fish.fish.fish
Aquarium Advice Newbie
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Hi everyone, so this is my first post on here so sorry if it's weird. So recently I bought around 30 rosy red minnows from petsmart in thought if stockpiling them to use as feeders over the next little while. When I got them they were all still alive of course, but even when I got home to put them into their own aquarium, one was dead in the bag. I didn't think much of it, but the next day a few more were dead, and same the next day. I had looked up the right temperature and ph levels for rosy reds in advance, so the only thing different then what I had read online was the amount I had in the aquarium, but it was nowhere near as crowded as the pet store.
I also realized that a couple where swimming weird and their tails/ back portion of their bodies was a lot paler than the rest. I touched one that was swimming on top and it didn't seem to notice, so maybe it was paralyzed? Anyways, the couple that had the white tail died a few hours later.
And then yesterday I had one floating at the top so I thought it was dead, but when I went to poke it is tried to swim away. I read somewhere that it might be gallbladder issues (?)
So basically I'm confused at why they are dying so much, and also are they still safe to use as food after they have passed? They were intended to be fed to tilapia.
I also realized that a couple where swimming weird and their tails/ back portion of their bodies was a lot paler than the rest. I touched one that was swimming on top and it didn't seem to notice, so maybe it was paralyzed? Anyways, the couple that had the white tail died a few hours later.
And then yesterday I had one floating at the top so I thought it was dead, but when I went to poke it is tried to swim away. I read somewhere that it might be gallbladder issues (?)
So basically I'm confused at why they are dying so much, and also are they still safe to use as food after they have passed? They were intended to be fed to tilapia.