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Great advice everyone- thankyou. My confidence is returning slowly!

Letting it stand for 72 hours i imagine means i dont need to use an additive to neutralise the chlorine/ chloramine in the tap water. Can you confirm as i am not a fan of our reliance on these additives- We use Nutrafin AquaPlus and Nutrafin Cycle but it would be great to do it without. Thanks

Thankyou for your reply. Thats just the type of advice i needed. I have to admit i dont know what activated charcoal is but i imagine this is something to ask out local store about. The advice on the water is great as well. Can i just check something else with you for curiositys sake: Is...

What do you think to these possibilities: How about: 1. electricution- It seems a long shot but could a faulty filter or heater elecrocute the fish? (they all died so quickly- its not like they were ill for a while or one or two were sick. It was almost instantly.) 2. poison- but what...

Thanks fishman3 I to am wondering about the impact of somethng from the hotwater system. We have a copper tank which has some corrosion. (not excessive- it is completely clear - not brown- but i think copper traces can be a problem for fish???) I have used hot water in previous changes but...

what was the ammonia level? any level of detectable ammonia is an indication of a water problem? daft question but was the cloth you used to clean the tank new or an old cloth that had been used with kitchen cleaners in the past etc? were the fish showing any signs of distress before the water...

Quick one- any help appreciated.... we had ( yes had) 6 leopard daniows and 5 guppies...now we have none. What could have gone wrong: Within an hour of a small water change (done with nutrafin cycle and Aqua plus to correct quanities) the ish all died. What could have done it. The tank has...