Hi all,
I'm really struggling with keeping fish alive in my tropical 10g tank. I initially started my tank with 3 platys, a dwarf Gourami and 6 neons.
Since then, 4 months ago, all of them bar 1 platy have passed away. The strange thing is that the fry from what I believe is the platys are surviving fine as is a cory catfish I added after the initial few fish I initially purchased died.
I test my water weekly and it comes in constantly at 7.6PH, 0 Ammonia, 0 nitrites, 10-20ppm nitrates using API freshwater test kit. The temperature remains at a constant 26-28C and I do water changes once per week. The fish get fed flakes once per day and the lighting is on for approximately 10-12 hours.
I also examine all the dead fish for signs of white spots, ich etc but nothing. Something that is possible is that a few fish died but I never recovered them from the substrate as I couldn't see them, could It be they were diseased and the existing fish may have ate their decomposing bodies?
Is there any other suggestions anybody has? I do know the GH of my water is quite high but aside from this I am perplexed. I have bought all my fish from the same LFS, is it possible they could be of poor quality?
Thanks in advance for any help.
I'm really struggling with keeping fish alive in my tropical 10g tank. I initially started my tank with 3 platys, a dwarf Gourami and 6 neons.
Since then, 4 months ago, all of them bar 1 platy have passed away. The strange thing is that the fry from what I believe is the platys are surviving fine as is a cory catfish I added after the initial few fish I initially purchased died.
I test my water weekly and it comes in constantly at 7.6PH, 0 Ammonia, 0 nitrites, 10-20ppm nitrates using API freshwater test kit. The temperature remains at a constant 26-28C and I do water changes once per week. The fish get fed flakes once per day and the lighting is on for approximately 10-12 hours.
I also examine all the dead fish for signs of white spots, ich etc but nothing. Something that is possible is that a few fish died but I never recovered them from the substrate as I couldn't see them, could It be they were diseased and the existing fish may have ate their decomposing bodies?
Is there any other suggestions anybody has? I do know the GH of my water is quite high but aside from this I am perplexed. I have bought all my fish from the same LFS, is it possible they could be of poor quality?
Thanks in advance for any help.