Fish Kill...

[FishHeads]

Alright I came home form work at Taco Bell to find all my goldfish had succumed to Ick!! I do not know what else was the factor that sentenced them to an untimley death. Nitrite levels: 0 Ammonia Levels: 0 pH: 7.2 Water was hard, but Goldfish love hard water. My medicines were administered properly and on time every day for the last two days. I added the correct amout of salt to their tank too....Nothing helped! I am so sad it is not even funny. This is the fourth tank full of fish I have lost in three months! All to Ick! I even cycle the tank for a week between each new batch of fish...and I only add 2 or three and a time!! I loved those Goldfish, but I don't know what I should do to prevent this damned Ick thing and make it go away for good! Any suggestions???

 

[wuvmybetta]

I use colloidal silver in ALL of my tanks and on all of my betta,not only does it give them a superb immune system it also destroys all destructive single cell organisms and I honestly believe it kills ich in it's free swimming form ,which ...in a sense...makes a tank "ich free"

 

[William]

Sorry FH I don't quite understand, you lost all 22 goldfish in the space of a few hours which showed no previous sign of illness to "ick"?

Are you sure? I'd say its something more sever, goldies don't like salt I know that. But whatever the problem was it must have been seriously bad to lose all the fish in such a short space I'd say it was something else, something other than ich, did you add anything to the tank?

You say you cycle the tank, please explain what you think cycling means as 1 week is way to short I would think!!

 

[Aienu]

Placing 2-3 fish every week in a tank is not always best. For a tank to recycle and adjust to new fish I'd approximate about 4 weeks. So you're putting in more fish before your tank is even completely accomodated to what you've previously added the week before. Odd that your parameters aren't off. Also, how big is this tank? 22 Goldfish is a lot for most tanks, they are dirty dirty little fishies

 

[FishHeads]

Placing 2-3 fish every week in a tank is not always best. For a tank to recycle and adjust to new fish I'd approximate about 4 weeks. So you're putting in more fish before your tank is even completely accomodated to what you've previously added the week before. Odd that your parameters aren't off. Also, how big is this tank? 22 Goldfish is a lot for most tanks, they are dirty dirty little fishies

Well the tank is an 85 gallon...but I just got a 100 gallon today with my paycheck. The 85 is turning into my Oscar tank. ;p Anyways, my fish had had Ick, but the signs were not serious enough to think that it would kill them....And I was treating them. <I believe I posted this somewhere else.> I believe maybe it was the stupid feeder fish that were the problem because They are not ever in very good health anyways and I was not out a lot of money (4 bucks! ) But with the tank I use plastic plants becuase of the goldfish eating the live ones. I cycle in that I let it settle, filter on, and everything until all the ph, kh, gh, ammonia, Nitrate, and Nitrite levels are within the proper zones. I guess I should have let it cycle longer, but I don't know. I do the exact same thing with my Gourami Tank, and the Gouramis (about 1 year old except for two new Blue Gouramis added a couple days ago) have never once gotten sick....

 

[Eelzor]

If the lot died most likely one got it, then the rest caught it.

 

[bgraber]

Gouramis are Tanks! recently had an accident and just about everyone but the gourami is no longer with us
Starting over..

 

[freshmike]

I think I should get a job at Taco Bell, so I can buy a 100 gallon tank with 1 paycheck!!!

 

[wuvmybetta]

lmao@ mike

 

[Cian McLiam]

Medicines what were you using? and in what combination? Ich wont wipe out fish in one day, even if it was there before, especially in an unheated goldfish tank. I would suspect water contamination from some source,what have you added/changed recently?

Ken

 

[Lateral Line]

I'm with the others. Ich is irritating, but not usually instantly fatal. For a total wipeout, I would say it is extreely unlikely to have been the cause.

 

[Sea_Monster87]

You said you didn't think the ich was serious enough to kill them. Ich is always a killer if not treated right off, no matter how light the case.

 

[FishHeads]

I'm with the others. Ich is irritating, but not usually instantly fatal. For a total wipeout, I would say it is extreely unlikely to have been the cause.

Well, unless it was something intrenal along with the Ich, then that's what did it. I know nothing contaminated the water because I use bottled. But I am not worried about it anymore, since the first post on this thread was made a while ago I have since got new Goldfish and they are doing extremely well.

I also found out that the max tank size in dorm rooms is 20 gallons.....lmao. Wait till they see MY room.

 

[freshmike]

Sure.....

 

[Juggernaut22988]

Goldies can actually tolerate salt water very well

They like small amounts of salt in the water
Ick can be cured by adding a heater to the tank (75F)

when temp is high, add 1 tsp of salt per gallon (aquarium salt)