Help (Full Info Provided) My Fish Are Dying

[ncguppy830]

have you thought of rehoming the fish after that maybe you could get a betta

 

[Chrisrules334]

Considering. @fishaholic

Will my tetra who's eyes are popping out return to normal with the water changes?

 

[Blondielovesfish]

Considering. @fishaholic

Will my tetra who's eyes are popping out return to normal with the water changes?

 
It should do. No gurantees though
 
Also his name is ncguppy830

 

[Chrisrules334]

Haha just realised my mistake.

I'll keep up the water changes and post an update if needed

Cheers

 

[Blondielovesfish]

sounds good!

 

[daizeUK]

I see some decorative shaped beads at the bottom of the tank.  What are they?  Are they suitable for aquarium use?
 
I'd take those out, put them in a bowl of water and see if they are responsible for changing the pH of the water.

 

[Chrisrules334]

I have removed the orange goldfish decoration seen in the photos.

No improvement in physical appearance of eye popping tetra.

2nd 50% change just completed.

A little tip: Take thermometer out of tank to match new water (dunno if anyone else does that...)

 

[daizeUK]

I meant the little shapes, I see an orange bead on the left and a star and some other coloured shapes on the right hand side.  What are they?  If they're glass then that's fine.  Don't worry about the fishy ornaments, they're meant to go into an aquarium and should be safe.
 
Have you tested your tap water after sitting in a glass for 24 hours?

 

[Chrisrules334]

Update.

All fish are still alive.

Eye pop fish is looking a bit better in terms of his behaviour in the tank, eyes appear to be going back into head also. A few more days water change to go...

 

[Chrisrules334]

Daize - sorry I didn't realise the thread had gone to two pages! I'll test that today and get the results in tomorrow

 

[Dubwub]

Hey man, I'm just letting you know incase this doesn't work out. You should check out mystery snails instead. They're cheap and fun to watch crawl around the glass. Plus they only need a small tank. You could probably get 2 or 3 in the tank you have right now. They eat pretty much anything they can get, but for staple food, tropical flakes and algae wafers are good. They eat so little, you would probably never have to buy food for them again anyways.

 

[Donya]

Hey man, I'm just letting you know incase this doesn't work out. You should check out mystery snails instead. They're cheap and fun to watch crawl around the glass. Plus they only need a small tank. You could probably get 2 or 3 in the tank you have right now. They eat pretty much anything they can get, but for staple food, tropical flakes and algae wafers are good. They eat so little, you would probably never have to buy food for them again anyways.

 
This is not really accurate for anything but incredibly young snails or perhaps other snails that have been misidentified. Pomace diffusa (formerly P. bridgesii and the only legal and widely sold Pomacea species under that common name in the US) can reach ~2" spire length and they produce quite a lot of waste for an invertebrate. Three such snails in a tank of this size, which I gather to be about 20L or just over 5US gal could actually be rather of a filtration burden. The snails would also need to be fed daily in a tank of that size as they actually eat quite a lot and would very rapidly deplete any naturally growing food in the tank (which is not an appopriate staple diet anyway - they do require more protein in the form of the flakes and wafers you mentioned).

 

[Chrisrules334]

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Can someone watch the above video off popeye fish just to ensure I have diagnosed him correctly?

His eyes haven't yet retracted after a lot if changes to water

 

[Chrisrules334]

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PH/Ammonia /Nitrite /nitrate

Any more help?

It's been a week of a 75% change then 50% daily since.

Fish eyes still sticking out

 

[ech0o]

It looks like your ammonia reads are still high.   I would say long time exposure to ammonia caused this.  I don't think your aquarium is cycled yet, I would up the water changes to more like 75%, make sure the water you put back is dechlorinated, and keep testing the water.