Hi, my 10 year-old daughter received a 3 gallon fish tank for Christmas. It has a filter, but no heater. We set it up according to the directions, and also added Stress Coat at the advice of people at the fish store. We bought a Telescopic Goldfish, and he died yesterday, after having him only 2 weeks.
My daughter is so upset that her fish died so quickly. She fed him 5 granules every other day, which they said to do when we bought the fish. Did we do something wrong, or could the fish have just been sick before we brought him home? He ended up having black on one of his sides and on his fins, and when they tested our ammonia levels, they were between a 2.2 and 2.4. We put good bacteria in the tank today (can't remember the name of the stuff), and need to check the ammonia levels again at the store in a few days.
Please help...part of me thinks this type of tank is much too small for anything, and perhaps the way to go is to give my daughter the money we spent on the tank in the first place, so she can pick out another present.
Thanks so much,
Robin
My daughter is so upset that her fish died so quickly. She fed him 5 granules every other day, which they said to do when we bought the fish. Did we do something wrong, or could the fish have just been sick before we brought him home? He ended up having black on one of his sides and on his fins, and when they tested our ammonia levels, they were between a 2.2 and 2.4. We put good bacteria in the tank today (can't remember the name of the stuff), and need to check the ammonia levels again at the store in a few days.
Please help...part of me thinks this type of tank is much too small for anything, and perhaps the way to go is to give my daughter the money we spent on the tank in the first place, so she can pick out another present.
Thanks so much,
Robin