hazalwoody69
Aquarium Advice Newbie
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Hello
I have a 2ft tropical tank. About a a month - 2 months ago I first setup my tank. Done everything advised before buying fish letting it settle reach temperature etc. Anyway as time went on I started my collection. Different guppys,zebra danios, black knife ghost Fish, bala sharks.neon tetras, galaxy plecko all sorts of communal fish no problems at all. Then I discovered the 2nd bala shark I brought had whitespot :/ not havin money at the time for treatment I put a tablespoon of salt water in and turned the temp up to 84. Next day my shark was dead overnight the other fish seen him as a buffet. Over the course of 2 days I lost around 17 fish. Tryin to keep on top of the infection by removing the fish with more than 4 white spots, my local pet shop offered to lend me some whitespot treatment. Cant remember the name but it was like a blue dye. Anyway over the period of treatment my fish were fine no more deaths and the water went from deep uv blue to know crystal clear. I also added some boiling saltwater from time to time to help the cleansing process but in only small amounts. My tank seemed perfect and my remaining fish were vibrant active an healthy reassuring me that the problem was finally solved. No problem what so ever then last week I find a guppy dead who had been active hours before? Knowing fish are unpredictable I thought maybe he had had enough..... Then 2 days ago my zebra danio dead??? Why I have no idea again tank is clear filter is workin fine and he was active...then this morning another one of my zebra danio's dead???? I'm down to 8 fish out of 30!!! I've lost ones to white spot, mystery deaths and vanishing acts never seen again??
Ive searched the gravel,the filter in and out an around the tank nothing???
Can anyone help as this is drivin me crazy I'm basically wasting my money :|
I have a 2ft tropical tank. About a a month - 2 months ago I first setup my tank. Done everything advised before buying fish letting it settle reach temperature etc. Anyway as time went on I started my collection. Different guppys,zebra danios, black knife ghost Fish, bala sharks.neon tetras, galaxy plecko all sorts of communal fish no problems at all. Then I discovered the 2nd bala shark I brought had whitespot :/ not havin money at the time for treatment I put a tablespoon of salt water in and turned the temp up to 84. Next day my shark was dead overnight the other fish seen him as a buffet. Over the course of 2 days I lost around 17 fish. Tryin to keep on top of the infection by removing the fish with more than 4 white spots, my local pet shop offered to lend me some whitespot treatment. Cant remember the name but it was like a blue dye. Anyway over the period of treatment my fish were fine no more deaths and the water went from deep uv blue to know crystal clear. I also added some boiling saltwater from time to time to help the cleansing process but in only small amounts. My tank seemed perfect and my remaining fish were vibrant active an healthy reassuring me that the problem was finally solved. No problem what so ever then last week I find a guppy dead who had been active hours before? Knowing fish are unpredictable I thought maybe he had had enough..... Then 2 days ago my zebra danio dead??? Why I have no idea again tank is clear filter is workin fine and he was active...then this morning another one of my zebra danio's dead???? I'm down to 8 fish out of 30!!! I've lost ones to white spot, mystery deaths and vanishing acts never seen again??
Ive searched the gravel,the filter in and out an around the tank nothing???
Can anyone help as this is drivin me crazy I'm basically wasting my money :|