Betta Fish Death

[lp85253]

poor fish ,,, next time you will know no food is better than THAT.....GOOD LUCK on your next vacation

 

[fibbingbear]

When you first posted I thought you had white cloudy water. Sort of when a tank is first set up and hasn't cycled. But that water is yellowish brownish. You should try to do a 50% water change every 2-3 days till you get your water back to normal. Hope your other fish are doing well.

 

[tittusc11]

Yea I've been workin on the water changes. And I've rinsed the filter again after cleaning it when I got home. It was SO bad. Is there any stuff I can run through the filter to make sure it's really clean? It's a pain in the butt to carry it around my house to the bath tub to rinse it.


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[fibbingbear]

You shouldn't make everything sparkling clean. What kind of filter do you have? Beneficial bacteria colonize the filter.

 

[tittusc11]

A penguin bio-wheel 150 I think it's called. There was just so much brown stuff from the food in it.


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[fibbingbear]

If it has multiple cartridges, change only half of them. That way you save a lot of the beneficial bacteria. That should be how you change cartridges. Clean all the food debris but don't use soap or a sponge, just water.

 

[duanes]

The only time I've had fish death while on vacation is when I had someone else feed my fish. Since then, I let them starve for the week, or 10 days and they've always been fine.

 

[hemiboo]

I only have other people feed my fish every 2-3 days while I'm away. a little fast won't hurt them. Plus others tend to over feed. Sorry for the loss.

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[FHlov]

yep same here, I never let ppl feed my fish. I buy a vacation block and if i'm gone a little longer, they starve til i get back. Was all that brown stuff on top of the gravel food????? how much did they think the freaking fish can eat?