redbourn
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
I set up a 35 gallon freshwater tank around 5 weeks ago and added nutrfin aquaplus.
I let it stand for several days with an external filter; undergravel filters and air stones running.
I then slowly added supposedly easy to keep fish, such as live bearers; algae eaters; neons and a pair of angel fish.
Probably two thirds of the fish that I've added have died and most of them within a couple of days although some have lasted longer and one third are alive and seemingly happy.
Some of the fish such as danios, the algae eater and one of two corydoras have been there since the beginning and are thriving and some of the liverbearer's fry have survived and grown.
Nitrite 0 ppm; ammonia 0; pH 7.6
I have a good amount of experience with tropical fish and there are no obvious diseases.
Three days ago I set up a small 5 gallon tank to use as an isolation tank (built in filter) and conditioned it with the nutrifin aquaplus and the water readings are as above.
Yesterday lunchtime I put in 4 neons and 2 ghost glass cats and they all looked fine when I went to bed.
This morning one of the cats didn't look so good and two of the neons were hiding out behind the heater.
This evening both cats were dead and the two neons look like they may or may not make it. Erratic and uneven balance.
If I keep buying fish I shall eventually have a tank full of healthy ones but there's obviously a problem and any help solving it would be much appreciated.
Michael
I let it stand for several days with an external filter; undergravel filters and air stones running.
I then slowly added supposedly easy to keep fish, such as live bearers; algae eaters; neons and a pair of angel fish.
Probably two thirds of the fish that I've added have died and most of them within a couple of days although some have lasted longer and one third are alive and seemingly happy.
Some of the fish such as danios, the algae eater and one of two corydoras have been there since the beginning and are thriving and some of the liverbearer's fry have survived and grown.
Nitrite 0 ppm; ammonia 0; pH 7.6
I have a good amount of experience with tropical fish and there are no obvious diseases.
Three days ago I set up a small 5 gallon tank to use as an isolation tank (built in filter) and conditioned it with the nutrifin aquaplus and the water readings are as above.
Yesterday lunchtime I put in 4 neons and 2 ghost glass cats and they all looked fine when I went to bed.
This morning one of the cats didn't look so good and two of the neons were hiding out behind the heater.
This evening both cats were dead and the two neons look like they may or may not make it. Erratic and uneven balance.
If I keep buying fish I shall eventually have a tank full of healthy ones but there's obviously a problem and any help solving it would be much appreciated.
Michael