Tank massacre

[SQ86]

Water been up and running for a day to 2 before i got those fishes in. They are in and surviving for 2 weeks or more and they died when i wake up in the morning today. leaving my 3 other bichirs surviving.

 

[ballinouttacntrol]

Water been up and running for a day to 2 before i got those fishes in. They are in and surviving for 2 weeks or more and they died when i wake up in the morning today. leaving my 3 other bichirs surviving.

this is a joke right? i myself don't want to waste time answering your questions if you're playing a silly prank, nor should anyone else.

you really asking for help here or just screwing off?

 

[elting44]

white film sounds like excessive slime coating because something is irritating their bodies.

how big of a tank is this cuz that's a h*** of a stock list? how long has the tank been up and running? What are you doing for filtration? Do you test your water params?

what tank size?

the OP said 1'

 

[SQ86]

hi all.. thanks for the reply. im new to fishes thats e reason y i m here to enquire. appreciate to those that actually help in replying. Thanks.

total i had 7 to 8 baby fishes in it. yup its a 12inches tank. been feeding lil feeder fishes to them.

as for water, i did not have a proper device to check on it.

 

[ballinouttacntrol]

WOW. well, you've got quite a bit of reading up to do then. so many things you're doing wrong. y'all have fun. gotta go over tank size, general stocking rules, cycling, proper feeding, importance of research just to name a few

just keep in mind he's over sea so maybe their pet stores don't do free water testing like we do.

p.s. a 12 inch tank is only a 2 1/2 gallon tank

 

[SQ86]

anyway thanks for the helps. its neither a joke nor a prank. its practically new to having fishes as a hobby.

 

[elting44]

SQ please read http://www.firsttankguide.net/cycle.php

do not buy anymore fish until you have a larger tank, and a test kit to test ammonia, nitrites and nitrates

before you buy a fish, make sure you have read about what size of tank it needs, as well as what it eats, what kind of water it needs, etc etc

 

[duipo]

0.o a 12 inch tank????? don't worry those fish wont out grow the tank you will be fine... (warning: that may have contained a tiny bit of sarcasm)

 

[SQ86]

thanks people for the info. will read them up. there might be some misleadin sentences in my posts as in the tank theres only 7 to 8 baby fishes.

 

[ballinouttacntrol]

yes sir, nothing misleading, a 12 inch tank should not have 8 baby fish in it. Do you realize how big those fish get?