To all you out there, I have been a member on here for, 4 or so years. I started on this site when, I was maybe 18/19.
I stayed committed to the site for about a year until I gave up fish keeping in order to move towns for a job vacancy.
At that age, I was arrogant, cocky, confident and a touch naive. However, I did know how to keep fish and enjoy this
hobby as many of us do. I got back into the hobby 4 weeks ago, I got myself a Murray Cod. It died within 45 minutes of
being in it's new home. I kept it in it's bag for about 15 minutes, then I peirced the bag with sciccors in order for the ph to even out...
I thought, I have a tank set up, I want fish in it, so, I got two Barramundi and a Tandanus catfish. They all were going good, until this afternoon.
I decided they needed a larger tank. I set the tank up, Minus the substrate that I had used in favour of a clean glass floor.
Two of the fish, one Barramundi and the Tandanus are now dead, The second of the Barramundi is like it's tank mates, on it's way out.
I held dead Barramundi to the aerator for 15 minutes before it passed away. I fear doing that to the one still clinging to life, just incase that was
what helped kill the first Barramundi. He is still slowly bumping around on the Bottom.
So how come I could raise fish 4 years ago but not now?
What is the most likely cause of the fishes deaths?
Should I just quit the hobby now?
My inkling for the fishes death is p.h, for their protective slime has slowly started coming off shortly after introduction to the new tank.
I also suspect that maybe the dismissal of the substrate could have almost made a sterile environment.
I have ruled out temperature because of the way I keep them in the bags first, as explained earlier.
Anyways, cheers for any help you may offer me.
p.s, how should I handle the last surviving fish that is barely surviving, for reference, it is barely 8cm long.
I stayed committed to the site for about a year until I gave up fish keeping in order to move towns for a job vacancy.
At that age, I was arrogant, cocky, confident and a touch naive. However, I did know how to keep fish and enjoy this
hobby as many of us do. I got back into the hobby 4 weeks ago, I got myself a Murray Cod. It died within 45 minutes of
being in it's new home. I kept it in it's bag for about 15 minutes, then I peirced the bag with sciccors in order for the ph to even out...
I thought, I have a tank set up, I want fish in it, so, I got two Barramundi and a Tandanus catfish. They all were going good, until this afternoon.
I decided they needed a larger tank. I set the tank up, Minus the substrate that I had used in favour of a clean glass floor.
Two of the fish, one Barramundi and the Tandanus are now dead, The second of the Barramundi is like it's tank mates, on it's way out.
I held dead Barramundi to the aerator for 15 minutes before it passed away. I fear doing that to the one still clinging to life, just incase that was
what helped kill the first Barramundi. He is still slowly bumping around on the Bottom.
So how come I could raise fish 4 years ago but not now?
What is the most likely cause of the fishes deaths?
Should I just quit the hobby now?
My inkling for the fishes death is p.h, for their protective slime has slowly started coming off shortly after introduction to the new tank.
I also suspect that maybe the dismissal of the substrate could have almost made a sterile environment.
I have ruled out temperature because of the way I keep them in the bags first, as explained earlier.
Anyways, cheers for any help you may offer me.
p.s, how should I handle the last surviving fish that is barely surviving, for reference, it is barely 8cm long.
