my fish tank is a ten gallon my moms friend gave me some guppies then i got some from the fish store they all die and we keep having to get new ones but the always die soooo we had the water tested they said nothing was wrong soo i still dont know whats wrong pleas help!!!!!!
2007-08-01 12:23:04 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Fish
What did you have your tank tested for? Do you know anything about cycliing a tank? Do you know the difference between ammonia and nitrite? Email me if you want, I can probably help you.
2007-08-01 12:26:45 · answer #1 · answered by fivespeed302 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
There could be a number of reasons your fish are dieing. From a non cycled or not fully cycled aquarium where the ammonia and nitrites are spiking causing your fish to die to not using a dechlor/water conditioner when you started the tank. How many guppies did you get and what size tank did you put them in? adding too many fish too quickly will also spike ammonia and nitrites. Only add 1-2 fish 1 week apart to allow time for your biofilter to rebound from the addition of fish.
Also, when doing water changes, only remove 25% of the water not the entire tank. Removing all the water makes the tank cycle all over again. You can have your water tested too early. Testing water that is only 2 days old in a tank will not show adverse readings. Cycling the tank takes 1-2 weeks.
Check your temperatures and be sure they are not too high. Also are you floating the fish properly when you bring them home? Floating the bag for 15 min and adding 1/2 - 1 cup of water every 15 minutes 4-5 times will allow your fish to slowly adjust to not only the temperatures but also the PH and water conditions in your tank.
2007-08-05 16:43:37 · answer #2 · answered by danielle Z 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You're not alone in this sort of problem, trust me. One of the trickiest parts of aquarium keeping is 'The New Fish.' Being taken from their home in the pet store, transported in the bag to your aquarium, and adjusting to the new home with strange fish is all very stressful on the fish and it always takes at least a day or so for the fish to recover.
Make sure the fish you're buying are healthy. Look for ones that are eating vigorously and swimming throughout the tank, having smooth skin with no abnormal distortions of skin pattern or color, lesions, white, yellow, or other odd-colored spots, clear eyes that aren't popping out, light-colored poop, no torn fins, and is not swimming vertically or anything.
Make sure, yourself, the water is safe. Re-condition it (I recommend AquaSafe, Stress Coat, and Stress Zyme) and let it cycle for a day or two. Make sure your filter is operating properly and the temperature of the tank is at a suitable level for the fish you're going to get. If you want, add some ammonia remover to make sure the ammonia in the tank as at a non-toxic level.
Hope that helped!
2007-08-01 23:39:02 · answer #3 · answered by Stephen M. 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because your tank is not cycled yet, and guppies are not very hardy fish
http://www.firsttankguide.net/cycle.php
What's the temperature? it suppose to be around 76-82 degrees for guppies
Did you acclimate your new fish? you need to float the bag with the fish for 30 min before releasing them into the tank
Have you gotten your water tested for ammonia and nitrite? They are both suppose to be at "0"
Hope that helps
Good luck
EB
2007-08-01 19:41:44 · answer #4 · answered by Kribensis lover 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
everything 5.0 said i agree to. you have to cycle your tank maybe you might have had tooo many fish in that ten gallon that often can creat stressand not enogh oxygen...get a bigger tank if you are going to add a lot of fish good luck
CL
2007-08-01 19:29:59 · answer #5 · answered by charlie lakeo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Does your fish tank have a disease brought in by the new fish? Did you cycle your tank?
Nosoop4u
2007-08-01 20:04:46 · answer #6 · answered by nosoop4u246 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
are the ones your buying from the store dieing or all of them including the ones that he person gave you it could be bad gravel if its a older tank then its most likely something like the gravels needs to be changed
2007-08-01 20:50:39 · answer #7 · answered by tkerbag 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe the waters to hot or to cold some fish need a certian temp. try going to a differnt pet store to have your water check. or try geting the fish from some wherer eles
2007-08-01 20:53:14 · answer #8 · answered by ericastar_03 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try a different Store. Sometimes they came infected from the store
2007-08-01 21:28:02 · answer #9 · answered by Rock N Roll HootchieCoo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the problem might be the tank itself i had the same problem and i chaged the tand and my fish wer doin fine after that i recomend that you should change the tank there in hope it helps
2007-08-01 20:51:43 · answer #10 · answered by jessica s 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋