My Fish Are Dying

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Im so upset...

1 of my mollys is dead

1 of my neon fish is dead

1 of my zebra fish is dead

and the saddest of all is my sucking algae fish is dead...

im really scared, it all happened in a day, is there anything wrong?

PLEASE PLEASE HELP ME!
 
Need more info.
Size of tank in gallons or litres.
How many fish and which type.
Water stats in ammonia,nitrite,nitrate,and ph.
 
sounds like you have a problem!

How long has your tank been up and running and did you cycle it before adding fish?
 
my fish tank is about 50litres. I had two fish in there before... on saturday i purchased 7 more, d heater broke and on sunday i replaced it but the water level seems fine...

i cycled d water correctly, i had snail so man at the fish shop told me to add some cucumber to get rid of the snails, did so but none of d snail went on the cucumber... den yesterday one of my black male mollies was sideways and died today,,, and just round half an hour ago, 3 randomly died. 1 pink neon fish, one zebra - like fish and the algae sucking fish...

im very sorry but to be honest i'm not good with their names... also there is 6 baby fish in there... could they be the problem???

or d snails??? how do i get rid of them,,, there are so many... i dont want to change the stones completely that will make me change too much water...

thankx
 
How long has the tank been set up, can you post water stats.
The temp going down to fast when the heater broke could also be the cause of there deaths.
How low did the temp drop.
 
i kept the tank warm so the temperature didn't drop at all infact when i got the thermometer the temperature was in the 30's so i had to cool it down...

i've had d tank for 2 years nearly but to be honest i don't know its water stats. do u suggest i get a kit?? wat does it help me with cos my tank is quite small compared to others.

wat im most upset about is my algae eating fish as ive had it for a year. felt like a real pet. its d ones dat do not grow as big.

and now im worried if theres an illness the others will die too but there is no visible illness ive checked...

2 many snails maybe?
 
I'm only a beginner with fish keeping myself and there is one thing that I understand...water test kits are absolutely vital. The water may not be suitable for your fish...I'll take a wild guess that the cucumber has possibly raised the level of ammonia or nitrites in the tank because it has begun to decompose (thats a guess....)

Regarding your tank size...because it is small changes in water condition can occur more easily from what I am aware. I know with my 180L tank that the pH and other conditions will remain stable enough with each water change due to the large volume of water present already in the tank etc...

I hope you figure out the problem...a test kit is relatively inexpensive and all tests take a maximum 5 minutes to do...it may save you the heart ache in the future!!
 
Invest in a liquid test kit.
For now take a sample of your tank water to the lfs and tell them to write the readings down for you.
 
I suspect your water stats, adding 7 fish to a tank of your size that previously housed 2 fish is quite a strain on the biological filter.

It would also help if we could ID your fish better and know how many of each kind you had/have in your tank.

Was your zebra fish a zebra danio or was it a bottom feeder, perhaps a loach similar to the zebra loach? Your neon fish sounds a bit like a neon tetra. Your sucking fish could have been any of a number of things (and you may have been sold one of the larger species as a dwarf species, it happens frequently). Can you give us some idea on the size? Otos are probably the smallest, there are also many many species of pleco. Chinese algae eaters are commonly sold and also come in a golden color with the same body shape, as are Siamese algae eaters.

All of the fish I've listed except for the oto and the neon tetra are too large or active for a tank of your size I'm afraid. Mollys need not only a larger tank but also brackish water or very very clean fresh water to thrive.

I'd strongly suggest getting a good freshwater master test kit (API makes a good one) that covers pH, ammonia, nitrites and nitrates. In small tanks, small changes can become big problems very quickly, so water testing is even more essential. If you take water to your local fish store to be tested, make sure that you have them write down numbers for each of these things for you, often they'll just tell you that your water is "fine" even when it isn't.
 
I think possibly that it was either the sudden strain on the filter that most probably raised ammonia or nitrite.

These can kill fish quickly...........have you got the results of the water test yet??
 
Im so upset...

1 of my mollys is dead

1 of my neon fish is dead

1 of my zebra fish is dead

and the saddest of all is my sucking algae fish is dead...

im really scared, it all happened in a day, is there anything wrong?

PLEASE PLEASE HELP ME!

Try asking your supplier to test a sample of your water for you, mine is more than happy to do that for people but the comments are correct you need to invest in a testing kit, I hope the rest survive good luck
 

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