new fish!!!!!! help?

Question

i have been having major problems with my ten gallon fish tank. about a week and a half ago i got 3 sword tails (1 boy and 2 girls) and two blue rams. i already had
2 guppies
1 cory cat
2 zebra danios

everything was great for more than a month and i wanted to get some fish
well 2 days atfer i got the fish the swordtail got fungus on his mouth and i put medication in but he died =(
yesterday the little girl died but i didn't see any fungus
my zebras i have no idea what they have but their tails are disapearing they are still swimming
when ever i get new fish my tank gets ruined please help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

first i bought fish from petland but they brought illnesses so i bought these from another store

Answer 1

That is a problem with getting new fish. All too often you get more than you bargain for in the form of diseases. I'll not lecture about the benefits of a quarantine / hospital tank, but to avoid this in the future you might consider one.

No doubt your zebra danios have fin rot. it's a bacterial infection that usually starts never the ends of the fins and will eventually work it's way onto the body of the fish where it will then kill the fish.

The only treatment for fin rot is an antibiotic. Either Maracyn or Maracyn 2 are effective in the treatment of fin rot. Both are widely available and in most better pet stores. Just treat per directions on the box or bottle and remember to follow the instruction to remove the carbon from the filter. This will clear the fin rot from the tank and one possible cause of what killed your swordtail as well.

While these guys are healing, take a look at the idea of a quarantine tank before your next fish purchase. If I can be of any assistance, please feel free to email me.

MM

Answer 2

You're overstocking the 10 gallon. It stresses the fish which lowers their immune systems, bringing on everything from fungus to ick.
For your blue rams alone, the recommended tank size is 30 gallons. Danios are schooling fish and as such, should be in schools of 5 or 6 to thrive, otherwise they get stressed. Same with cory cats. So there are several things going on.
For a 10 gallon tank you could go with a school of zebras. Or a school of cories and your guppies and sword tails.
The less stress and the better the water quality, the easier time you'll have with them :)

Answer 3

It sounds like to me that you need to get some fin rot medication for the zebras. It may be a good idea for u to get a small one or two gallon tank and start your new ones in there before you put them with your healthy fish. I know that sometimes when you start moving fish it stresses them out and this is how they get sick. Try some stress reducers, and aqua salt (not table salt)-it is sold in pet stores, the salt puts electrolytes in the water and helps improve gill function and helps build there immune system. Hope this helps.

Answer 4

First of all you have way to many fish. place 1 inch of fish per gallon. For example a cory growws to 3 inches. So you have 7inches of fish left to put in. Change your water 75% Now. Change50% weekly. Put srees coat, aquarium salt and A bacterial/ fungal / parasite med in now. If you want faster resles overdose a tiney bit. If you add the regular dossage+ 1/4 of the regulare dosage. Dio nat keep chiclids in aten gallon. If this dosent work after your fish die do a 100% water change. Wash everything start over and addd 1 inch off fish per week. That should keep you safe .Before you add fish medicate each new fish for aweek

Answer 5

List of aquarium diseases
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The following is a list of aquarium diseases. New fish can sometimes introduce diseases to aquaria, and these can be difficult to diagnose and treat. Most fish diseases are also aggravated when the fish is stressed. Common aquarium diseases include the following:


A Goldfish with Fish DropsyAmylodinium (marine velvet)
Anchor worms
Cryptocaryon (marine ick)
Dropsy
Fin rot
Skin or Gill Flukes
Ichthyophthirius (white spot or ick)
Velvet Disease, including Oodinium
Tuberculosis
Hexamita (hole in the head)
Lymphocystis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aquarium_diseases

http://www.fishpalace.org/Disease.html

http://saltaquarium.about.com/cs/compldiagnodisease/a/diseasetrouble.htm

Answer 6

dont listen to the Retards about 1 inch to a gallon you have enough fish also i would suggest buying Fish from a Different location not a big company like pets smart buy from local fish stores

Answer 7

1 inch of fish needs 5 Gallons of water so im estimating you get a 50-100 gallon tank.

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