ocminpin
Aquarium Advice Addict
First off I want to say I hope none of you view what's happened as a strike against my parenting skills... Let's just say my son has been a bit of a challenge at times over this last year... He's 7 1/2.
I had 14 guppy fry and 8 Molly fry that were 2 wks old in a small tank and put it in my sons room because it's the only place in the house my two 5 month old kittens can't get in to. I explained why to my son and the importance of never touching the tank. He said he understood and everything was fine yesterday ... This afternoon I decided to look in on the babies and noticed immediately the water was peach/pink colored! I picked them up and the water was color was horrible with crayon pieces and fuzz on the bottom. I looked and none were dead but all were swimming at the surface. I ran them to the kitchen and quickly netted them into a clean container... I dealt with him and long story short he finally confessed. Problem also was there were 5 fish missing! He apparently tried to hand scoop them into a frisbee he filled with water so he could then clean the tank and refill and put fish back in... (he's watched me many times during water changes...)
AHHHHH...
My question is: are these remaining fish going to be okay? The 5 missing ones never showed up...
They were exposed to crayons, Strawberry soda and what looked like carpet fuzz? Or something else...?
They are all swimming around well and ate eagerly...
Should I be worried about them?
I moved the fish out of the bedroom!
Aye yi yi....
I had 14 guppy fry and 8 Molly fry that were 2 wks old in a small tank and put it in my sons room because it's the only place in the house my two 5 month old kittens can't get in to. I explained why to my son and the importance of never touching the tank. He said he understood and everything was fine yesterday ... This afternoon I decided to look in on the babies and noticed immediately the water was peach/pink colored! I picked them up and the water was color was horrible with crayon pieces and fuzz on the bottom. I looked and none were dead but all were swimming at the surface. I ran them to the kitchen and quickly netted them into a clean container... I dealt with him and long story short he finally confessed. Problem also was there were 5 fish missing! He apparently tried to hand scoop them into a frisbee he filled with water so he could then clean the tank and refill and put fish back in... (he's watched me many times during water changes...)
AHHHHH...
My question is: are these remaining fish going to be okay? The 5 missing ones never showed up...
They were exposed to crayons, Strawberry soda and what looked like carpet fuzz? Or something else...?
They are all swimming around well and ate eagerly...
Should I be worried about them?
I moved the fish out of the bedroom!
Aye yi yi....