AngelFishGirl
Aquarium Advice FINatic
I just joined here and this is my first post so forgive me if I screw stuff up. Also, i'm typing this at school currently. So that's why I might not know all of my information to a t.
So, recently I bought an angelfish from petsmart, which is my closest pet store. It's about a 30 minute drive from my house. It sucks. And since I don't have my license, my grandpa drives me there once a week (if I need to go) to get what I need. Well, I knew then my ph was a little high (8.0) but I figured it'd be okay. My nitrites were also at 60. But I didn't have the money for anything else but the little $5 guy so I figured he'd be okay. Big mistake. Poor thing died that night. So then the next week I got a ride from my grandpa, and he took me their again. When they tested my water they told me nitrites were good and the pH at 8.0 wasn't that bad and said it's safe to try again. So I did. I brought home little Sky.
However, that night he died! So this time, I waited two weeks to save up money from my weekly checks from work. I save half at a time so I waited two. During the first week of working, ich BROKE OUT in my tank. I treated it with heat and salt, but it just didn't clear up. So then I got some ich kill from a friend of mine and it completely cleared up around Thursday.
So then yesterday, my grandpa took me back to store and what a surprise! There was a PAIRING couple! One was a beautiful white I named Moondancer. The other was white with a black spot around it's eye and one little black stripe I named Bullseye. While there, I bought a pH neutralizer and API quick start to eat away any possible ammonia in the water (it also kills nitrites). It is to be added when starting a tank OR adding fish. So I bought the pair with that stuff and as I let the bag float I put in the quick start and the pH neutralizer before introducing the new pairing angels so I wouldn't shock them with the changes immediately. After about 20 minutes, I netted the angels into their new tank. I watched them swim around with my other fish, and everyone got along great! No one was nipping fins or chasing. I Tested my water and everything was normal. the pH 7.0, the nitrates 0, the nitrites at 10. So after a successful day with Moondancer and Bullseye, I went to bed.
But when I woke up this morning, both of them were dead!!! What happened??? I tested my water again this morning and everything was still good! I'm not sure what happened but I'm terrified of losing more fish! My tank is heated, properly cycled... I don't know what's wrong! Please help!
I have a 55 gallon tank
Inhabitants:
2 angelfish, one full grown and one young one
2 red eye tetras
4 black skirt tetras
7 mollies
3 platys
A breeder tank inside of the tank only quarter a gallon with 4 molly babies in it (selling the babies!)
Please help me! Thank you!
So, recently I bought an angelfish from petsmart, which is my closest pet store. It's about a 30 minute drive from my house. It sucks. And since I don't have my license, my grandpa drives me there once a week (if I need to go) to get what I need. Well, I knew then my ph was a little high (8.0) but I figured it'd be okay. My nitrites were also at 60. But I didn't have the money for anything else but the little $5 guy so I figured he'd be okay. Big mistake. Poor thing died that night. So then the next week I got a ride from my grandpa, and he took me their again. When they tested my water they told me nitrites were good and the pH at 8.0 wasn't that bad and said it's safe to try again. So I did. I brought home little Sky.
However, that night he died! So this time, I waited two weeks to save up money from my weekly checks from work. I save half at a time so I waited two. During the first week of working, ich BROKE OUT in my tank. I treated it with heat and salt, but it just didn't clear up. So then I got some ich kill from a friend of mine and it completely cleared up around Thursday.
So then yesterday, my grandpa took me back to store and what a surprise! There was a PAIRING couple! One was a beautiful white I named Moondancer. The other was white with a black spot around it's eye and one little black stripe I named Bullseye. While there, I bought a pH neutralizer and API quick start to eat away any possible ammonia in the water (it also kills nitrites). It is to be added when starting a tank OR adding fish. So I bought the pair with that stuff and as I let the bag float I put in the quick start and the pH neutralizer before introducing the new pairing angels so I wouldn't shock them with the changes immediately. After about 20 minutes, I netted the angels into their new tank. I watched them swim around with my other fish, and everyone got along great! No one was nipping fins or chasing. I Tested my water and everything was normal. the pH 7.0, the nitrates 0, the nitrites at 10. So after a successful day with Moondancer and Bullseye, I went to bed.
But when I woke up this morning, both of them were dead!!! What happened??? I tested my water again this morning and everything was still good! I'm not sure what happened but I'm terrified of losing more fish! My tank is heated, properly cycled... I don't know what's wrong! Please help!
I have a 55 gallon tank
Inhabitants:
2 angelfish, one full grown and one young one
2 red eye tetras
4 black skirt tetras
7 mollies
3 platys
A breeder tank inside of the tank only quarter a gallon with 4 molly babies in it (selling the babies!)
Please help me! Thank you!