My angelfish(fresh) die in a day,why?

Question

Water is 82,softened with Tetra Blackwater Extract and a little salt.Ph is 7.00,i started with hard tap water.Small angels live sometime only hours.
I am experienced and using a well cycled tank.Neons and zebra danios have been in this tank for months with no problems.So ?????????

Answer 1

Get the exact water parameters from the fish store you're buying them from. If they're kept at 6.0 & you put them in a 7.2 tank, the shock will kill small specimins within a day.

Get the Temp, PH, and GH values from the tank they're sold in the store. KH doesn't have much effect on the fish's internal processes, but you can get it also. Salinity can also have an effect.

Answer 2

It might be the store you are buying them from.

I worked at a popular pet store/ fish store for two years. The angels we got in were always sick and I had most fo them dying on a daily basis.

The large ones died the quickest, while the small ones lived a little longer. And yes as bad as it is - the ones who lived were sold. Many companies are all about making money.

Try a different store and see if that is different.

Since you are experience and you said the tank is cycled - I'm assuming the water has been decholrinated?

Answer 3

Well, when you say you're experienced, it makes it more difficult to help figure out what it could be because one must assume you've already checked everything. You haven't given a lot of details, so I'm just going to review the things you didn't mention and it applies or it doesn't. That quick of a death is usually brought about by a shock, either in temperature or water quality. Are you certain that your thermometer/temperature gauge is accurate? Angelfish like a soft, acidic water. 7.0 is at the very maximum of that range of 5.8-7.0, so it could be that the water is too hard. 7.0 is at the maximum for both the danios and the neons as well, so you might want to slowly drop down the ph levels to maybe 6.5. You know what your ph level is and you say you cycle your water, but you haven't specifically said whether you test your water. In my opinion, the answer is always found by testing the water. I've thrown out everything I can think of, so I'm kind of at a loss. I know this sounds kind of cavalier, but if your water conditions just don't work for angelfish, maybe you should give up on them and try something else. I had the same thing with fuschia plants. I love their flowers, but I simply cannot learn how to keep them. They all die. I can keep every other kind of plant perfectly, but not fuschias. I refused to give up for years, but I finally had to admit that I just didn't have the touch and I don't buy them anymore. I know when we want something, we won't give up until we can make it work, but in the case of a life, is the experimentation worth it? I wish I knew the answer and how to make this better. Good luck!

Answer 4

Your water is a little warm. It should only be around 72-76 for tropical fish. You didn't say what the levels are in your tank of the following: ammonia, nitrate, nitrite or even chlorine. Danios are incredibly hardy fish, so i wouldn't judge anything based on the fact that they survived. Also, angels are highly sensitive fish to changes, so I hope your tank is heavily planted to ease the transition. If nothing else works, put your angels in a quarantine tank when you bring them home. Then you'll know if it's the angels or something in your other tank.

Answer 5

Sometimes there is not enough of an adjustment period when you introduce a new fish to the water conditions. Also, since you sound experienced, you probably know about all the common problems with introducing new fish. I know sometimes angels will have issues with bursting their swim bladder due to ramming against the sides of a new tank. it happens. Your water is a little warm. I would keep it around 72 degrees. Angels typically like a pH of 6.5, though they will adjust (slowly) to a higher pH.

Answer 6

my question is did u float the bag on i nthe tank for 5 -10 mins and if u did that then u just got a bad fish from the store also angel fish r considered brackish fish and need some salt in there tank

Answer 7

I would agree with most other posts stating your temp is to high.......as for why they are not able to survive...not real sure. I am wondering if you introduce them to your water slowly......by that I mean...do you just put the bag in there and let the temps equalize.....or do you slowly add your water to the water in the bag until you have added almost as much water as was originally in the bag. ??? post what your water parameters are.....ammo, nitrite, nitrate if ya don't mind..that could narrow it down, possibly

Answer 8

pH swings most likely, you must use chemical to lower the ph, those cause swings, try driftwood or other ways to lower the pH. Angelfish do better from pH5-6. They can be really fragile, so choose your supplier well. If the fish died from one store, try another.

Answer 9

check this link: http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=987 for the parameters...angelfish are really persnickity, and hard to keep. the ph is at the upper level of the range, check your kh

Answer 10

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