1 of my 3 mollie fish died in my clean tank, why?Will the others be ok still?

Question

the ph and tempature r normal and the tank is clean apart from a few dead leaves that i removed when i found my yellow mollie dead. i put stress coat and stress zyme in the tank fairly regulary and the water is always conditioned to remove the chlorine. Why did he die?

Answer 1

Be like the Ghandi of fish. A fish tank is not a lamp, a painting or a statue to look at. It's a thriving ecological system that you are in charge of.

Leave them alone. Stop cleaning so much and throw your net away and slap your hand if you even think about netting your fish into a bucket. When they see you, don't stress them out sticking your hands in the water, or netting up the goop, or spot cleaning. Stop messing and just feed them, or talk to them but in happy, quiet tones. Help them to associate you with something positive. When my fish see me, they perk up. Many of them have never seen a net since the pet store trauma.

Check your bubbler. Small bubbles add saturated O2 into the water. Large bubbles can remove 02 from the water.

For their health, put something in the water to make their lives interesting. Plants, castles etc. Don't use any LEAD weights. Lead is poison.

Answer 2

The pH and the temp. are not the most important things

The most important thing, is to test for ammonia, it's suppose to be at "0" at all times

Also do parital waterchanges of 25% weekly with a gravelsiphon, not more then that

And stop putting all that crap in there

The only thing you need to do is putting conditioner in the water you add as directed, that's it

If your ammonia levels are of the chart, you need to do a 50% waterchange right away, and follow up with 25% partials every 4 days, until your readings are at "0"

If your tank is new however, it's going through a cycle
here is a link that describes it in detail
http://www.firsttankguide.net/cycle.php



Hope that helps
Good luck


EB


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Answer 3

Sometimes they just die naturally, or due to shock, fright or old age (Most fish only live a few years).

If the others are still moving alot and not lethargic, then they are healthy.

Answer 4

I hate to break it to you, but fish can die from causes other than a dirty tank. It sounds like you did nothing wrong, and the fish was either sickly from when you got it, or he just died of old age. I wouldn't worry about your other fish unless you notice changes in them or something.

Answer 5

I don't know why he died. The tank sounds okay to me, I hope the others will be okay.

Answer 6

fish kept captive tend to die.

not always, but more often than not.

i love wild animals so i don't keep them.

Answer 7

maybe he was too old
was sick
just died naturally
wtvr reason it is, its not urs!