StuG
Aquarium Advice Freak
Yes, I spelled it correctly. I, in the last few days, have lost two Glofish (zebra Danio).
They acted as if they had swim bladder disease, except within hours of that starting they were dead.
Basically, they would start off kind of curled up and floating about the tank with no control (hence the swim bladder thought), and then just quit breathing.
I could see no other signs of distress, such as white marks, worms, fungus, pineconing, etc.
However, when I tested my tank water the pH was pretty high (7.8), and the Nitrates were above 40 ( I would guess 45-50).
I have of course now done a PWC & will test again tonight (PWC was done yesterday).
Anyway, could high Noitrates cause a death like that, or is there something else going on? Could it just be a bad batch of fish (they're about 2 months in my tank)?
Any help or pointers would certainly be appreciated.
Oh, and my Nitrite and Ammonia are both at 0.
They acted as if they had swim bladder disease, except within hours of that starting they were dead.
Basically, they would start off kind of curled up and floating about the tank with no control (hence the swim bladder thought), and then just quit breathing.
I could see no other signs of distress, such as white marks, worms, fungus, pineconing, etc.
However, when I tested my tank water the pH was pretty high (7.8), and the Nitrates were above 40 ( I would guess 45-50).
I have of course now done a PWC & will test again tonight (PWC was done yesterday).
Anyway, could high Noitrates cause a death like that, or is there something else going on? Could it just be a bad batch of fish (they're about 2 months in my tank)?
Any help or pointers would certainly be appreciated.
Oh, and my Nitrite and Ammonia are both at 0.