Trouble with Tank

dixaisy930

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In the past month, I've had real problems with my ten gallon tank. I had three fish (dwarf puffer, and two bumble bee gobies) die over night (they were fine when I went to bed...acting normal, no signs of disease). I then lost all four of my cories within a matter of days of one another, and within the past month, all of my ghost shrimp have died. And now my male molly is sitting in the bottom of the tank, no eating, not swimming...nothing. My ammonia and nitrate levels are both zero. I recently ( a week ago) added some new terra cotta pots to the tank, and I had some trouble getting the price tag and all of the glue off. If there was some still on there, could this be causing the deaths? I soaked the pots in boiling water before I added them to the tank. A few days ago, I noticed some "clear" poop with sections of regular poop, coming from my molly. Could this be internal parasites, and would these possibly cause the deaths?
 
its possible about the pots they could have had some chemical in them. did you soak them for a time before putting them in? have you done a water change recently and not de-chlorinated the water?
 
If you could I would setup a holder tank and clean out your 10 galloon and start over. It should be disenfected i think.
 
Hi Dixaisy, sorry to hear bout ur fish, clear/stringy poop is normally an indicator of internal parasites, did you manage to get hold of any of those treatments from the other link?

U gave results for ur ammonia/nitrate what about your nitrite? U havent been getting spikes at all have u when adding new fish?
 
Hi Dixy, sorry to hear about your problems! :(

coupla things, as Lith says, it could be your nitrite level spiking and causing illness..?

also, bumlebee gobies, I thought that these were brackish water fish, could be my mistake (and I make enough of them! ;) ) but I thought thatthey benifitted from salt in their water and didn't live long in pure freshwater?
If you could I would setup a holder tank and clean out your 10 galloon and start over. It should be disenfected i think.

I personally would never disinfect a tank with regular disinfectant, how can you be sure that you have cleaned all of it out before filling it back up with water?

Check your levels and if they are high, try carrying out regular water changes to help get your levels back in line perhaps? :S

Good luck! :)
 
I'll take your advice and do partial water changes. My nitrite levels were also fine...and no spikes when adding a new fish. No over feeding...

I have a baby breeder in the tank as well with seven platy babies, and I would think they would be the first ones to be affected from a toxin or high ammonia/nitrite/nitrate levels.

Hi Dixaisy, sorry to hear bout ur fish, clear/stringy poop is normally an indicator of internal parasites, did you manage to get hold of any of those treatments from the other link?
I wasn't able to get either med...one med no one carried, and most of the stores were out of the other.

I really can't completely start over with the tank, since the fish can't go in any of my other tanks.

also, bumlebee gobies, I thought that these were brackish water fish, could be my mistake (and I make enough of them! ) but I thought thatthey benifitted from salt in their water and didn't live long in pure freshwater?
I think there are two kinds of BBG's...a freshwater and brackish variety. There's quite a bit of debate around those little guys...but the place I bought them from had them in freshwater, so I thought it best to keep them in fresh. Some people believe that if they have solid bands, they are freshwater. I had the two BBG for almost a year when they died.

Thank you all for you're help...
 
The clear "poop" makes me think parasites. I'd start treating ASAP. I've lost a lot of fish in the last week - due to stress and then parasites, I believe (and being killed by the Betta). One of the fish had string, smily "poop", which is a sign of parasites. The stuff I ended up getting to treat it was the anti-parasite fizzy tab things by Jungle Labs. That wasn't what I wanted to use, but was the only anti-parasite med Wal-Mart had (I couldn't go to my lfs at the time). I figured it was better than nothing...

Good luck!

Pamela
aka Lizard
 
I bought some stuff called PimaFix...anyone ever use it/hear of it before? It's made by the same people that make MetaFix. It's all natural, colorless, etc. It's suppose to get rid of parasites, external and internal.
 

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