This weekend my son's 3 year old, carnival-won goldfish passed away. She had seemed normal and healthy up until 2 days prior. The only environmental change she experienced was that we moved her tank from in front of the window to a darker corner 1 month ago. Did the change of sunlight make a difference?
2007-08-27 02:25:43 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Fish
Well it seems so far that the sunlight itself most likely did not affect "Wanda". We had her for 3 Years...guess it was her time.
2007-08-27 02:58:11 · update #1
Several factors could been at play here.
*The move could have caused temperature changes as has already been stated.
*Water conditions may have still been deteriorating all along and this was more of a coincidence
*With the move and possible increase in temperature, it is possible that poor conditions such as ammonia would have been more lethal as respiration for your fish would increase, which would increase toxicity of ammonia (ammonia is more lethal at higher temperatures)
*Higher activity induced by the change would also stimulate appetite and again increase pollution, especially if a lower quality food is fed.
Finally as per UV (something I have spent a large amount of time in research about); UV is helpful for destruction of disease pathogens, however a window is a poor source of UVA, UVB, and UVC (which is what destroys pathogens) is not even present.
Glass blocks more than 60% of UV radiation (not infrared)
Polycarbonate is more in the 90%+ range
Quartz is 99% efficient
2007-08-27 05:25:06 · answer #1 · answered by Carl Strohmeyer 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Might just have been the move. The sunlight if not allowed to be too much kills a lot of bad bacteria and other things. UV rays help keep the water usable.
When in a darker place without a proper light the water has to be treated and changed a lot more often.
A little side bit for you. Years ago when i was young, A young girl won a goldfish and bowl at a carnival. She put it in the window like a good little girl. A few days later the house burned down to the ground. The fire department firmly believed it was the goldfish bowl acting as a magnifying glass and started the fire.
The girl and her brother were at school and the parents were ar their little store. The gold fish was never seen again.
2007-08-27 10:44:36 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, the chance of lighting wouldn't make a significant difference, but the associated change in temperature could. It's possible the tank is now a few degrees cooler due to the move and this would lead to lowered activity levels from the fish, if that's the difference you are seeing.
Also, the simple act of moving the tank from one side of a room to another can cause a fish to react. It's much the same as the minor stress caused by moving it from one tank to another and could cause the fish to act strangely or stop eating for a few days.
MM
2007-08-27 09:35:30 · answer #3 · answered by magicman116 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Not very likely. Fish usually die from water quality issues. If your son is looking for a replacement Walmart has inexpensive setups. But watch out, fish are addictive, I have spent thousands of dollars on them.
P.S. goldfish are a breed of carp and can live for a very long time. I have two (that cost me 30 cents each) that are been in my tank for over six months.
2007-08-27 09:37:28 · answer #4 · answered by David 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Common goldfish like there water a little bit cooler than most fish. I had one that died 3 days after I got it. I kept it in the right temperature, the right size bowl, but it still died. Most common goldfish die in less than a month, unless they are a fantail goldfish. I have had my fantail goldfish for about 3 months so far.
2007-08-27 09:37:23 · answer #5 · answered by hotpinkkatharyn 1 · 0⤊ 3⤋
A tank isint sopose to be in sunlight cuz it makes algea,so i wouldnt think that would have done it
2007-08-27 09:33:41 · answer #6 · answered by Gemini 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋