I have a 90 gallon tank been up and running a month been putting fish once a week and everything seemed fine havent lost a one ...went amd got a glofish long fin and 2 albino catfish and everything still seemed fine I look over at my tank and my long fin glofish is at the bottom and looks like his tail has been eaten are something its gone none of the other look this way ...I have one other longfin ,my tank is all tetra glofish ...im so confused my water levels look good ,steady temps...any idea of my fish did it are if I have a disease going on ...I dont want loose these there expensive fish...have 38 and now 37
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What are your ammonia, nitrite and nitrate levels? What is your gh and ph?
Did you quarantine the new fish? How long?
Was your tank cycled?
Did you quarantine the new fish? How long?
Was your tank cycled?
Retired Viking
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Do you know about the nitrogen cycle? Sorry about the questions but it helps us locate the problem. Please answer the questions @JuiceBox52 asked, they are important to know.
No,I did not quarantine, all my levels are normal jist checked them...didnt cycle what does that mean ....I have always had small tanks and small filters this one runs the fluval fx6
Could you get the exact numbers? Thanks
cycling is the process in which you grow bacteria to convert the ammonia into nitrite and then into nitrate. Is it the new fish that died or an old one?
How many of each type do you have in the tank?
GloFish are fraught with health problems because they are genetically modified so you may have gotten an already weak one
Retired Viking
Fish Connoisseur
You should do a major water change, ammonia is building up in your tank which is dangerous for your fish, do you have a water test kit?
Retired Viking
Fish Connoisseur
Have you added any chemicals to the water besides water conditioner for the chlorine?
Yes I have the kit just tested ,this was a new one I just brought,nitrate was 40,nitrite was 0, hardness was 75, chlorine 0 we have well,alkality 80,ph is 6.8
No chemicals at all ....
There all glofish tetra beside 3 albino catfishCould you get the exact numbers? Thanks
Is it the new fish that died or an old one?
How many of each type do you have in the tank?
GloFish are fraught with health problems because they are genetically modified so you may have gotten an already weak one
Did you dechlorinate the water?
Retired Viking
Fish Connoisseur
You need to test for ammonia, I would suggest picking up a bottle of Tetra SafeStart Plus, it will help jump start your cycle. Get the big bottle since the smaller one only handles tanks up to 60 gallons. Do a major water change, we suggest 75% but if you can not do that do as much as you can. Make sure you add water conditioner to the new water.
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Ok thanks will definitely do that..the rest of them seem fine ..but this one did too and bam it was on bottom.
Retired Viking
Fish Connoisseur
When you do the water change also vacuum the gravel really well and try to reduce the amount of food you feed the fish so that there is little wasted. It will break down into ammonia also. Live plants can help absorb ammonia-it is food to them, do you have any live plants in your tank?
No live plants,I feed them 2 times a day havent been set up but almost month and I see algea under the light in the inside but have bubbler right there is that bad
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