30 gal tank, fluval 306 canister filter, sand bottom, artificial plants and rocks.
Amonia 0, nitrite 0, nitrate 5ppm, ph 8.0, water temp 79,
Standard lighting.
50 gal fresh 3 angel fish and 1 parrot cichlid
40 gal fresh 1 parrot cichlid, 5 zebra dinos, 2 peppered corys, 2 snails
Hi all i am new to the forum and very happy i found it. I have been keeping fish for a couple of years and perform weekly water changes on all of my tanks. Now to the question, the 30 gal tank has been running for 2 years it has housed several fish in that time. The latest inhabitants were 3 angel fish i moved them to the 50 gal tank 2 months ago. Since that time it was empty of fish. I still topped off the tank performed water changes and tested water every week with API freshwater test kit. I wanted turn tank into a brackish tank for GSP. I bought 2 GSP‘s 4 days ago, they ate clams the first day and i added aquirium salt to an SG of 1.002 on the second day. They ate on the third day and died on day 4. Tested water and was as listed above. I dont know what i did. I really want to keep GSP‘S and dont want this to happen again. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance
GSP‘s died
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Since this board has been up, we have found there are several questions that routinely get asked in order to help diagnose problems. If you can have that information to begin with in your post, we'll be able to help right away (if we can!) without having to wait for you to post the info we need.
1) Your water parameters - pH, Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrates and salinity (if appropriate). This is by far the most important information you can provide! Do not answer this with "Fine" "Perfect" "ok", that tells us nothing. We need hard numbers.
2) Tank size and a list of ALL inhabitants. Include algae eaters, plecos, everything. We need to know what you have and how big the tank is.
3) Feeding, water change schedule and a list of all products you are using or have added to the tank (examples: Cycle, Amquel, salt, etc)
4) What changes you've made in the tank in the last week or so. Sometimes its the little things that make all the difference.
5) How long the aquarium has been set up, and how did you cycle it? If you don't know what cycling is read this: Fishless Cycling Article and familiarize yourself with all the information. Yes. All of it.
We want to help, and providing this information will go a LONG way to getting a diagnosis and hopeful cure that much faster.
While you wait for assistance:
One of the easiest and best ways to help your fish feel better is clean water! If you are already on a regular water change schedule (50% weekly is recommended) a good step to making your fish more comfortable while waiting for diagnosis/suggestions is to do a large water change immediately. Feel free to repeat daily or as often as you can, clean water is always a good thing! Use of Amquel or Prime as a dechlor may help with any ammonia or nitrite issues, and is highly recommended.
Note - if you do not normally do large water changes, doing a sudden, large water change could shock your fish by suddenly changing their established water chemistry. Clean water is still your first goal, so in this case, do several smaller (10%) water changes over the next day or two before starting any large ones.
Read this before posting!!
Since this board has been up, we have found there are several questions that routinely get asked in order to help diagnose problems. If you can have that information to begin with in your post, we'll be able to help right away (if we can!) without having to wait for you to post the info we need.
1) Your water parameters - pH, Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrates and salinity (if appropriate). This is by far the most important information you can provide! Do not answer this with "Fine" "Perfect" "ok", that tells us nothing. We need hard numbers.
2) Tank size and a list of ALL inhabitants. Include algae eaters, plecos, everything. We need to know what you have and how big the tank is.
3) Feeding, water change schedule and a list of all products you are using or have added to the tank (examples: Cycle, Amquel, salt, etc)
4) What changes you've made in the tank in the last week or so. Sometimes its the little things that make all the difference.
5) How long the aquarium has been set up, and how did you cycle it? If you don't know what cycling is read this: Fishless Cycling Article and familiarize yourself with all the information. Yes. All of it.
We want to help, and providing this information will go a LONG way to getting a diagnosis and hopeful cure that much faster.
While you wait for assistance:
One of the easiest and best ways to help your fish feel better is clean water! If you are already on a regular water change schedule (50% weekly is recommended) a good step to making your fish more comfortable while waiting for diagnosis/suggestions is to do a large water change immediately. Feel free to repeat daily or as often as you can, clean water is always a good thing! Use of Amquel or Prime as a dechlor may help with any ammonia or nitrite issues, and is highly recommended.
Note - if you do not normally do large water changes, doing a sudden, large water change could shock your fish by suddenly changing their established water chemistry. Clean water is still your first goal, so in this case, do several smaller (10%) water changes over the next day or two before starting any large ones.
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Re: GSP‘s died
Both dies at the same time? I assume they were from the same source & looked fat & healthy when purchased?
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Re: GSP‘s died
Yes from same store and they looked healthy. I had never purchased from that store before.
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Re: GSP‘s died
The tank was empty for 2 months before adding the gsp?
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Re: GSP‘s died
Yes there were not any fish in the tank for 2 months. The tank was fully cycled and I would add fish food once a week and perform by weekly water changes and top off when needed. I also tested the water every week when I did my other tanks. Ammonia 0, nitrie 0, nitrate ranged from 5 to 10. Water temp 79. When I bought the fish their colors were bright and they were very active. I put a clam in the first day and they tore it up. By the forth day they were swimming less, wouldn't eat and their colors were very dark then they died. I want to get more puffers but want to make sure I am taking care of them correctly before I do.
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Re: GSP‘s died
Do you have any cyanobacteria or algae growing in the tank? How about powerheads for water movement/surface agitation?
Re: GSP‘s died
No algae in the tank, 30cfm air bubbler. Fluval canister filter rated at 70 gals. ( tank is 30 gal). No power head. However I have the outlet of the filter positioned to provide some current.