trem1

hi there im new to this site and to fish keeping
ive got a 60 litre tank which ive had for about six weeks now,ive done everything pets at home told me and recently started adding fish,everything was going well until about five days ago when after adding two sucking loaches i started to lose fish im losing about one a day my water levels are

ph 7.4
ammonia 0 ppm
nitrite 0 ppm
nitrate 5.0
i believe these are ok whats your opinions

btw if ive posted this in the wrong place admin feel free to move?slap my wrists or whatever

Chief_waterchanger

What kinda fish and how many do you have in the tank?

COBettaCouple

what are you testing with? what are you treating your tap water with? what temp is the tank at?

trem1

we have two shrimp, two loaches, six silver barb(i think), update there actually platies not barbs eight guppy's
testing with API feshwataer master test kit

the silver barb were given to us by a neighbour with some guppy's about four weeks ago when we started adding fish
it appears its only the guppy's thats dying

why

Bryn

if your tank levels are all good like you say and you recently added 2 new fish well the most likely reason is you've introduced a disease into your tank with the new fish?

first of all did any of the other fish look unhealthy in the tank that u bought ur new fish out of?>
did they get a good slow process off putting them in ur tank?

i think you should put a general disease killer into your tank since its way to late at this stage to just quarantine ur new fish separately

let me no how u go cheers,

Neville

welcome trem

COBettaCouple

that tank is pretty overstocked and that's probably part of the problem. the guppys are the first to be affected, being the weakest fish most likely. that and/or a new disease are the most likely source of the trouble.. what are the symptoms of the fish sick and/or the symptoms of the fish that have died? what's the current chemistry readings?

timg

Hi there and welcome to the forum. I would guess that you are in the UK, since you use Pets at Home, and their advice isn't always good, so be wary of it.

Guppies are not particularly strong and do tend to fall over at the slightest problem, but I would go along with Bryn on this and suspect an imported disease, especially if the fish came from above! I have had loads of problems with their fish, they are always very stressed out, sometimes covered in white-spot, the water parameters of their tanks are intolerable at times, and the fish move in and out so quickly that they don't have chance to settle down.

Meth Blue is a good med to start with if you are uncertain as to what is causing the deaths, but only use half the amount recommended or the tank will stain permanently.

The other thing to do is to inspect the fish very closely to see if there are any signs of disease there. I would start with the newest arrivals, since they probably brought it in. Look for white spots, fin damage, reddened gills, blotches or patches on the scales or fins, raised scales, or anything else that looks like it doesn't belong. If nothing shows, then it's possibly an internal parasite problem, which is very difficult to diagnose, but simple to treat. I use Inter-pet meds, as they are very effective and easy to get.

Let us know how you get on.

Before adding any meds, be sure to remove any active carbon from the filter, if it's fitted.