melnick6003

I have been losing fish about one a week for a few weeks. I have lost i angel fish 2 lemon tetras and one gourmi. My water parameters are perfect and I do a weekly 25% water change and my tank is well planted and has been set up almost a year. The fish are showing symtoms that are no help, just no appetite and staying in one spot. I am at a loss if this keeps up my tank will soon be empty. I have considered using a bacterial treatment but i hate using meds in the end it kills all the good you had worked so hard for. any advice will help!!!

agabr123

do you have exact readings for the tank? have you changed anything recently (filter media, gravel, all decorations, etc)?

MaddieLynn

Do a test on all 3 of the important tank tests: ammonia, Nitrites, and nitrate. Let us know what they say.

Also, do their fins look any different? Sounds kinda like fin rot...

melnick6003

the tests came out amonia 0 PPM ph7 I don't have a kit to test NO2 NO3 however the only thing i changed is I bought some live plant after christmas and they are doing very well. I have done the same routine on my tank since i owed it and no new fish have been intoduced since end of nov. i have had tanks for years none of this is making sense to me. I just fed my fish and noticed another fish with 2 red sores one just behind the eye and ond by the tail. however he is not showing symotoms could this be related i have not noticed any sore on any of the fish that have already died

melnick6003

I had decided to treat with an anibacterial treatment last night this morning when I went to feed them he is eating and swimming again so it must be working!! can plants bring infect your tank with disease??

agabr123

i guess it depends on what kind of plant and if they were kept with any fish....if just the plants were in a tank with NO fish then that probably wasn't it, but it's possible if there are fish in the tank with plants then they carried something in. that's really just a guess though, i'm not sure.

also, i'd get an API freshwater master test kit, it has tests for ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, and pH and is MUCH more accurate IMO than the strips or any other kit i've heard of.

melnick6003

no there were no fish with the plants. yes I know that i need to get a better test kit however i just haven't gotten that far yet. I just hope i get this all figured out by next week as I am leaving for two week on vacation. My neighbour is going to take care of my fish but he is just a begginer fish keeper.