Aquarium Help?

Question

i have a 4ft aquarium. For some reson all my fish are gasping for air and not eating and seem to be acting strange. Ive had tank containing all fish for well over a year and never had any problems like this. I lost 2 fish from the tank last week. Ive done a water change, cleaned filters.... thay also have an air pump in there. Any ideas or treatments??? Tank contains, Ghost knife, pleco, silver shark, pictus, fighter, sevrum and maybe 1 or 2 others.......

Answer 1

Make sure that the water you put in the tank has no impurities in it. If you are unsure, use bottled spring water that has been aerated for a few hours and warmed to the same temperature as the tank to avoid shock. I would also suggest adding salt for freshwater fish to help them fight off any problems in your tank.
Also, replace your fish food. It may have become contaminated.
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Answer 2

I find i loose all my fish in my tank when the water board starts playing around with the chlorine in our drinking water, we normally get clear water but when they start interfering its cloudy. There is a treatment you can buy to remove the chlorine from the water, it works a treat with out tanks, also is you tank over crowded as that can eliminate o2 from your water also, not enough o2 in left. Alternatively take a water sample you get home tests or your local pet shop like pet smart will test it for you. The fish that you list also are large growing fish, plecs take up a lot of o2 and can grow to 3 feet alone, the biggest i've had is 11/2 feet.

Answer 3

try getting a double air pump rather than a single to put more oxygen in the tank and if you have an internal filter you can scim the water on the surface of the tank to airiate it a bit more and check temps and levels of pollutants. have you bought any new fish recently i would suggest get this prob sorted before buying anymore

Answer 4

If you've had it over a year and it just started recently, I would bring a sample of the water from the tank into PetCo or PetSmart and have it tested right away. They do it as a free service. Also, one of your fish may have become ill .. and it has spread to the other fish. There are many medications that they sell at the PetCos and PetSmarts. I would take along one of the dead fish for them to examine. It may have spots on it ..or something that will tell them what kind of illness your fish have , if any. Good luck ! :)

Answer 5

These are all fairly big fish for this size tank - I would only have had Two Golden Severums and a Plecostamus in that size of tank especially if you were thinking about breeding.

Sounds as though you aren't airating enough or your filters have gone sour.

Answer 6

Have you recently added any new ornaments or has something been introduced to the tank... like coins perhaps? It sounds more like your fish are slowly being poisoned and sounds similar to what I saw with a friend's tank several years back. Someone put a handful of pennies in to give it a "wishing well" effect.

Answer 7

I had my puppy rat in an aquarium . they often save them in aquariums on the puppy shops so it is going to be superb. in simple terms positioned some toys or some thing in there with it once you get the possibility to purchase it some. it is going to be superb and that i do no longer think of it might desire to climb the glass :)

Answer 8

You might be suffering from something known as OTS or Old Tank Syndrome.

Here's a link to some info on it - perhaps this might sound familiar to you...
http://www.thepufferforum.com/articles/small/ots.html

Answer 9

what is the temp ??? for the fish you have upper 70's will work fine , also start adding some aquarium salt , i teaspoon per 10 gallons ,bulk this up over the next 7 days everyday, when you are doing this you want to take out your carbon insert from your filter. have you checked the ph or amonia lately either??? ph 7.2 to 7.4 ppm and amonia 0.00 ppm .

Answer 10

Take out some of the toys u put in the water. they might be contaminated and could be making the fish sick!