paigeyduckie
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My little cousin has a 10-gallon fish tank and their lives have been in a bit of disarray. I went over to their house (they live like 2 miles away) and cleaned their fish tank that was bombarded with algae.
They admitted they had not cleaned the tank in over three months.
So I gave the entire tank a scrubbing with clean water, rinsed the gravel substrate and scrubbed down the decor. I also scrubbed down the filter and changed the cartridge (it had a good 1/4 in of thick algae on it). Finally, I replaced the four fish (I acclimated them to the new water). Unfortunately one died when they were waiting for their clean tank.
Once again, it has been hectic and I completely understand how this could have been ignored (we all have our situations) but I did give my cousin a talk about responsibility. They got their fish from Walmart and I researched what they were:
One was a Bala Shark (there were two but one died)
I believe another is a Columbian Shark but I do not know for sure it has ALOT of whiskers.
I have no idea what the third one is... I'll try to get a picture soon.
All these fish were small when they got them but of course, over the course of a year, they have grown quite a lot. I convinced him that I would do something about the fish so they could have a bigger home and I could get him some fish that were appropriate for his tank size.
So now I'm stuck on what to do. I talked about it with my mom and were thinking that they might be diseased and no one would want them. So here are some options that I want opinions on:
1: Try and find someone who can take them diseased or not
2: Wait for them to die
3: Humanely kill them? I don't think I could do that... same with number 2
Any other ideas?
Please tell me your advice...
They admitted they had not cleaned the tank in over three months.
So I gave the entire tank a scrubbing with clean water, rinsed the gravel substrate and scrubbed down the decor. I also scrubbed down the filter and changed the cartridge (it had a good 1/4 in of thick algae on it). Finally, I replaced the four fish (I acclimated them to the new water). Unfortunately one died when they were waiting for their clean tank.
Once again, it has been hectic and I completely understand how this could have been ignored (we all have our situations) but I did give my cousin a talk about responsibility. They got their fish from Walmart and I researched what they were:
One was a Bala Shark (there were two but one died)
I believe another is a Columbian Shark but I do not know for sure it has ALOT of whiskers.
I have no idea what the third one is... I'll try to get a picture soon.
All these fish were small when they got them but of course, over the course of a year, they have grown quite a lot. I convinced him that I would do something about the fish so they could have a bigger home and I could get him some fish that were appropriate for his tank size.
So now I'm stuck on what to do. I talked about it with my mom and were thinking that they might be diseased and no one would want them. So here are some options that I want opinions on:
1: Try and find someone who can take them diseased or not
2: Wait for them to die
3: Humanely kill them? I don't think I could do that... same with number 2
Any other ideas?
Please tell me your advice...