my fish started dropping like flies?

Question

i just bought 2 tiger barbs floated them and took them out put them in my tank . did not mix water, then i fed them blood worms and decided to move my tank over 4 feet. plugged the light back in and one started swimming eradicly then went belly up and died then the red tail shark started doing the same thing they were all loosing color turning pail one after another this was all in like 10 minutes, 1 other thing i didnt have a filter in there for like 2 or 3 days but the cartridge was in and filter was running all the fish were swimming at the top as if they could not breath i took out the ones that were still alive and put them in another tank when i did the color started coming back is it possible when i moved the tank pockets of toxic water were let in to the water its a 10 gallon
also added tiger barbs to a different tank and thoose fish are also swimming towards the top but not dead yet also fed blood worms

Answer 1

It's possible moving the tank disturbed the gravel and if it had not been cleaned well in the past or not clean recently, some toxic gases could have built up in the grave bed and been released when you moved it.

It's also quite possible that the ammonia levels in the tank caused by the lack of filtration for a few days was more than they could stand with the additional stress. I would suggest changing 1/2 the water in the tank and running it without fish for a day,. then return the fish tot he tank.

MM

Answer 2

Firstly, did you use tap water treatmentbottlestuff? Tap water can be fatal to fish if you don't use that stuff. Did you check the PH of the water? Was the temperature right? Did you research tiger barbs before you bought them? I'm not sure about tiger barbs, but it's possible they need special conditions to thrive. Do you have plants? If you've got too many the plants could make the water have too much of a certain... "thing", for lack of better word, like carbon dioxide/oxygen, which could explain why they can't breathe.

Hope that helps, somewhat. If they can't breathe, it's probably a problem with the water itself.

Answer 3

I stopped reading your description of the problem halfway through. The problem is obvious....you know HOW to properly care for your fish, but you don't. Regular water changes are important. Consistent temperature is important. Not moving them from tank to tank is important. You know all these things. You do NONE of these things. These aren't "tips" for a tank. They are rules to follow for a healthy population of fish in an aquarium.

Answer 4

DONT FEED IT WEED!!! Take it out of the water often!