Please tell me what I did wrong, I bought 10 minnows and 4 comet goldfish yesterday at Petco. I also bought a 10 gallon glass tank, some plastic plants, and fish flakes. I filled my tank half way with tap water and dropped in my plastic plants and 4 marbles. After that, I poured my 14 fish in. The water was cold, just the bag. I don't know what I did wrong, but my fish started dropping like crazy. Panicked, I scooped up my fish and dropped them in a algae filled bucket of old hose water, which, I already have 2 more fish living in and I haven't changed the water for weeks so the water was murky. After that, they started swimming again and seemed fine. Although there were some minnows that were swimming side ways and upside down. And, there was 1 dead. The next day, I came out to feed my fish and scoop out the dead fish, I found that 3 more had died. And was very upset, what have I done wrong? I think the minnows are rosy red minnows and I have never raised any fish before this.
Update: Later today, around 2:00, I found that 5 more minnows had died. Now, I only have 1 minnow left. Also, I refilled my tank with hose water and scooped my fish back in the tank.
Another update: My last minnow had died D:
Update: Later today, around 2:00, I found that 5 more minnows had died. Now, I only have 1 minnow left. Also, I refilled my tank with hose water and scooped my fish back in the tank.
Another update: My last minnow had died D:
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