Fish Are Dyyyyyyying! Nish

[michaelb_123]

Hellooooo everybody, dad has a slight problem with the fishkeeping hobby idea . They keep dying - not all of them but a few every now and then. It is very anoyying as i do love fish and don't really like them looking furry on a spoon being chucked away.

He has a 3 gallon tank - if you look in the argos catalogue it is the hexagonal one that i think is a coldwater but he's put a heater in his.

He currently has some barbs and neon tetras. These are normally quite hardy if i am not mistaken and he hasn't done much wrong to my knowledge.
We unfortunately only have a nitrIte kit at mo and that is showin fine, nice yellow colour instead of the red. . . Going tomorrow to get other testing kits - i.e. nitrate, ammonia, etc. .

Anyone have an idea why they are dying? he doesnt overfeed and does water changes when he's meant to.

I will answer any questions you throw at me - feel free to criticise the fact he HAD ten fish in his 3 gallon - 5 cherry barbs and 5 neons. HE now has 2 barbs and 4 neons - i feel like he should go to a cell for animal cruelty

Please help! i don't like fish dying - eeeevil!

Thanks for the help, Enthusuast

p.s. me goldfish is doing great in its 30 gal so i'm not doin anythin wrong before you say it's me! lol

 

[rEvolution27]

Hellooooo everybody, dad has a slight problem with the fishkeeping hobby idea . They keep dying - not all of them but a few every now and then. It is very anoyying as i do love fish and don't really like them looking furry on a spoon being chucked away.

He has a 3 gallon tank - if you look in the argos catalogue it is the hexagonal one that i think is a coldwater but he's put a heater in his.

He currently has some barbs and neon tetras. These are normally quite hardy if i am not mistaken and he hasn't done much wrong to my knowledge.
We unfortunately only have a nitrIte kit at mo and that is showin fine, nice yellow colour instead of the red. . . Going tomorrow to get other testing kits - i.e. nitrate, ammonia, etc. .

Anyone have an idea why they are dying? he doesnt overfeed and does water changes when he's meant to.

I will answer any questions you throw at me - feel free to criticise the fact he HAD ten fish in his 3 gallon - 5 cherry barbs and 5 neons. HE now has 2 barbs and 4 neons - i feel like he should go to a cell for animal cruelty

Please help! i don't like fish dying - eeeevil!

Thanks for the help, Enthusuast

p.s. me goldfish is doing great in its 30 gal so i'm not doin anythin wrong before you say it's me! lol

well i think you answered the question yourself.... overcrowding?

 

[beux]

Was the tank cycled properly? If you don't know what that means then look it up!

As for overcrowding - yes thats possibly. Also Neons aren't really that hardy...

I think he should probably invest in a slightly larger tank, maybe a 10G?

Or get a betta. But even then thats kind of cruel.

Good job on the goldfish though!

 

[michaelb_123]

i think betta would be nice. . he has an undergravel filter and water changes every 2 weeks if not less so its cycling fine me thinks.
I agree with the overcrowding - logic rules all lol
I'll try n persuade him to get a bigger one, might tell him to try coldwater to see how long he can keep them, if he can keep a goldfish i'll let him try something more complicated lol

i'm hoping to get some tankmates for my goldfish soon, any suggestions welcome!

 

[jkrekord]

rehome the current fish its for the best
a 3 gallon would be GREAT for a betta
you could get;
1 male betta
2 african dwarf frogs

p.s make sure you get african dwarf frogs NOT african clawed frogs, they are very similar when young

 

[dazcoops]

what water is he using for water changes? you can just use tap water by its self.

how long has the tank been running?

but the tank is a bit on the small side for 10 fish of any size.

has the tank got any filtration, or is it just an air stone?

 

[michaelb_123]

he's using tap water + the dechlorinator thingi to remove the bad stuff - will ask him to take the fish back n get a betta. . . what info do you have on the dwarf frogs? where can i get some from and what environment do they need? Never considered frogs - will research thanks. . . .

Yeah it's just an airstone, there is algi everywhere so i will make him get a filter 2moro lol mewha. . .

Tank has been running quite a while, about 2 or 3 months now i think

Will see if LFS has betta 2moro. . .

Anyone think of tankmates for MY goldfish in the 30 gal? perhaps white clouds? shoaling mite b nyce. . .

Thanks for advice so far dudes

 

[dazcoops]

dont know much about frogs, think congo frogs might be cold water.

the tanks need a filter, if you use tap water for the tank you will get alge plus if nitrate is high that will feed .the alge aswell. more water changes will reduce nitrate,