Fish disease?

Question

DAy 1 Fish got over fed.
Day 2 tank got reallly cloudy
End of the day 3 2 of our 6 fish have died.
Day 4 (today) 1 more of our fishpasted aaway and we put in "Crystal Clear" one drop per gallon.
WHAT IS WRONG?

IT is not a brand new tank and the only fish i know is the sucker fish. THe other two i don't know.

THe tank is a 25 gallon. Two of the fish that pasted away were small (less then 2 inches in lengh) one was gold and the other was striped with black. The other one was a gold fish.

Answer 1

What size tank, and what are other aquarium water conditions? What kind of fish?

Answer 2

CORRECTIONS of the person above me: You DONT NEED to add aquarium salt or start over your tank. To clean the decorations get a scrubing aquarium brush scrub them with water OR you can boil them in hot water for 3 days ONLY if they wont melt!! (I mean like day 1 boil in for 30 min. same for day 2, 3).

What kind of food did you feed them? Read the back does it say if you feed right amount it will NOT cloud the water? Well if so you overfed so it did cloud the water. If this is the case i suggest doing a 25-35% water change just to help out your fish. Do you have a water test kit? I suggest having a liquid test kit. I use a great one it is called Aquarium Pharmaceuticals Freshwater Master Test Kit about 20-25$ at PetSmart. When you do the water change use another great product called Prime by SeaChem it is very easy and works like a charm. Make sure your water isnt above 80-81 degrees this could make them overheat and die. Please give us some more information like what your ammonia in the tank is: (could be ammonia poisioning from too much poop or food), nitrAtes, nitrItes, and pH levels thanks. Also do some more research and look at pictures of fish to see which kind of fish you have this is an important part. Thanks if you need anything else you can email me! good luck :]

Answer 3

Hi you are probabley gonna need to start all over with your tank. Here is info I have learned over the years in trail and error. I have had everything from a 2 gallon tank to a 10,20,26,55, 130 gallon tank.

First things first. Always add water conditioner and aquarium salt when setting up. ALL the items you are putting in your tank such as stones,fake plants,decorations, should be washed in a water aquarium salt solution. NEVER use soap of any kind.

Do not even have anything on your hands when doing this for example;hand lotion,soap,perfume. You set up an aquarium it should set for at least 2 weeks with the filter systems running before you put anything in it. Once this time period is over. I would add the cheapest tester fish you can buy. This is to make sure the quality of water is going to be good for them.Give them about a week to see how good they do before buying anymore. If they don't make it you might have to get water from elsewhere.

Do not just throw the fish in when you bring them home.They should remain in the bag, but be placed in the aquarium to let their water temp slowly progress to the temp of the aquarium. This usually takes about 1/2 hour. If you just throw them in you are gonna shock them. If this happens you will lose them. Do not over fill the tank with fish, we go by the size of the fish. For example; 1 square inch of fish for every gallon of water.

If you are going to use chlorine water when replacing the water please use a additive in the water before you put it in the tank. This neutralizes the chlorine. Always and I mean always add aquarium salt to your tank when putting new fish in the tank. This will help on their stress levels. The salt will have directions on correct amounts to add on the back of the container. Do not add water that is too hot or too cold. It should be luke warm and just about match the temp of the aquarium. If you find little white spots on your fish after adding water that means the water was to hot or cold. Thus causing a disease called ick. This will kill your fish, if you don't buy a medication to clear it.

I suggest using a Magnum and a Penguin brand filter system together. This is for tanks ranging in sizes 20 to 130 gallons. Do not buy just any old run of the mill fish food for them. Check with your local pet store. I order out for mine to a place called Big Als. I have been an aquarium owner for 25 years.

Answer 4

This is not a disease. This is a great example of accidental dirty tank causing fish death. Long term overfeeding or overstocking of your tank can lead to disease, however.
Simple solutions to emergency overfeeding situation:
Day 1. Net out excess food and change filter cartridge and begin using StressZyme or similar bacterial starter. Day 2. Do 25% water change. Day 3. Do 25% water change. Day 4,5,6. Do 25% water change. Day 7. Add next dose of Bacteria Starter. During this process do not feed your tank.
Crystal Clear does not clean water, it binds ammonia particles.
What is wrong is: Your bacterial level could not handle the amount of waste in your tank. You need to build it up. Use bacteria starter weekly. Discontinue the use of Crystal Clear. Avoid overfeeding.

Answer 5

forget the crystal clear -- do 25% water changes every other day for about a week.

is it safe to assume its a new tank? its a little more complicated starting a new tank then putting in water and adding fish. do some research on the nitrogen cycle and "cycling" your tank.

only feed the fish what they can eat in two minutes -- leftover food feeds bacteria that can kill the fish (which i think you learned) crystal clear is not an antibioitc. just start doing 25% water changes using a gravel vaccuum and then start over again the right way by following cycling instructions.

Answer 6

The tank is not cycled and was probably too small to support that many fish at once. You can do a 25% water change with a gravel vac. Please tell us the tank size and type of fish. Please don't say you had 6 gold fish in a 10 gallon or even a 20 gallon...

Answer 7

you need to give information, was this a brand new tank? what kind of fish? how big of a tank? But above all, dont put chemicals like clarifiers into your tank, just do a water change and use a dechlorinator.

Answer 8

This isn't an attack, just trying to help you understand why people say to do water changes:

If your kids were getting sick because of filthy piles of poop in their beds, would you spray Lysol and deodorizers on it or would you change their sheets?

Your fish need clean water, not chemicals in their tank.

Answer 9

your tank is going through a cycle, and when it does that, it's absolutely normal for a tank to get cloudy, because the bacteria needs to establish

your tank is going through a nitrogen cycle, and you can't fix cloudiness with chemicals, but only with patience and waterchanges
http://fishlesscycling.com/articles.html



Hope that helps
Good luck



EB

Answer 10

We need more information, than we can give helpful answers.