vaquero
Aquarium Advice Freak
Well this week we have lost well over 8 fish in three days and will lose more tonight. The water tested great, and water temp is 74 degrees. It is a 25 Gallon tank established for over two years. We had to add two fantail gold fish to the tank since they weren't doing so well in a 1/2 gallon bowl, which was temporary until we could get the other 10 gal tank set up and cycled. We added some new boiled cleaned gravel on top of the other gravel as well. My though is that the fantail goldfish brought something into the tank. Some of the fish were at the top of the water trying to breath. The fantails were in a tank along with some regular goldfish of which they both died while in the fish bowl. Did I mess it up by adding the fantails to the tank? That is my best guess, I'm not going to rescue any of the other fish since they look like they are not long for this world. I did rescue some of them and put them into another 10 gallon tank with an established filter medium without any gravel. They seem to be doing a little better, but it is too soon to tell. Tomorrow morning will be the time to see if any of them will survive. Any ideas would be helpful. After the last fish dies in the 25, I am going to completely clean,boil and bleach the tank and everything in it to get rid of whatever is in it. Then re cycle it and start over (oh yea).