Albino zebra died :(
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Convict2161
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Sorry for your loss! 
Do you have any idea what happened?
Do you have any idea what happened?
Mumma.of.two
Aquarium Advice Obsessed
Sorry for your loss. It could have been bad stock. What are your tank readings? You need to rule out a problem.
Mumma.of.two said:
When I saw he was doing weird flips I put prime,aquarium salt , stress coat-stress zymes all in because I panicked. That messed up my levels because i tested not to long ago had had some ammonia and stuff so I put prime in. 3 yellow labs were in the tank with it along with albino bristlenose. Added clay pot 1 day made weird crackle when I put it in though. Got another 55G for blood parrots btw!!
Mumma.of.two
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Fishie said:
You shouldn't just dump everything you have in the tank when something goes wrong. You have a test kit so you know what your numbers are. Water changes are needed to bring ammonia down not a bunch of chemicals. How fast did you add the salt? Don't just dump a full dose straight into the tank either. That can kill fish or at the very least stress them.
Is the tank cycling???
Mumma.of.two said:
Like I said I panicked at first I thought he was showing off -_- I had tablespoons to add the salt and added it pretty quickly without spilling the salt anywhere but on the tank . Where I put the salt they were on the opposite side because their castles over there. It finished it's cycle 3-4 days ago though . Haven't don't water change yet ( maybe tomorrow ) everything is running in the tank though.
debisbooked
Aquarium Advice Regular
Sorry you lost your fish...
Mumma.of.two
Aquarium Advice Obsessed
I really would do a large PWC ASAP to remove some of everything you just added. Fish don't appreciate fast change in their conditions at all. If your going to add salt add a little bit at a time over 1-2 days predissolved in a container of tank water.
Id test your water ASAP as well.
Id test your water ASAP as well.
Mumma.of.two
Aquarium Advice Obsessed
Fishie said:
Oh Fishie! That wouldn't have helped at all!
huge pH swings can kill fish.
Mumma.of.two
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Fishie said:Oh great
Then stop adding all those products. All you need is something that neutralizes chlorine and chloramine. Nothing else. If you test and see ammonia or nitrite or nitrate is over 20ppm do a water change.
Mumma.of.two
Aquarium Advice Obsessed
Fishie said:Oh great
The others won't be floaters. Give them some clean water
