- Have you tested your water?
- No
- If I did not test my water...
- ...I recognize that I will likely be asked to do a test, and that water tests are critical for solving freshwater health problems.
- Do you do water changes?
- Yes
- What percentage of water do you change?
- 31-40%
- How frequently do you change your water?
- Every week
- If I do not change my water...
- ...I recognize that I will likely be recommended to do a water change, and water changes are critical for preventing future freshwater health problems.
I have a tank with three fish, two Severums and an ornate bichir. I used to have more fish in there but everything dies with the exception of my three aforementioned fish.
the issue:
The three current fish almost never have visible signs of poor health, every other fish that is put in the tank seems to die within months. It’s a sickening, slow decline. I have tried a plethora of medications, stepping up water changes, reducing food at feedings to minimize waste, you name it. Most recently I introduced a 5” common pleco and it croaked within two weeks. It had no obvious cause of death. It was alive when I turned the lights on, and dead an hour later. this is the fastest death I’ve had but it still matches the other declines.
I have a fluval FX-6 canister on a 60 gallon. cleaned monthly.
I do water changes on a more or less regular schedule (+ or - a couple days)
I have live plants, and no substrate. I have the hard scale of driftwood and plants set to minimize trapped food/detritus.
when I set up this tank a year ago I had a bad flare of parasitic infections that I treated successfully with metro.
I have no idea why everything is dying. I’ve been keeping tanks for a decade without ever having something like this. Has anyone got any ideas?
Whatever is plaguing this tank killed my previously bombproof parrot cichlids.
My only guess is that the water in my apartment has something to do with it. It doesn’t have any results on a water test but that’s the only major change since I relocated the tank here.
the issue:
The three current fish almost never have visible signs of poor health, every other fish that is put in the tank seems to die within months. It’s a sickening, slow decline. I have tried a plethora of medications, stepping up water changes, reducing food at feedings to minimize waste, you name it. Most recently I introduced a 5” common pleco and it croaked within two weeks. It had no obvious cause of death. It was alive when I turned the lights on, and dead an hour later. this is the fastest death I’ve had but it still matches the other declines.
I have a fluval FX-6 canister on a 60 gallon. cleaned monthly.
I do water changes on a more or less regular schedule (+ or - a couple days)
I have live plants, and no substrate. I have the hard scale of driftwood and plants set to minimize trapped food/detritus.
when I set up this tank a year ago I had a bad flare of parasitic infections that I treated successfully with metro.
I have no idea why everything is dying. I’ve been keeping tanks for a decade without ever having something like this. Has anyone got any ideas?
Whatever is plaguing this tank killed my previously bombproof parrot cichlids.
My only guess is that the water in my apartment has something to do with it. It doesn’t have any results on a water test but that’s the only major change since I relocated the tank here.