:x i have a 65 gallon tall and i i let it cycle for 3 weeks and tested it and the water was perfect so i added 6 rainbows to start off the next morning the were all dead. i re tested and the water was still good i returned the fish and did a 60% water change and the replacements also died, with in 3 hours. my plecos were fine but every other fish that hit the tank they died. not just rainbows but geophagus and danios.... the water was also tested at the pet store and i was told it was the best sample he had in the last year. there was no visible disease and no chemicals were used to clean out the tank either. so does anyone have any idea what could have caused this???? nitrates nitrites and ammonia were all at zero
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If lymburner took the sample to the fish store they wouldve tested for chlorine and chloramine wouldnt they? Especially if he said his fish were dying. I have no idea as to why they were dying so fast unless he never tested for the chlorine/chloramine and you have a heavy amount in there... but still... 3 hours is crazy! Something in there is stressing them out.
How did you cycle your tank? We all need to know that. There needs to be fish in there to cycle it, unless you were adding ammonia on its own.
How did you cycle your tank? We all need to know that. There needs to be fish in there to cycle it, unless you were adding ammonia on its own.
Perhaps, but I've never seen a LFS test for chlorine/chloramine. I don't think it's the "norm". Not to say it doesn't happen...... I've only seen them test ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, and if asked to pH. Ususally they'll just ask if you used water conditioner IME.kam said:
You'd probably have better luck getting your water tested for chlorine at a pool shop.
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this sounds like chlorine to me....the only time *** seen fish die so quickly was when i added fish to a tank that i did not treat with stresscoat/similar products
tap water will kill fish quickly
tap water will kill fish quickly
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Most tapwater contanimants (chlorine etc) will show in the ammonia test.
Ask a silly question but was the heater switched on?
Could it of failed at some point!
What was your temp at wen you added fish?
Ask a silly question but was the heater switched on?
Could it of failed at some point!
What was your temp at wen you added fish?
I suspect lymburner did a fishless cycle with the wrong ammonia. If so, there's now detergent in the tank. Many water changes will be needed to flush it out of the tank. All filter media will need to be replaced and the filter also will need to be flushed with fresh water.
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that is wear when i cicle a tank
i fill up my tank with water,add some clorine and heavy metal remover,some built up bacteria power.
let it run for 3 days,and put the fish in it
i have put like10 fish the same day in a 100 galons tank and they will be all rigth.
maybe he set it up for salt water and add fresh watter fish.
did any body at home use some air freshener,or raid ant and roach lattly, that may fall a little bit in to tank.
what do you do for living?
you are not a mecanic,painter,garthener?
i am a tree man and i deal with chainsaw all day,i have to put oil and gas on them.
and when i go to eat i wash my hands good,but when i mess with the tanks it has to be like very,very,very,very good.
deap cleanning ,brush fingernails depply,grase remover,soap,and rinse them very good.
check if the heater is not making electricity on water too.
and good luck :thumb:
i fill up my tank with water,add some clorine and heavy metal remover,some built up bacteria power.
let it run for 3 days,and put the fish in it
i have put like10 fish the same day in a 100 galons tank and they will be all rigth.
maybe he set it up for salt water and add fresh watter fish.
did any body at home use some air freshener,or raid ant and roach lattly, that may fall a little bit in to tank.
what do you do for living?
you are not a mecanic,painter,garthener?
i am a tree man and i deal with chainsaw all day,i have to put oil and gas on them.
and when i go to eat i wash my hands good,but when i mess with the tanks it has to be like very,very,very,very good.
deap cleanning ,brush fingernails depply,grase remover,soap,and rinse them very good.
check if the heater is not making electricity on water too.
and good luck :thumb:
Reviving this post. I havent had an aquarium since this one. I did a fishless cycle but i used seeded sponge from another aquarium. I dont have Chlorine in my water since im on a well. No body but me go into my room and i never put my hand in if i handled chemicals. I thought maybe there was a lack of O2 but i added an airpump and had the same results. Heater was running fine. Dont remember the temps but they were in the green on the thermo. Still cant figure out how it happened. As of a few months ago i now have 3 aquariums running and have not had that problem since. This was the only time in 8 years at that house that i had any problems like that.
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what is the PH of the tank? The only thing that will kill a fish in that amount of time is a poison of some sort.. whether it be PH poisoning... chemical poisoning.. also, what temperature are y ou keeping it at? Going down in temperature a few degrees can kill sometimes too. You have plecos living in the tank?
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What is pH poisoning?non_compliance said:
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:lol:smellsfishy1 said:
I once had well water and the levels of copper and zinc were high and also fluctuated from tim eto time. Perhaps theres something with your well water. You should be able to get some information about the aquifer that you are near from the local authorities that cover that. Perhaps its something like that in the well water that was causing it.
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Maybe that's not the "technical" term for it, but you can take a fish out of a 8.8PH tank and drop him into a 6.5PH tank, and you will see what I call "PH poisoning". Fish will swim loop-d-loops for about 30 seconds, lay on the bottom, and be dead.Dj823cichild said:
If the fish he is adding were in a tank with a high PH, and his tank is very acidic, it would easily kill the fish in a few hours. Same wtih temperature. It is a shock to their system.
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