carrie52

Many thanks for all your replies and help. Now all I need is to find some replacement fish and hopefully Son will never know his Mum murdered his fish! Cheers Carol

Gulp!! the cold water & excessive scrubbing sounds like what I'm doing wrong. Is there a quick way I can add the bacteria? I would hate to find another one gone, the kissing gourami seems to be acting odd or am I getting paranoid? Cheers Carol

Hi thanks for suggestions, yes have done complete water changes every couple of weeks since we've had them. taken filter out and scrubbed, removed all the stones and washed in running water (under the shower!) scrubbed all resting/hiding rocks etc. We are on rain water, so no added chemicals. did a Ph test today after cleaning tank out yet again that was 7 Was feeding a type of food that had dried up wee shrimps in it, (have thrown that out now) They were quite pot bellied.....have I been overfeeding? I feed a pinch about 5 times a day that's what my son was giving them. Thanks again Carol

Hello, I have been given the task of looking after my son's tropical fish, which I've been doing for the past 3 months without any problems. Now suddenly 2 have died this week, a red tailed shark and a albino shark. They both had wedged themselves between (1) a jar that had a baby plecostomus and (2) the thermostat. Prior to their dying they have both been swiming sideways or lying in their hollow plastic log upside down! Being new to this, it didn't occur to me that there just might be something wrong. Can anyone throw any light on what is going wrong, please. Many thanks Carol