sudz
Aquarium Advice Addict
Ok, i've been having this problem and mentioned it in a few other posts...
But i WON a 15 gallon tank & kit, at the same time, i won a colony of guppies in an auction at my local fish club. At closer examination, all of the adult fish had bent spines and were fairly feeble and small. The female was heavily pregnant. there were 4 "babies" who were just developing color. If i had to guess i'd say they were a month old.
My mom also bought me 2 Tijii cories and 2 pregnant females, who gave brith to 30 fry within 24 hours of getting them. That was on monday.
The tank also includes a small clown loach.
Well, starting on tuesday, I lost one of the males, it was the one with the most bent of spines. I quickly did a watercheck, surely enough, my new 15 was cycling, even with old filter media and all my plants in it. My ammonia was at .25 ppm Nitrates at .5ppm Not paticularly bad, but i attributed his death due to the water and his bad genetics. I did a 30% water change to lower both of those. THEN that night,, another 3 fish died, including one i've had for a few months (a redeye guppy male) That made me really worry. I did another water test, ammonia at .25 and nitrates just under .5ppm again. ANother 35% water change (just enough that my breeding nursery wouldn't go dry)
Then while i was at school, the pregnant female guppy i won in the auction died. I was quite sad. I was hoping she would give birth to nice offspring, as i do not know who the father was.
I did another 35% water change, (all changes with ample dechlorinator!)
I wake up this morning, and the 4 1 month old guppies are ALL DEAD!
the really weird thing is... I haven't lost a SINGLE fry. Wouldn't they, (and my clown loach) be most prone to bad water conditions?
Another water test (10 minutes ago) shows NO ammonia, under .5ppm nitrites, and 5ppm nitrates.
Tank specs:
Temp: 80*f (for the clown loach)
PH 7.4
KH 8 degrees
5ppm Nitrate
.25 ppm nitrite
0ppm ammonia
I use aquiarum pharmicuticals liquid drop tests.
I removed the dead fish, no markings... they'd just be fine... then some would stay at the top for a while, or "sleep" at the bottom, usually within an hour of doing this... they'd be dead.
The 4 1 month old guppies were swimming at the top of the tank when i went to bed... swimming against the current of the pump.
Do you really think that it was the ammonia that killed all those fish? it fits that those fish might hav ebeen week, but the one red-eye guppy throws my theory out of whack.
Any idea's?
But i WON a 15 gallon tank & kit, at the same time, i won a colony of guppies in an auction at my local fish club. At closer examination, all of the adult fish had bent spines and were fairly feeble and small. The female was heavily pregnant. there were 4 "babies" who were just developing color. If i had to guess i'd say they were a month old.
My mom also bought me 2 Tijii cories and 2 pregnant females, who gave brith to 30 fry within 24 hours of getting them. That was on monday.
The tank also includes a small clown loach.
Well, starting on tuesday, I lost one of the males, it was the one with the most bent of spines. I quickly did a watercheck, surely enough, my new 15 was cycling, even with old filter media and all my plants in it. My ammonia was at .25 ppm Nitrates at .5ppm Not paticularly bad, but i attributed his death due to the water and his bad genetics. I did a 30% water change to lower both of those. THEN that night,, another 3 fish died, including one i've had for a few months (a redeye guppy male) That made me really worry. I did another water test, ammonia at .25 and nitrates just under .5ppm again. ANother 35% water change (just enough that my breeding nursery wouldn't go dry)
Then while i was at school, the pregnant female guppy i won in the auction died. I was quite sad. I was hoping she would give birth to nice offspring, as i do not know who the father was.
I did another 35% water change, (all changes with ample dechlorinator!)
I wake up this morning, and the 4 1 month old guppies are ALL DEAD!
the really weird thing is... I haven't lost a SINGLE fry. Wouldn't they, (and my clown loach) be most prone to bad water conditions?
Another water test (10 minutes ago) shows NO ammonia, under .5ppm nitrites, and 5ppm nitrates.
Tank specs:
Temp: 80*f (for the clown loach)
PH 7.4
KH 8 degrees
5ppm Nitrate
.25 ppm nitrite
0ppm ammonia
I use aquiarum pharmicuticals liquid drop tests.
I removed the dead fish, no markings... they'd just be fine... then some would stay at the top for a while, or "sleep" at the bottom, usually within an hour of doing this... they'd be dead.
The 4 1 month old guppies were swimming at the top of the tank when i went to bed... swimming against the current of the pump.
Do you really think that it was the ammonia that killed all those fish? it fits that those fish might hav ebeen week, but the one red-eye guppy throws my theory out of whack.
Any idea's?