My fish are dying and I don't know why!

[Crazyfish88]

I'm with the posters asking about 0 nitrates. In a FW tank, even with frequent water changes, you SHOULD have some nitrates. You. WANT to see some nitrates. It means your cycle is healthy and functioning. Unless you have a heavily planted tank, you should have a reading.

How old are your test kits? Maybe take your tank and tap water to the LFS and have them test it to give yourself a check and balance for your kits.


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+1. To the OP If I were u test for nitrates for the next few days or even a week especially after feeding and if u still get 0ppm nitrate readings then definitely something is wrong with your bb. I can't see why your system reads 0ppm and your not heavily planted. U should still see some nitrates even in the healthiest aquarium systems.


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[Hondacrx2]

I would usually use heat and salt but can't use salt in this situation because of the eel. Hopefully I won't lose anymore fish. Thanks

I had clown loaches which are scaleless like your eel. " I assume the same never has a eel". But as long as you go easy on the salt they should be ok. The best thing I did was put a uv filter on my tank and water changes.


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