Fish Deaths Are Depressing

Southpark9112 · 01-06-2006, 10:38 PM

Gah, ich/ick outbreak in the 10 gallon kills half of the fish (stupid heater, we thought it was fixed..got a new one

) And all of a sudden the remaining neons in that tank (been in there for over an year now) are dying off one by one.
however, i think it may be old age...or their immune systems suck now from the sickness last month. the only problem in the tank for them is the ph around 8.0..which they've been in for a year 1/2...blah.

and in the 55 gallon, both my elephant noses died, well...one died from all the stress it had (note 2 self: dont ever buy fish the day they were shipped again, even if their rarely seen in your LFS) and the other is depressingly lying on the fish bottom (after a week of happiness/healthyness) from a head injury...it apparantly rammed into its cave wall during the weekly water change or something because it's skin is torn up and it cant navigate/breath right anymore after being perfectly fine this morning, even more outgoing than usual...

This happened to a clown loach too...my tank is some hazardous obstacle course or something.

already checked the water...its the same from my last post...no spikes in anything...ammonia 0/nitrites 0/nitrates which were 30 all good...ph around 7.5....phosphates finally going down. blah.

anyways. i see this as a sign that i shouldnt get anymore fish for this tank, i didnt want anymore in the first place. but see what happens! lol

not happy though. thanks for reading my whining.

shev · 01-07-2006, 12:12 AM

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and in the 55 gallon, both my elephant noses died, well...one died from all the stress it had (note 2 self: dont ever buy fish the day they were shipped again, even if their rarely seen in your LFS) and the other is depressingly lying on the fish bottom (after a week of happiness/healthyness) from a head injury...it apparantly rammed into its cave wall during the weekly water change or something because it's skin is torn up and it cant navigate/breath right anymore after being perfectly fine this morning, even more outgoing than usual...

This happened to a clown loach too...my tank is some hazardous obstacle course or something.

actually im betting the other elephant nose caused most of the problems, many electric fish absolutely hate eachother. their electric fields disrupt eachothers in the tank, making it harder to find food and navigate, also to kill eachother.

Georgia Peach · 01-09-2006, 07:14 AM

sorry your tanks are going through bad times..

Lexus · 01-10-2006, 12:40 AM

Ive never heard of testing for phosphates

ruhorserider · 01-10-2006, 07:58 PM

I am sorry to hear about your fishy problems. Hope things get better. Dead fish is depressing, I should know.

I 've killed a bunch in my time.

solar-ton · 01-11-2006, 01:00 PM

lol i know i had this dream once where my oscar died...it was one of those super realistic dreams too so i could actually fell the pain of it dieing...

ruhorserider · 01-12-2006, 10:56 AM

You must like your oscar really a lot! Lucky fishy! What kid of tank do you have for him?

fishfreaks · 01-13-2006, 02:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Lexus

Ive never heard of testing for phosphates

you normally test for phosphates with a planted tank. Sorry to hear about your fish

Cliffizme2 · 01-13-2006, 10:22 PM

I am also saddened by a loss, came home tonight from working at Petco to find my crayfish that I've had for almost a year has passed. Not only this but my big goldfish picked him apart. Haha what a horrible way to go. He did just shed a couple of days ago so I don't know if that was related to his death or what.

01-06-2006, 10:38 PM	#1
Southpark9112 Fishy Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Virginia Age: 18 Posts: 10	Fish Deaths Are Depressing Gah, ich/ick outbreak in the 10 gallon kills half of the fish (stupid heater, we thought it was fixed..got a new one ) And all of a sudden the remaining neons in that tank (been in there for over an year now) are dying off one by one. however, i think it may be old age...or their immune systems suck now from the sickness last month. the only problem in the tank for them is the ph around 8.0..which they've been in for a year 1/2...blah. and in the 55 gallon, both my elephant noses died, well...one died from all the stress it had (note 2 self: dont ever buy fish the day they were shipped again, even if their rarely seen in your LFS) and the other is depressingly lying on the fish bottom (after a week of happiness/healthyness) from a head injury...it apparantly rammed into its cave wall during the weekly water change or something because it's skin is torn up and it cant navigate/breath right anymore after being perfectly fine this morning, even more outgoing than usual... This happened to a clown loach too...my tank is some hazardous obstacle course or something. already checked the water...its the same from my last post...no spikes in anything...ammonia 0/nitrites 0/nitrates which were 30 all good...ph around 7.5....phosphates finally going down. blah. anyways. i see this as a sign that i shouldnt get anymore fish for this tank, i didnt want anymore in the first place. but see what happens! lol not happy though. thanks for reading my whining.

01-09-2006, 07:14 AM	#3
Georgia Peach Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Gray, Georgia Age: 42 Posts: 1,581	sorry your tanks are going through bad times.. __________________ *Cichlids have more personality than most people I know !*

01-10-2006, 12:40 AM	#4
Lexus Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Wisconsin Age: 22 Posts: 2,406	Ive never heard of testing for phosphates __________________ 55 Gallon 2 Blood Parrots 2 Angelfish 1 Fantail Goldfish 46 Gallon 1 Albino Bristlenose 2 Angelfish 4 African Dwarf Frogs 4 Black Skirt Tetras 5 Zebra Danios 8 Tiger Barbs 9 Neon Tetras 13 Assorted Corys 29 Gallon 8 Daffodil Cichlids & fry 1 Electric Blue Crayfish 10 Gallon 2 Snails

01-11-2006, 01:00 PM	#6
solar-ton guardian of the sea Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: a tree Age: 16 Posts: 685	lol i know i had this dream once where my oscar died...it was one of those super realistic dreams too so i could actually fell the pain of it dieing... __________________ minimum oscar tank size: 75 gallon for 2 a 125 goldfish can cause hith diesease! so dont feed them goldfish as a staple diet!

01-13-2006, 10:22 PM	#9
Cliffizme2 Cliff Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Tennessee Age: 24 Posts: 80	I am also saddened by a loss, came home tonight from working at Petco to find my crayfish that I've had for almost a year has passed. Not only this but my big goldfish picked him apart. Haha what a horrible way to go. He did just shed a couple of days ago so I don't know if that was related to his death or what. __________________ 38 Gallon South American cichlid tank

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01-10-2006, 07:58 PM	#5
ruhorserider Fishy Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Chicago Age: 27 Posts: 24	I am sorry to hear about your fishy problems. Hope things get better. Dead fish is depressing, I should know. I 've killed a bunch in my time.

01-12-2006, 10:56 AM	#7
ruhorserider Fishy Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Chicago Age: 27 Posts: 24	You must like your oscar really a lot! Lucky fishy! What kid of tank do you have for him?

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