mandy2936
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Hi guys,
I haven't been on here/posted a thread in quite a while now. Because I have been soooo busy lately, I have only have time to come on here and post a thread if there is something wrong. Well, there hasn't been anything wrong with my tank for a while now, until today.
I went down to feed my fish (in the 20g) and to my horror I saw a Neon Tetra definitely dead, stuck to the filter intake (HOB) decomposing. I got him out of there and then tested the water (API liquid).
Ammonia: My guess is zero. The colors for zero and .25 are so similar, but I looked at it under different lighting and I'm pretty sure it is zero.
Nirite: Definitely zero.
Nitrate: 10-20
So, everything checks out to be pretty decent, so I doubt this was a water quality issue. The last time I did a water change was Saturday, so since it's oinly Thursday it's not like I'm overdue for a water change or anything like that.
Another obvious thought would be that the filter intake sucked him in, but that is doubtful to me because I have had that filter type for a year now and nothing like this has ever happened...
My last idea would be death of old age... but do Neons only live a year? This tank was established a year ago and some of the Neons that I have now were apart of it since the begining (I don't have the orginal 6, some have been replaced since it was established, but I've never gone through all six).
Anyway, I hope that someone has an idea of what happened, I don't like fish dying in my tank without a reasonable explanation. What do you think happened? I want to bump the school back up to six, but won't do so before I make sure everything is under control.
Thank you so much.
I haven't been on here/posted a thread in quite a while now. Because I have been soooo busy lately, I have only have time to come on here and post a thread if there is something wrong. Well, there hasn't been anything wrong with my tank for a while now, until today.
I went down to feed my fish (in the 20g) and to my horror I saw a Neon Tetra definitely dead, stuck to the filter intake (HOB) decomposing. I got him out of there and then tested the water (API liquid).
Ammonia: My guess is zero. The colors for zero and .25 are so similar, but I looked at it under different lighting and I'm pretty sure it is zero.
Nirite: Definitely zero.
Nitrate: 10-20
So, everything checks out to be pretty decent, so I doubt this was a water quality issue. The last time I did a water change was Saturday, so since it's oinly Thursday it's not like I'm overdue for a water change or anything like that.
Another obvious thought would be that the filter intake sucked him in, but that is doubtful to me because I have had that filter type for a year now and nothing like this has ever happened...
My last idea would be death of old age... but do Neons only live a year? This tank was established a year ago and some of the Neons that I have now were apart of it since the begining (I don't have the orginal 6, some have been replaced since it was established, but I've never gone through all six).
Anyway, I hope that someone has an idea of what happened, I don't like fish dying in my tank without a reasonable explanation. What do you think happened? I want to bump the school back up to six, but won't do so before I make sure everything is under control.
Thank you so much.