Help My Fish Are Dead

Hi Everyone,
Hope you can help.
Introduced 6 neons to the new tank one week ago all fine.
One week later we bought 4 Guppies and two catfish.
This morning all four Guppies were dead(had them two days)
Today(afternoon i noticed the neons had fungus on their eyes.
we went and bought treatment for fungus fin rot etc... skimmed the water and changed it and within one hour one catfish and 3 neons dead.
We have 3 neons left... and one catfish.

I am so sorry to sound stupid,but what are we doing wrong?

We bought the aquarium for a christmas pressie for our daughter whos ten,she went to school this morning in tears.....

Please can we have some advice as we are all upset,
Thanks in advance,
Victoria.:-[

 

my other fish are dying now.... help

My other fish that i said i had left are dying now

 

How old is the tank? Water peramiters? Last time you did a water change?
Is this your first tank and has it been through the first hard nitrogen cycle?
Sorry to here of the crash.........what has been done around the tank before the crash?
Any cleaning with chemicals.......glass cleaners?
Does your tank have an open top or closed top?

Maximo

 

Sorry to hear this.

Nobody in here sounds stupid, we are all here to learn from each other.

Please describe your setup (tank size, etc..)
Did you declorinate the water?
Was the tank cycled before you added the fish?

 

Also, where did you get your fish from? I recently set up a new tank to hold molly's for me. (to feed my lionfish) and everything tested fine, but the fish came from Petco.....they lasted about 2 days. but hey, the Lions ate well that day. :

BillyD

 

Thanks for your replys,
We got the fish from Pets at home here in the uk.
What we think we did wrong is added them too soon to the tank.
Two more have died since i last posted....

 

Tank-one week
no chemicals etc...
closed top.
Also is it right you give them 12 hours with light and then turn the light off?
Thanks for your help.

We put fish in too soon didnt we?

 

New tank syndrom!
It happens all the time to new aquariest.
First off, the tank needs to go through the first nytrogen cycle. This is when all the extreme levels of amonia, nitrites, and nitrates rise and fall to level out hte bacteria growth in a tank. With all the fish you introduced to the tank, it exploded with a toxic level of amonia and nitrates that sufficated the fish.
There are several ways to cycle a new tank, and I would reccommend that you hook up with an experienced aquatics person in your area to actually help get you going.
In my past experiences, we use to take water and gravel from other tanks to start a new tank. This way the water and gravel are what is called, or refered to "as being seeded with the nutrifieing bacteria". Nutrifieing bacteria is the balance of organic materials and biological life forms that help the decomposing elements of a tank. Fish droppings and excess food that was not eaten.

The new practice is to put in your water, dechlorinate it with the chemicals, through some added junk into it and let the bacteria grow in it for a couple weeks. This helps cycle the tank with out creating a melt down with your investment of fish.
Or, for a more faster result, get some gravel from a already seeded tank, half the water and their filter pads. Let it grow in your tank for a couple days and then test the water.
Either way, you need to have some help from an active aquatics person. I also reccomend purchasing some books to learn the basis and how to distinguish diseases and such. I have a librery of more then 20 books. Books are great to help teach the family.

I have been doing this for more then 30 years and still call myself a novice 8)

Good luck

Maximo

 

Alright, do some water test and check the toxin levels.......you might be able to save the last of the fish with a dose of PRIME. It helps knock out an amonia spyke real fast.

Maximo

 

All the shops are closed here now in Wales uk,
Fingers crossed......
You sound like an expert to me!!!