Recent content by akkitten

That's what I am trying now is a new fish less cycle. Didn't know what else to try. Where I am the lfs is bad or worse. The price of being in Alaska. Thank you for the ideas and it is slightly reassuring that it wasn't something I had blatantly done wrong.

Is it possible to get 5 bad batches of fish?

I really am at a loss. Even when setting up my first tank not knowing did I have death like this.

I know, it's really frustrating. 11 dead fish in a week breaks my heart.

Yup. Wondering if sealant is making the tank toxic. I am running out of ideas....and fish.

Lol, no. I have 4 other fish tanks. Only hot water.

I used prime, but I am not on city water, and my baseline test of well water is clean.

First betta was alone. Next one was from lfs in a community tank. Last one never even flared at the tetra.

I moved all the media, the filter and all the water. It was his own tank with 4 more gallons of water

Trace ammonia while unhealthy should not kill a fish and was doing daily pwc to address it. First I added 1 betta, dead. Then 1 betta and 3 rasbora, rasbora didn't live the night. Next 1 betta and 5 neon, neon made it 24 hrs, betta 2 days, dead.

Ph is about 7.4. I don't know that betta had been in that 1.5 alone for almost a year just fine. I have a few plants in there and am wondering if I should start a full ammonia cycle. In just over a week I have lost 3 betta, 3 dashboard and 5 tetra. If it is a bug how do I know which one?

Oh I also added prime and small dose of Milafix and prinafix

Soak bag 15 min, add tank water 15 min, add more tank water 10 min then add fish

I recently purchased a 5.5 gal upgrade for my betta who was in a 1.5 gal. I used water, substrate and the filter from the old tank and let it sit for a day, amm .25 and no nitrite an 10 nitrate do I moved my little fish. He died 2 days later. Now over a week later, all water conditions fine...

Good luck with that, my betta will not tolerate any other tank mate. If you want a community betta, buy one at the lfs that is already in a community tank.