Chelle Belle
Aquarium Advice Newbie
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- Oct 29, 2015
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I recently purchased a fish tank this past summer which included fish. The man I purchased the fish from had the tank so clear, clean and cold (around 65-70 degrees), however, when he broke the tank downand I set it back up I have not been able to get it how he had it. It always seems to be a bit cloudy and the temp rises to 78-80 degrees and it also always has a funny mildew smell to it. I used all of the products he used, but still nothing. Yesterday I changed out the filter and 50% of the water.... after that the filter quit working, its a Marineland Penguin Bio Wheel Power, I think I broke it. From yesterday to today my gold algae eater died and my red tail shark completely lost its color. A couple of days ago I noticed the Fancy goldfish has something white on top of it's head, but nowhere else. This morning I took all of the fish out of the tank and quarantined each one of them in separate buckets until I am able to clean out the tank and get a new filter.
I feel horrible the Gold algae eater died, the red tail shark and the yoyo loach wouldn't leave its side. They are normally at the bottom of the tank, but I also noticed the snails climbed to the top of the tank. My only guess is that maybe there was an ammonia spike or something.
My question is what should I do to get my fish back to their normal health?
What is that white stuff growing on my fancy goldie's head? Why is my black red tail shark light grey and pink tailed now?
I don't know what to do and I don't want any more of my fish to die. PLEASE help. I am a beginner and I didn't think it would be this hard keeping a fish tank, I am up for the challenge, but I need help.
The list of fish: YoYo Loach, cory cat, Red Tail Shark, Gold Algae eater, 3 snails, 2 black loach, I think (They are charcoal grey looking mini snakes), 1 fish that I cannot remember the name of, but is yellowish and has some sort of stripes, and one fancy goldfish.
I feel horrible the Gold algae eater died, the red tail shark and the yoyo loach wouldn't leave its side. They are normally at the bottom of the tank, but I also noticed the snails climbed to the top of the tank. My only guess is that maybe there was an ammonia spike or something.
My question is what should I do to get my fish back to their normal health?
What is that white stuff growing on my fancy goldie's head? Why is my black red tail shark light grey and pink tailed now?
I don't know what to do and I don't want any more of my fish to die. PLEASE help. I am a beginner and I didn't think it would be this hard keeping a fish tank, I am up for the challenge, but I need help.
The list of fish: YoYo Loach, cory cat, Red Tail Shark, Gold Algae eater, 3 snails, 2 black loach, I think (They are charcoal grey looking mini snakes), 1 fish that I cannot remember the name of, but is yellowish and has some sort of stripes, and one fancy goldfish.