Bobrummel
Aquarium Advice Regular
I am distraught because I had a massive die off. I made layer upon layer of mistakes, but here is my story.
I did a 50% water change. Nothing special, except that I threw out my old filter media after transitioning with my new media for a month. I also added back my charcoal media since it wouldn't fit when I had two sponges in place. Then, I left for a long weekend....
When I came back, I didn't "notice" anything amiss, but I can confess that I didn't look closely. Then, the next day, I came down with stomach virus and didn't pay ANY attention to anything. The next day, I looked at my tank and realized that all but 4 of my fish had died or were in the last stages of life. In the end, I lost 6 lemon tetras, 2 cardinals, 1 rummy nose, 3 random tetras, and my albino bristle nose. All of these survived my fish in cycling a year ago, so they were the best of the best.
The only thing that I can think of, besides the semi new filter, is that I may have forgotten the Prime, my Prime had gotten old since the last time I used it, or I overfilled my water and lost oxygen in my water. When I saw my dead fish, I did a 50% water change and added double dose of prime(I always add double dose, a whole cap for a 29 gallon tank).
The next day, I did another 50% change with a new bottle of Prime. I currently only have 3 remaining fish-1 Cardinal, 1 random tetra, and a Bolivian ram. They seem like they are all swimming ok, but they are not eating.
What should I do to try to help them! Is another water change in order? More Prime? Just wait it out? These fish usually go after the food, and the only one that is remotely interested is my ram. Also, I don't know if I still have any beneficial bacteria, but I don't want to lose them if I don't have enough fish to support their bio requirements. I want more fish, but I don't want to over stress the last survivors. So, I don't know if I should wait to get the new fish. So many questions...Please help!!
29 gallon community tank with 70 aqua clear HOB
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 40(before first post mortum water change)
I did a 50% water change. Nothing special, except that I threw out my old filter media after transitioning with my new media for a month. I also added back my charcoal media since it wouldn't fit when I had two sponges in place. Then, I left for a long weekend....
When I came back, I didn't "notice" anything amiss, but I can confess that I didn't look closely. Then, the next day, I came down with stomach virus and didn't pay ANY attention to anything. The next day, I looked at my tank and realized that all but 4 of my fish had died or were in the last stages of life. In the end, I lost 6 lemon tetras, 2 cardinals, 1 rummy nose, 3 random tetras, and my albino bristle nose. All of these survived my fish in cycling a year ago, so they were the best of the best.
The only thing that I can think of, besides the semi new filter, is that I may have forgotten the Prime, my Prime had gotten old since the last time I used it, or I overfilled my water and lost oxygen in my water. When I saw my dead fish, I did a 50% water change and added double dose of prime(I always add double dose, a whole cap for a 29 gallon tank).
The next day, I did another 50% change with a new bottle of Prime. I currently only have 3 remaining fish-1 Cardinal, 1 random tetra, and a Bolivian ram. They seem like they are all swimming ok, but they are not eating.
What should I do to try to help them! Is another water change in order? More Prime? Just wait it out? These fish usually go after the food, and the only one that is remotely interested is my ram. Also, I don't know if I still have any beneficial bacteria, but I don't want to lose them if I don't have enough fish to support their bio requirements. I want more fish, but I don't want to over stress the last survivors. So, I don't know if I should wait to get the new fish. So many questions...Please help!!
29 gallon community tank with 70 aqua clear HOB
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 40(before first post mortum water change)
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