Ok guys, I am brand new to this, so here it goes
Tank is 50 gallons, running with 2 penguin 330 bio wheels, 2 air bars for a wall and an air stone under a decoration. No living decorations just typical decor.
Fish in tank: 2 plecos, 2 danios, silver black tailed shark (its body is skinny), 1 dalmation, 1 blue gourami, 2 pacus. The pacus have gotten pretty big, im a small framed woman and they arent quite the size of my hand, a little smaller. the rest of the fish are all pretty small.(like an inch long or smaller, the shark is about 2 inches long) Up until last night I also had a red tailed shark that was bigger than the rest of the fish but smaller than the pacus. I got tricked into even setting up an aquarium, so i will admit im a dumb a** when it comes to raising fish. All these fish came from petsmart, I also had a dragon fish which the pacus ate after him being in the tank for a day. (this is pertinent, you'll see) Also to note I do regular water changes with my tap water and stress coat stuff, never had a problem
So I did my water change last night, first water change since the dragon fish got eaten. some of the fish remains were coming up (i thought i had gotten them all when the situation happened) i promptly removed them. This was about a 30% water change. Nothing new just going with the flow. I added some plastic decorations but i soaked them in a fish only container before i put them in the tank. I added my water back, added my stress coat and almost suddently the red tailed shark was acting erratic and gasping. The pacus were as well. My red tailed shark was still alive but clearly on his way out within minutes. I removed him, put him in a spare tank to try to get him back but he died very quickly. The pacus were gasping crazily for air. I realize now I didn't match the water temperature well (new water was too warm) and i think that, paired with the toxic fish remains may have caused this situation. The rest of the fish are all perfectly fine, which is weird I just thought the smaller fish would be more sensitive than the big guys, but its the opposite. So this was late last night, I regulated the temperature by removing water and adding some colder water this morning and 1 pacu is back to normal but the other pacu is still gasping heavily and wasnt interested in eating.
So my question is, should i let him ride it out and try to recoup or do you think its just a matter of time before he dies as well? I'm really pissed off at myself, so dont beat me up too bad guys
I hate seeing him like this.
Tank is 50 gallons, running with 2 penguin 330 bio wheels, 2 air bars for a wall and an air stone under a decoration. No living decorations just typical decor.
Fish in tank: 2 plecos, 2 danios, silver black tailed shark (its body is skinny), 1 dalmation, 1 blue gourami, 2 pacus. The pacus have gotten pretty big, im a small framed woman and they arent quite the size of my hand, a little smaller. the rest of the fish are all pretty small.(like an inch long or smaller, the shark is about 2 inches long) Up until last night I also had a red tailed shark that was bigger than the rest of the fish but smaller than the pacus. I got tricked into even setting up an aquarium, so i will admit im a dumb a** when it comes to raising fish. All these fish came from petsmart, I also had a dragon fish which the pacus ate after him being in the tank for a day. (this is pertinent, you'll see) Also to note I do regular water changes with my tap water and stress coat stuff, never had a problem
So I did my water change last night, first water change since the dragon fish got eaten. some of the fish remains were coming up (i thought i had gotten them all when the situation happened) i promptly removed them. This was about a 30% water change. Nothing new just going with the flow. I added some plastic decorations but i soaked them in a fish only container before i put them in the tank. I added my water back, added my stress coat and almost suddently the red tailed shark was acting erratic and gasping. The pacus were as well. My red tailed shark was still alive but clearly on his way out within minutes. I removed him, put him in a spare tank to try to get him back but he died very quickly. The pacus were gasping crazily for air. I realize now I didn't match the water temperature well (new water was too warm) and i think that, paired with the toxic fish remains may have caused this situation. The rest of the fish are all perfectly fine, which is weird I just thought the smaller fish would be more sensitive than the big guys, but its the opposite. So this was late last night, I regulated the temperature by removing water and adding some colder water this morning and 1 pacu is back to normal but the other pacu is still gasping heavily and wasnt interested in eating.
So my question is, should i let him ride it out and try to recoup or do you think its just a matter of time before he dies as well? I'm really pissed off at myself, so dont beat me up too bad guys
I hate seeing him like this.
