Quick update, the one ender than was hanging on the bottom ate it last night, but the rest seem to be back to themselves, I think the decline might be over, though it'll be a long road back up hill.
Either way, we'll see tomorrow... :/
Everything is Dying!!
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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: Everything is Dying!!
keep us posted!
How are those readings?
How are those readings?
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Re: Everything is Dying!!
Hey guys, so the day after adding CO2 everything seemed much better, no new dead fish, and none since. The tank on the whole is looking better, algae seems to be in remission to some extent, and all seems pretty well... a lot of fish died over the days, but a lot survived as well...
Casualties:
4 Neon Tetras
2 Female Guppies
1 Male Guppy
6 Female Endlers
4 Ghost Shrimp
Remaining:
4 Neon Tetras (one might be another kind of tetra, it's got the same markings, but is over all lighter than the other three)
2 Female Endlers
4 Male Endler/Guppy hybrids
1 Male Endler
4 Cherry Barbs
6 Cory Cats
3 Khuli Loaches
2 Dwarf Puffers
Not sure:
3-6 Endler or Guppy fry
1 Slightly more mature babeh.
8-12 Red Cherry Shrimp - I've seen them here and there since everything was, only ever found one body, and they are hard to see, it was a week after adding them before I saw any of them again so, I'm not too worried... the other tank has many many more so either way.
Could have been worse, disappointed in the guppies dying though as they were the last my first 4 fish; there were another male and female which jumped... they were so pretty!
Casualties:
4 Neon Tetras
2 Female Guppies
1 Male Guppy
6 Female Endlers
4 Ghost Shrimp
Remaining:
4 Neon Tetras (one might be another kind of tetra, it's got the same markings, but is over all lighter than the other three)
2 Female Endlers
4 Male Endler/Guppy hybrids
1 Male Endler
4 Cherry Barbs
6 Cory Cats
3 Khuli Loaches
2 Dwarf Puffers
Not sure:
3-6 Endler or Guppy fry
1 Slightly more mature babeh.
8-12 Red Cherry Shrimp - I've seen them here and there since everything was, only ever found one body, and they are hard to see, it was a week after adding them before I saw any of them again so, I'm not too worried... the other tank has many many more so either way.
Could have been worse, disappointed in the guppies dying though as they were the last my first 4 fish; there were another male and female which jumped... they were so pretty!
Re: Everything is Dying!!
Still no deaths, and algae is definitely dying, I think the lack of dead fish is probably just because all the ones that were going to die, were already dead or dying, and only the rest were left.