Aindrea
Aquarium Advice Newbie
I had a giant danio, two gold gouramis, two blue gouramis, an white gourami, two flame dwarf gouramis, two blue dwarf gouramis, and a dwarf pleco in a 45 gallon tank. One of the blue gouramis died and I didn't know it until the giant danio died. I did a water (about 10% RO water plus Start Right, I was having issues with my tap water before and I thought this would be better) and filter change and found the blue under the plastic castle. I took the toys out of the tank because it made me nervous that I couldn't see when something was going on with the fish, or when they died.
Last night, I found the other blue gourami dead, and this morning, I found the white gourami dead. I decided to remove the fish from the tank before the rest of them died and I put them into another tank (fish in this tank are all doing fine, eating well). While in transit, the last gold gourami died.
All I have to test water parameters with are the dip sticks right now. I've never had problems with fish dying for no reason. Anyway, the dip sticks all show within "Ideal" or "safe" ranges, which probably means nothing.
nitrate - 40
nitrite - 0
hardness - 300 (always had hard water, another reason I wanted to use RO for some water changes)
Alkalinity - 120
pH - 7.2
This is a 45 gallon tank, and it has been set up for over two years, the only fish that has survived the entire two years was the white gourami, until today. I have a Marineland Penguin 200 (200 GPH, up to 50 gal), which is brand new as of about a month ago.
Currently, there are no fish in the tank. I put them in the other tank and I'm not sure what was wrong, so I'm not sure if that was a good idea. I thought if there was something wrong with the water, that it might be best. We will see. We normally feed the fish tropical flakes, occasionally the frozen brine shrimp. I thought maybe I was feeding too much and dropped the amount by about half for the last several days.
I am totally devastated. I am not handling this very well, as we have had issues with water changes in the past. I assumed that the water still had chlorine in it at that time and that was what killed the other fish. I'm just not sure what could be causing this. I have noticed that the fish that died looked fat, like they were eating too much or something and I was reading some stuff about constipation. Could this be it? The dwarfs I moved look okay so far, though one of them is breathing kind of fast.
I suppose it is silly to ask for advice for a tank with no fish in it, but I am worried about the fish that I moved. I just want to know what to look for and to treat them if I can in case whatever killed the others might take them as well.
Thanks in advance for any comments or advice. I tried to cover all the "before you post about sick fish" thread points.
Last night, I found the other blue gourami dead, and this morning, I found the white gourami dead. I decided to remove the fish from the tank before the rest of them died and I put them into another tank (fish in this tank are all doing fine, eating well). While in transit, the last gold gourami died.
All I have to test water parameters with are the dip sticks right now. I've never had problems with fish dying for no reason. Anyway, the dip sticks all show within "Ideal" or "safe" ranges, which probably means nothing.
nitrate - 40
nitrite - 0
hardness - 300 (always had hard water, another reason I wanted to use RO for some water changes)
Alkalinity - 120
pH - 7.2
This is a 45 gallon tank, and it has been set up for over two years, the only fish that has survived the entire two years was the white gourami, until today. I have a Marineland Penguin 200 (200 GPH, up to 50 gal), which is brand new as of about a month ago.
Currently, there are no fish in the tank. I put them in the other tank and I'm not sure what was wrong, so I'm not sure if that was a good idea. I thought if there was something wrong with the water, that it might be best. We will see. We normally feed the fish tropical flakes, occasionally the frozen brine shrimp. I thought maybe I was feeding too much and dropped the amount by about half for the last several days.
I am totally devastated. I am not handling this very well, as we have had issues with water changes in the past. I assumed that the water still had chlorine in it at that time and that was what killed the other fish. I'm just not sure what could be causing this. I have noticed that the fish that died looked fat, like they were eating too much or something and I was reading some stuff about constipation. Could this be it? The dwarfs I moved look okay so far, though one of them is breathing kind of fast.
I suppose it is silly to ask for advice for a tank with no fish in it, but I am worried about the fish that I moved. I just want to know what to look for and to treat them if I can in case whatever killed the others might take them as well.
Thanks in advance for any comments or advice. I tried to cover all the "before you post about sick fish" thread points.