I started a freshwater tank about a month ago and stocked it with a few neon tetras, some glofish, and eventually a few african dwarf frogs, a suckerfish and a snail(both to combat an outbreak of white aglea that Im still trying to avoid using chemicals to control). I put the tetras and glofish in first to get the bio filter going, and after a few days when the ammonia and nitrate levels were undetectable i added two angelfish. When I added them I had a bit of an ammonia spike for a day of so but it went back down to undetectable levels. About a week later one of the angelfish died during the morning while i was in class. that morning it seemed healthy and active, and showed no signs of being ill. About two weeks later i lost the other one, same story. It died in the night, once again no signs of illness the night before. I checked that water quality both times, it was fine. Any reason they might have died? the tetras and glofish which ive had from the start are still thriving, as are the other creatures that ive added. I want to try adding angelfish again, but i want to find out why the first two i had died before i try adding any more.
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hmmm maybe, i was pretty sure it was though, could be wrong. the first one lasted two weeks and the other a month too? wouldnt they have died within the first week if it was that?
thanks for the reply!
thanks for the reply!
There is no telling how long any fish can handle any conditions. Some people have random deaths in fully cycled tanks, while some get away with HORRIBLE husbandry and have success some how. 4 weeks does not sound like long enough with the fish you mentioned. I recommend chemical cycling, or the one I do is 'seeding'....There is a ton of info available here on all things I just mentioned...
Good luck...
Good luck...I had to wait 3 months before adding angelfish to my tank. Even though the tank was cycled, it would show spikes every now and then. Did you check your ph levels? What conditioner are you using. I use prime, and that seems to work very well with fish. Whenever I used other conditioners for the water, I would lose more fish in the end.
My suggestions is let the tank cycle a bit more before adding angels. When you do, make sure you fully acclimate them to the new tank. Put in a little of the tank water into their bag every 10 minutes for at least an hour. Make sure the bag is floating in the water to acclimate them to the temp. Also, for the first 4 weeks I had my angels, I would do 10% water changes every other day. Hope this helps.
My suggestions is let the tank cycle a bit more before adding angels. When you do, make sure you fully acclimate them to the new tank. Put in a little of the tank water into their bag every 10 minutes for at least an hour. Make sure the bag is floating in the water to acclimate them to the temp. Also, for the first 4 weeks I had my angels, I would do 10% water changes every other day. Hope this helps.
the ph was right at 7, i think i read somewhere that angels like it a little on the acidic side so maybe that? I use novaqua and and amquell to condition the water. At the time the first one died i was testing the water just about everyday and didnt notice any spikes or anything wierd. its actually been about a month since the last one died, so maybe now would be a good time to try again? thanks for the tips!
hmm thats weird! I cycled my 400L for around two weeks-3 weeks and took it to lfs for testing, i added bactozyme as well (lol it worked no matter what anyone says) and then I bought SIX small angelfish and put them in there - they are thriving! They are supposed to be really hardy, yes, perhaps you should try again.
I think i will...im currently in the middle of moving to a new house, so ill wait until i get the tank situated in the new house first, but hopefully theyll live this time!
I've been keeping angelfish for years (even breeding them for a while) and recently I've noticed that I can't keep them alive. I've bought 20 in the past 6 months and only 4 lived. The angelfish are rather weak from inbreeding now. It's the only thing I can think of. I just lost 2 more, but that's because my syno had a go at them........
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