i have placed new tank 5days before 6 fishs r their but from 3 days there r only 3 fishs left y r they dieng?

Question

i have provided with all the accesores which is necessary for the fish tank

Answer 1

New Tank Syndrome. When you set up a tank for the first time, it takes some time for the beneficial bacteria to build up in the tank. This bacteria will turn the fish waste (ammonia) into harmless nitrates. Without this cycle in place, your fish will be poisoned. For the time being, I would suggest doing 20% water changes every other day for a week. Don't add any more fish for at least three weeks while this cycle builds up properly.

Answer 2

Don't know the size of your tank, but a couple of things to consider are these:

1. New tanks go through what's called a Nitrogen cycle where Ammonia begins to spike in the tank. This is extremely noxious and toxic to fish. It will kill them if the levels stay too high for too long. Even a .25 to .5 PPM amount in your tank is dangerous. The only thing you can do at this point is water changes to try and get that down, but in all honesty - you should have had the tank cycled before putting them in (because water changes will only delay the process - it's still going to go through the establishing of the bateria colonies that are needed for healthy bacteria to exist). Once the Ammonia peaks off it turns into what are called "Nitrites". These are also very dangerous to your fish's health because when breathed in by your fish they attach to the hemoglobin in their blood and can do damage to the Kidneys and Liver of your fish. Even a .25 or .5 PPM amount reading in Nitrites is dangerous for fish.

These "parameters" need to always be reading "0" PPM. Anything else could cause fishy deaths.

2. You need to make sure that you are not putting regular tap water into your tank without some kind of water conditioner (which removes Chlorine and Chrlorimane elements). Chlorine will kill you fish within 24 hours. Just pick up a good water condition for this process from your LFS (Local Fish Store). They will have something there in a bottle (liquid) that you can put in the tank when you first set one up, and during your water changes. It costs maybe $10 if that.

Hope this all helps

Answer 3

It will depend... How big is the tank? How long did you have it set up before adding fish? And depends on the fish you put in the tank as well? You have to have the tank set up for about a week running without any fish in the tank. After you got the tank set up remember this rule three gallons per inch for goldfish, one gallon per inch for community fresh water tanks, and five (three for adults) gallons per inch for saltwater fish. Now I'm assuming this is a fresh water tank. Since this is a new tank you want to add the fish gradually and not all at once. Again it depends how big you tank is for a ten gallon tank I say only add two fish the first week and then you can add two more fish. But now remember with fresh water community fish its a gallon per inch; so if you got a fish that's an inch big and at adulthood it will get four inches then that is four gallons gone. Oh and another thing you should have the tank running with water and everything for a week without any fish so natural bacteria can grow in the tank (fish need that)(salt water tank you need to run for about a month without any fish). What I'm thinking what happened is "new tank syndrome." New tank, didn't wait before adding fish, and added too many at once... new tank syndrome.

Answer 4

What usually kills new fish is pH shock. If your water is more than .5 different than the water they were living in they will be stressed beyond belief and many will die. If it has only been 3 days, I would suspect that pH shock is the problem.

Test your water and ask the people where you bought the fish what the pH is of their tanks. That should tell you if that is the problem.

Answer 5

Sounds like you have a problem with your water. You should go to the pet store and buy chlorine remover. I use it and basically, it's a liquid that is added to the water and it neutralizes the chlorine from your tap water. You should also check the Ph levels in your tank. I believe the recommended Ph level is 7.0 and you can buy products to help keep your tank at it's best Ph level. Also, the smaller the tank, the harder it is to keep the Ph at it's best level, so you may have to check it frequently. I also had a problem with fish dying and when I started adding the chlorine remover and Ph stablizer my fish stopped dying. Good Luck!

Answer 6

Has your tank been cycled? How about temperature and pH. Putting fish into aquarium is not as easy as putting fish into A COOKING POT.

Answer 7

sounds as if they went in shock ......could be the water or u may have added too many fish at one time.....Good Luck

Answer 8

Problem with the water for sure.

Answer 9

it could be problem with water. or the food they it is not good or there years of light is decreasing

Answer 10

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