DaveAndLiz
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
I have a 60 litre freshwater tank and in the past 2 days both my loaches had died suddenly.
The tank currently contains 5 Zebra Danios. 6 Neon Tetras, 2 Black Neon Tetras, 1 Male fighting fish, 1 Black Molly, I White Molly and I Albino Catfish. All the fish are less than 4cm with the exception of the loaches which I lost.
I did a water test 2 days ago and got the following results:
pH 7.8 (tap water 7.2)
Ammonia 0-0.25ppm
Nitrite 0ppm
Nitrate 40-80ppm (tap water 10-20)
On recommendation from my pet shop I did a 50% water change to sort out the levels and everything appeared fine.
Last night my smaller loach was lying on his back and breathing very very slowly to the point that I assumed heas already dead. I placed a net around him so the other fish couldn't get to him and he died during the night. When I looked in the tank this morning my larger loach was also lying on it's back dead. I inspected the fish and found no visible sign of problems but I have never done this before so could possibly have missed something.
Now my albino catfish seems to be moving very slowly and spending a lot of time sitting doing nothing. I'm slightly worried that he might have the same problem. However, all the other fish seem absolutly fine and very active.
If anyone could help I'd be very appreciative. I hate to lose my fish.
The tank currently contains 5 Zebra Danios. 6 Neon Tetras, 2 Black Neon Tetras, 1 Male fighting fish, 1 Black Molly, I White Molly and I Albino Catfish. All the fish are less than 4cm with the exception of the loaches which I lost.
I did a water test 2 days ago and got the following results:
pH 7.8 (tap water 7.2)
Ammonia 0-0.25ppm
Nitrite 0ppm
Nitrate 40-80ppm (tap water 10-20)
On recommendation from my pet shop I did a 50% water change to sort out the levels and everything appeared fine.
Last night my smaller loach was lying on his back and breathing very very slowly to the point that I assumed heas already dead. I placed a net around him so the other fish couldn't get to him and he died during the night. When I looked in the tank this morning my larger loach was also lying on it's back dead. I inspected the fish and found no visible sign of problems but I have never done this before so could possibly have missed something.
Now my albino catfish seems to be moving very slowly and spending a lot of time sitting doing nothing. I'm slightly worried that he might have the same problem. However, all the other fish seem absolutly fine and very active.
If anyone could help I'd be very appreciative. I hate to lose my fish.