So i bought 2 fishes last saturday and then they died yesterday.My father said that they suffercate because i use tap water with know chlorin.Is this right.
2006-10-06 10:30:50 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Fish
What kind of fish? How big the tank? Temperature of the water? What kind of filter?
Chlorine is in all tap water. What you need to do is get it out of the water. Buy some DeChlor liquid and use it according to the directions.
Don't buy anymore fish until you do some research on the species you plan to keep in your aquarium.... you do have an aquarium, don't you?
2006-10-06 10:38:01 · answer #1 · answered by 8 In the corner 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chlorine is bad for your fish but it evaporates rather quickly. Just let the water stand out overnight before adding it to your tank.
The main problem is that new tanks require time to grow beneficial bacteria the turns fish waste (ammonia) into nitrites, other bacteria convert the nitrite into less harmful nitrates which you keep form reaching toxic levels by changing 20% of the water every week. When a tank first starts up, there are spikes in ammonia, nitrites and nitrates that poison the fish. For the first week, you need to drastically reduce what you feed to the fish so they don't add too much waste to the tank and change the 20% of the water every 3 days. This give the beneficial bacteria a chance to grow.
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2006-10-07 11:41:17 · answer #2 · answered by iceni 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tap water has either Chlorine or Chloranine in it, You need to use a Dechlor that binds all, chlorine,chlorinine, ammonia,nitrite and nitrates as well as removing heavy metals from the water. Prime is the best. But, is your tank set up right? Is it big enough for the species of fish involved? Does it have adequate filter, air pump and stone or bubble bar? Do you know about cycling the tank?
So tech he is wrong, chlorine and Chloranine both is a death sentence. Get a drop test kit for ammonia,nitrite,nitrate and Ph and test and do weekly Water changes. You have alot to learn, welcome to the hobby! Deffinetly find out about the cycle as this can be a worrisome trial to get through!
2006-10-06 21:34:35 · answer #3 · answered by Fire_Wolf 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well - first - your Father is correct. If you filled your tank without putting some sort of water conditioner in there to remove Chlorine, then most likely this is what killed your fish.
Moreover - even after you get yourself some Dechlorinator - I would recommend doing what is called a "Fishless Cycle" to establish the necessary bacteria for the fish to live in for good health (as opposed to buying some cheap feeders. It's both quicker, and just less messy, and you don't have to destroy some poor feeder fish to achieve this).
Here is an article for you on how that is done. The other questions I have though is how big is your tank, and do you have some kind of filter for it yet or not?
Fishless Cycling
http://www.tropicalfishcentre.co.uk/Fishlesscycle.htm
Good luck to you!
2006-10-06 23:58:29 · answer #4 · answered by sly2kusa 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tap water has chlorine and everytime you put water in the tank, add anti chlorine. This will stop the deaths.
2006-10-06 20:06:51 · answer #5 · answered by Marco A. J. 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to the yahoo home page. Where is says search, type in"how to take care of goldfish" or whatever type of fish it is. You'll get about 2000 sites to instruct you in this sometimes difficult but very rewarding hobby.
2006-10-06 19:13:04 · answer #6 · answered by fishead 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Take your water to the fish store to get test. They can tell you what is wrong with your water. They can recommend what PH is need for the water in your area.
2006-10-06 17:35:09 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you need to check the PH of your water to acidic your fish will get diseased. once my fish had a massive tumor on its head and it burst and died. this actually passed on another disease to another fish and he also died. U need to change the shop where u buy your fish where they can be corrupt as they sell the fish very old and so that you go back and buy one at the same shop which gives them more of a profit. be careful.
dont forget adding a drop of lemonade to your tank when you clean it. to keep the gills of fish of your fish healthy.
2006-10-06 17:41:48 · answer #8 · answered by the_name_is_marley_bob_marley 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
you need to add an additve to the water so its suitable for the fish to live in and a water pump would do them great aswell.you can pick these up quite cheap these days
2006-10-06 17:35:17 · answer #9 · answered by sherminator 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He is Right! You can buy this Liquid that you put in the tank to get rid of Chlorine.
2006-10-06 18:15:00 · answer #10 · answered by Jonas A 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋