What am i doing wrong in my tank/?

Question

on december i had:
12 neons
10 glowlites
i lost 9 fish and then

on january i had
6 neons
7 glowlites
3 swordtails
6 guppies
i lost 5 fish and then

february i had
4 neons
4 glowlites
3 swordtails
1 shrimp
4 guppies
i lost 7 fish

and now i have
2 neons
1 glowlites
3 swordtails
5 sunset platies
10 guppies

NOTE:
its a 15 gal tank
i feed my fish 2 times a day
it has lots of plants
i am from the philippines (hot,humid climate)(unstable)
it has rocks and pebbles
i make sure everyone feeds

i have yet to lose a fish this month
march is my best month so far in handling fish

-they just die the next morning one by one

-temperature....hmmm i dont have a thermometer but if you are asking what kind of
climate we have here...it is hot-very hot-hot and so on....

i never spotted and disease on them except for the one glowlite who had been swimming sidewards.

i always keep my water clean.
except for last week.
only a glowlite died last week anyway.

i did all the necessary stuff in setting up a new tank.
i have a filter.
i have an oxygen system.
i dont have the stuff the indicates temperature and ph level.

Answer 1

Yeah that is way too many fish for a 15 gallon.The most widely known rule for stocking a tank is one inch of fish per gallon of water. Go to your local pet store and get a water testing kit. It could be your ph levels,nitrate levels, or amonia. They have three tests in one kit for about 20 dollars.

Answer 2

While your tank may be over crowded, you will want to pick up a test kit. this way you can test every day or as much as you want, to check the water quality.

due to the possibility of overcrowding, you may have a high ammonia level. this will kill you fish quickly.

the temp should be around 77-80 F, no higher. You can get a cheap thermometer that sticks to the side of the tank if you dont have the money to get a digital one.

do not buy any more fish, until you figure out the source of the problem

there are many water conditions that you can purchase to lower or raise the pH (try having it around 7.2-7.5), elimiate ammonia, nitrates and nitrites

you may also want to cut down feeding to only once a day. a lot of the food will sink to the bottom and the fish, if they are hungry will eat it from the bottom of the tank. Only feed your fish enough that they can consume in like 2-3 minutes.

If there are no signs of illness, your water quality is most likely the cause of death. so you will want to do something about this ASAP. Good luck!

Answer 3

in the starting up, not in any respect EVER purchase fish from Walmart. bypass to a community, relatives-owned, non-commercial fish save when you end right here. To cycle a tank, suited, you want to get a liquid water parameters attempt kit or attempt strips you should purchase at like Petco or Petsmart, your community puppy save. once you get that make certain your filter out is operating because that's the position the effective bacteria grows. to appropriately cycle an aquarium that's going to take 4-8 weeks. on a on a daily basis foundation upload a pinch of Fish foodstuff. this can create ammonia. After some weeks bacteria will construct as a lot as eliminate ammonia and convert it into Nitrites. Nitrites are poisonous besides as ammonia so that you nevertheless favor to operate fish foodstuff. After yet another few weeks nitrites will spike then bypass down and convert to Nitrate. attempt your water per week. at the same time as your attempt kit shows 0 ammonia 0 nitrite and 20 or a lot less nitrates then your tank has cycled. on the accurate of the cycle your Nitrates will be severe so a 25-50% water replace will decrease those levels. then you definately can upload a unmarried Betta. After that preform 25% water ameliorations once per week. Please do not upload any fish on your tank until eventually you've cycled.you've already killed too many animals, yet you've been given undesirable information. So make it more beneficial useful and maximum superb your mistake and do not shrink corners.

Answer 4

It sounds like to me you are probably overstocking the tank just a bit. I assume you have a filter on the tank, if not, this would be a major part of the reason you are losing fish. You also need to be doing regular water changes. Change out about 1/4 of the water each week and clean the gravel as you remove the old water. Wash out the filter using the old water before you dispose of it. Doing those things will improve your tank significantly and go a long way to keeping your fish alive.

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Answer 5

well for starters 22 fish in a 15 gal tank might be a bit much. Are you keeping the water clean? Have you used a test kit to see how the water is faring as far as chemical levels? There is a lot more to keeping a healthy tank than just adding water and fish.

Answer 6

man i think i know the solution to Ur problem i have faced a similar one my self
first u have aggressive fishes like sword tails mixed with guppies
get together fishes of same nature like gold guppies sharks(i am not joking) coy carps comets etc or mollies sword tails sharks tiger barbs etc.notice that sword tails are always behind the guppies as Ur sword tail count is always constant

another thing is that Ur temperature is high so try to keep it cool for the fish most fish like an optimum temperature of about 28-38 degrees centigrade keep checking the the temperature and maintain the temperature by switching the fan on if too hot or switching on the thermo regulator (available with aquarist) if too cold

make sure ur rocks are clean as LEECHES if present can kill fishes

clean ur tank regularly or use a tank filter try deceasing the number of trees as lack of exercise an also cause death

OK see ya all the best for Ur tank

Answer 7

by the sound of it your putting in too many fish at once. dont add any more than 4 at a time and do water changes between adding fish.
this is because adding more fish causes a nitrate bloom.
also cheack the chemical levels of the water. amonia,nitrate,nitrite and ph.
also diffrent types of fish need a diffrent water temp get a thommeter and make sure the tank isnt too hot or cold.

also your tank sounds a bit crouded.

Answer 8

when you started the tank did you treat it. they have stuff at wal-mart that you put into the tank and it cleans the water of the chemicals that can hurt your fish. plus you didnt say anything about a filter system. you need that cause it helps to keep the water clean after the first treatment. i have had my fish for years and i never change the water just add as needed and change the filter every month to be sure it is working well. every couple of months put a little more stuff in to help the chemicals.

Answer 9

i think there is alot of missing information.
what temperature is the water?
do the fish that are dying show any symptoms that could point to disease?
are you fertilizing your plants?
how often do you change your water?
what are the levels of ammonia/pH/nitrates/nitrites/water hardness?

anyway, now i've used up my answer asking a bunch of questions, but giving this information might just get you the answer you've been looking for!

ps: sorry about your fish loss! i hate losing fish, so good luck finding an answer

Answer 10

Sorry if I've been harsh with you before. Let me say this nicely. Your tank is way overstocked. You should only have 5-6 2 inch fish in there.