HI, my father has/had lots of fish, mainly guppies and catfish and other i dont know their name. However, my father changed their water ( he knows the proceedure since he alway had an aquarium and these fish lasted for 3 yrs) and all of a sudden they started dying...one by one.. hmm no, 5 by 5 :\. Could it be the heat of the water? it never happen that the water was a bit hot. i dont think they had a disease since they didnt have any spots or something. i dont know :( we got the survivors and put them in another aquairum but they are also dying :( pls give me guidlines!!
2007-06-27 21:19:00 · 8 answers · asked by ♥ Serena ♥ 2 in Pets ➔ Fish
the only thing they do before they die, is that they swim abit side ways, and then they just die. the cat fish began to jump :s then they died too.
2007-06-27 23:38:11 · update #1
It can be heat - do you know the temperature of your water? If it's warm, warm water doesn't hold as much dissolved oxygen as cooler water, so this can be a problem for your fish. If you use a filter or other aeration, this should at least compensate for some of the temperature.
Do you have a testing kit? Sometimes nitrates get into public water supplies and can cause unexpected rises in nitrates in the tank - I'd check ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate to be sure. If there's nitrite, adding some salt (1 tablespoon per 5 gallons of tank water) can help relieve nitrite poisoning - it won't harm your fish if it isn't there, and the guppies would actually prefer some salt in their water all the time. Non-iodized is best, but if you don't have it I'd use iodized since this seems to be something of an emergency. You can always get non-iodized at another time and add id during water changes.
If you're on public water, there may also have been an excessive dose of chlorine or chloramine in the water. And the company may have switched the chemical used - some products will treat for both, but the dosage is different. If you only treat for chlorine and chloramine is used, you'll have ammonia in the water (toxic to fish).
Are your fish showing any symptoms/odd behaviors before they die? If you could provide any additional info (use the pencil icon beneath your question to "add details") maybe we could diagnose this better. Also see the links below:
2007-06-27 21:53:36 · answer #1 · answered by copperhead 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
It could be the temperature of the water. I have a tropical tank and the water has to be heated within 10 degrees of their normal temp or they'll die. Or it could be shock from too much % of a water change. The water may not have been treated (with water conditioner-Sometimes people slip up.) that's all I can think of for right now. I hope you find out what's going on with them
2007-06-28 04:29:35 · answer #2 · answered by Dianna H 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
sorry if this is no help but ALL my guppies died first 1 by 1 then 4 by 4 it that was a Bactria infection in the new water i put in. When you change the water the fish get stressed, their amune systems weaken and they get infected then pass it from fish to fish, hope this helps
2007-06-28 04:37:52 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
whenever you change the water in a fish tank,you are supposed to add drops that condition the water.and it's possible that the temperature was to high.maybe the pH was off,it could be a number of things.it could be ammonia and chlorine in the water,that caused the fish to die.
2007-06-28 08:39:06 · answer #4 · answered by babygirl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like the city dumped something into the water maybe changed the Ph too drastically. I'm sorry. I have to buy reverse osmosis water because my city does the same thing. The ph is all over the place.
2007-06-28 13:36:26 · answer #5 · answered by Sunday P 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
check the temperature of the water, but also id get a chemical test kit and test the balance of the water. to be losing such a large number of fish at a time. i would say it was more a chemical imbalance in the tank. my guess would be high ammonia / nitrates/ nitrites.
2007-06-28 04:31:13 · answer #6 · answered by animallovinggirlie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Make sure that you check the temp. of the water. After you moved them did you correctly set up their tank? If so this problem should not be occuring
2007-06-28 04:28:58 · answer #7 · answered by Darkslayer 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
the water is toooo hot that's why they die, or it's might be too cold, you have too check the temperature dialy.
2007-06-28 10:15:52 · answer #8 · answered by always right 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋