I have had a saltwater aquarium for over a year now. Every type of fish I have put in there is still alive to this day except for Butterfly fish and angel fish. Both of those types of fish die within two weeks every time. I have a friend who has had the exact same problem with those two types. Any suggestions on what we might be doing wrong?
2007-03-16 21:32:10 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Fish
Well it seems like your tank has matured, however sometimes even a tank that has been running over a year still does not contain enough bacteria to support these types of fish.
What else is in the tank with them and how large is your tank? Angle fish are a little bit tricky and require higher PH levels than others.
What is your water testing out at? how about the nitrates and ammonia?
Did you buy your other fish from the same place? There could be a few things that are going on in your tank. When they die, do they show signs of stress before hand? If you email me I can try to help you further, or just repost.
2007-03-17 01:40:15 · answer #1 · answered by danielle Z 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You did not report what size tank you have or how you filter the water, nor what size fish you are introducing, nor what you alrady have. My guess is that you have a smallish tank (under 80 gal) which can stabilize and handle the load of several small fishes but that once you introduce a 3-4 " angel the bio load on the tank becomes to high and the fish poison themselves with their waste. Do you test specific gravity, do water dhnages and test/correct disolved oxygen and ammonia, nitrate and nitrite? Also, butterfly fishes, even Atlantic, are very fragile and require a different diet and very, very stable water conditions. They get salt water ich and other deseases just from stress of handling. Shy away from them until you really know what you are doing. Buy your angels very small and watch them grow. The coloration stages they go thru are dramatic and interesting.
2007-03-16 23:44:37 · answer #2 · answered by Nightstalker1967 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2016-10-01 01:48:33 · answer #3 · answered by schenecker 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It could be a number of things. Of course water condition should be checked first. Both of these type of fish have sort of special diets. Butterfly fish eat clams and Angles prefer algae (or greens) flakes, or pellets. Angles like rock work as well. Go to saltwaterfish.com. I order my live stock from here. They also give you general explain of the fish habits, diets, and things like that. They also have a fish guarruntee, and free shipping for purchases of at least 79.00
2007-03-16 21:49:39 · answer #4 · answered by onefinesacaman 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Firetdriver_99, you can get freshwater angels or saltwater angels.
What other fish do you have in your tank???
are they compatible???
Here is a good compatibility chart.
http://www.liveaquaria.com/general/compatibility_chart.cfm
2007-03-16 22:07:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
maybe they cannot adapt to the condition u r giving them.......i bought 50 butterfly fish tht differ in species last time that cost 2 dollars and place them in a 1000 gallon aquarim(i'm a fish lover so i got a loy of huge tanks) and all of them survive and i think some have laid their eggs in the corals.
2007-03-17 00:02:19 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Well I am not sure about the Butterfly fish but Angel Fish are tropical not salt water that could be one reason.
2007-03-16 21:43:23 · answer #7 · answered by firetdriver_99 5 · 0⤊ 5⤋
they are not saltwater fish duh!
2007-03-16 23:59:17 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋