppm. Ill probably do another PWC today or tomorrow. Hopefully I don't loose anything else, though my poor Blue Ram was breathing pretty heavy and not moving much.

 

[blert]

Sorry to hear about your troubles.

Give it another couple of hours and do another water change (50%) and then retest tonight. Your tank will be back to normal in no time.

 

[Convict2161]

^^^ agreed, just do your water changes and test again. It will go down. Also just wanna say sorry about what happened.

 

[twoodrough]

Bummer. I still haven't hit that magic set up where I like everything. Gotta be tough to get there and then redo it again.

 

[Talvari]

Everything is finally back to normal. Im still so very irritated that I lost all those fish. I can tell you, I was like... Forget this! Im getting rid of everything!

And then I came back to my senses. Ugh.

Its going to be awhile before I restock. Money is really short cause the care broke down *again* and rent is due.

 

[tamtam]

Im sorry. that really sucks.

 

[Brox]

Looks like a divorce is on the way lol jk