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Survival of the fittest eh :( Anyway, So far i've pulled out 2 dead ones, I'm not sure, but i think the other fish have been pecking at their flesh, I'd guess after they died maybe. I've only been able to count 7 tetras in there so far, so that is one unaccounted for....whether he's been sucked into...

To begin, the tetras seemed to love the current. They'd sit beneath the outlet holes, and then dart into the current for a few seconds, jump out, and then do it again. But now they stay out of the currents way....must have got too tiring for em...If I find any more dead one's tomorrow morning....I m...

So yesterday when I was at work, Dad, being on holidays, went out and bought 10 Neon Tetra's for my Clown Loach tank. At first i was a bit put off by it thinking of all the diseases they might brought with em...But being a schooling fish they looked nice and gave my clowns the courage to come out an...

hmm....i think it was at 0.05% toxic ammonia...or there abouts i think i bought a nitrate test kit this arvo, and it came up at 10-15mg/L Also, mum was telling me they were out and about all day. On my way home i also bought some live bloodworms, i lowered the worm feeder down near the entrance to t...

ok, so i think i had my first ammonia spike thingo yesterday arvo/last night At first i couldn't see any of my loaches at all, so i figured they must have just been in hiding, a few hours had passed, food was in the tank and still noone was out. so i looked around the corner of the tank, and too my ...

kk, lfs said my nitrate levels were just beneath 10, nitrite levels were i think at either 0.25 or 0.8, she couldn't test for chrlorine there, ammonia levels were fine though. she asked if i used conditioner for my water changes, i said no, she said that is more then likely what would have killed th...

ok, i just did a chlorine test, the tank water came back at 0

and...the tap water...also came in at 0

I'm gonna take a sample down to the lfs and get them to do a bunch of tests

Not wanting to hijack this thread at all but i just got home from work to discover 4 of my loaches swimming about the tank while the lights were on, i put some pallets in there and those 4 ate, the 5th one i'm really worried about now as he just sits beneath the log, popping his head out now and the...

oh hay, yeah, our tap water is chlorinated. the old tank back when he used to do water changes was never dechlorinated either. and when i topped it back up i just used normal tap water. and that tank is now running with out a filter, 90g/240ish L with only 4 fish, dad didnt seem to think it was nece...

This sounds exactly what is happening to my 5 Clown Loaches at the moment (used to be 6, one died). They aren't interested in food at all, they have short spirts of energy and run up and down the glass and dart between hidey holes, but the rest of the time they will just sit there with little moveme...

Dechlorinate ? I don't think my citys tap water has chlorine in it, but then again there are a lot of things i dont know. I'll definitely do some chlorine tests on the tank and the tap water when i get home.

So i should go and grab some prime or biospire to give the tank a boost? or is it a bit late for that now? Also, what are Prime and Biospire, just in case i can't find em, what should i ask for? When i do water changes, what will that do? Raise/lower my pH depending on the tap water quality, will it...

Yeah, i transferred gravel, a few big rocks, water, plants and a big canister filter, which i gave a light clean out of as it hadnt been cleaned in a few years. I'm gonna take a water sample down to the LFS to get them to check the nitrate levels, if i have the money i'm gonna grab a nitrate test ki...

I set up the tank a week ago, using gravel and water from a tank thats been setup for longer then i can recall, and added 25% tap water, i then added a swordtail and then 4 days ago i got the water tested at the lfs and got what the guy said was good levels, and then added 2 loaches, then 2 ago late...

:cry: :cry: :cry: Got home from work today and found one of my clowns floating sideways amongst some plants, i prayed he was just being stupid, but alas, he had passed on. So i made haste to the fish shop and bought a test kit just to make sure my water was safe. My temp is 26/27 degrees celcius Upo...