Omega_blue
Aquarium Advice Newbie
- Joined
- Sep 28, 2011
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- 6
Hi all,
i am new to aquariums, i have spent a lot of time researching etc before i set up my tank. i now firmly believe that my tank has ammonia poisoning, and i have been doing water changes every day (after 3 of 7 fish i put in died.) the fish that died are 2 swordtails (one male and one female) and a columbian tetra. as of now, the rainbow shark, one of the other columbian tetras, and the swordtail are now doing fine after i introduced some aquarium salt and a water change (about 20%) my issue i am having now though, is that one of my columbian tetras is swimming aroundd really strangely, like an airplane doing a dive bomb and spinning, and it sinks to the bottom, and stays there on its side or back for a period of time, then starts to swim around kind of violently with no direction (mainly in circles).
it also has some cottony looking growth on both of its eyeballs, and i was wondering what i can do to save him, especially since 3 other fish have died in the process of getting to this point (since last thursday september 22 2011) the tap water quality i dont think is too great here in WI, so after the water change i did last night (the only one) i added some more conditioner, and aquarium salt and allowed 15-20 minutes to flow through the tank and dissolve. im not sure what to do with the tetra that is dying PLEASE HELP!!
i am new to aquariums, i have spent a lot of time researching etc before i set up my tank. i now firmly believe that my tank has ammonia poisoning, and i have been doing water changes every day (after 3 of 7 fish i put in died.) the fish that died are 2 swordtails (one male and one female) and a columbian tetra. as of now, the rainbow shark, one of the other columbian tetras, and the swordtail are now doing fine after i introduced some aquarium salt and a water change (about 20%) my issue i am having now though, is that one of my columbian tetras is swimming aroundd really strangely, like an airplane doing a dive bomb and spinning, and it sinks to the bottom, and stays there on its side or back for a period of time, then starts to swim around kind of violently with no direction (mainly in circles).
it also has some cottony looking growth on both of its eyeballs, and i was wondering what i can do to save him, especially since 3 other fish have died in the process of getting to this point (since last thursday september 22 2011) the tap water quality i dont think is too great here in WI, so after the water change i did last night (the only one) i added some more conditioner, and aquarium salt and allowed 15-20 minutes to flow through the tank and dissolve. im not sure what to do with the tetra that is dying PLEASE HELP!!