fishfinger94

Hi,my angel fish died 2 days ago and ever since my other fish have not been moving aroud much it looks like they are sad. What can i do to liven them up?
thanks!!

aquarist48

Hello Fishfinger. So sorry to hear about the loss of your Angel. Can you post your readings for ammonia, nitrite and nitrate please. This will help others to help you more.
Best of luck and I hope your fish are happy again soon!
Ken

Lucy

Welcome to FishLore
I'm really sorry to hear you lost your Angel.
It would help to know the readings like aquarist asked
According to your aquarium info, you've had this tank set up for a year?
Have these same fish been in that tank for that long?
28 Liters isn't big enough for the 3 fish you have.
This may be why they seem to be acting sad, they don't have room to grow and act as they normally would in the correct tank size.

Do some research on the fish you have remaining, it would be a good idea to look into getting a larger tank.
Clown loaches like company of their own kind, but they get really big. I think for a group of the 75 gallons is recommended.
Good luck.

kribensis keeper

28L is fine for a molly the other fish might be sad because they lost a friend to make them happy try feeding them blood worms

ATKINSON

28L is not big enough if it is a bigger variety of molly such as sailfin molly. Like Lucy said, they probably cant swim around enough in a tank that small. Sorry about your angel, fish finger..

iloveengl

Welcome to FishLore. I'm sorry, though, that you lost one of your fish and now your other fish are sad.

If my math is correct, 28 L is equivalent to less than 7.5 gallons; I have to respectfully disagree with kribensis Keeper that a Molly would be comfortable in such a small tank. Mollies reach 4" when full grown and need a minimum 75 liters to swim comfortably, plus they produce a lot of waste.

Could this be a mini-cycle problem? Perhaps the fish seem sad because they are suffering ammonia poisoning and lack swim room.

fishfinger94

thanks for the info guys