joliet Posted April 12, 2009 Report Share Posted April 12, 2009 I bought 4 Sparkling Gouramis from Organism yesterday. Brought them home and put them in my established tank that has three guppies in. Came home today to find one of the Gouramis dead. Tested the water and Ammonia is at 0, PH is 7.4 and Nitrate is at 10 but read that it is fine up to 40. And did the last water change yesterday. Now one of the other Gouramis is dying. It's flicking about every so often but doesn't seem to be breathing? And it's floating vertically with it's nose up. I've moved it into another tank and it's in a breeding box by itself. What on earth is happening with my fish I don't want the other two to die. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billaney Posted April 12, 2009 Report Share Posted April 12, 2009 what was the water conditions at the pet store ? they might have been dramaticly differant to yours and the fish did not like the change , not that either were bad , just differant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joliet Posted April 12, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2009 what was the water conditions at the pet store ? they might have been dramaticly differant to yours and the fish did not like the change , not that either were bad , just differant. I would have no idea what their water conditions were like. But it's quite a reputable store so I would assume everything would be balanced and normal. I'm going to give them a ring on Tuesday to see what the story is because it was so random for them to just .. die. I've moved the other two into an isolation tank with half water from the guppy tank and half clean water with some plants. I hope they live because I've wanted these fish for so long Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted April 12, 2009 Report Share Posted April 12, 2009 it happens quite often unfortunately. like at the palmy animates - the pH for the community tanks are at pH 7. but in my tanks, the ph is about 5.5 so it take a while to acclimatise the fish and when i speed up the process i usually end up wit dead fish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joliet Posted April 12, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2009 it happens quite often unfortunately. like at the palmy animates - the pH for the community tanks are at pH 7. but in my tanks, the ph is about 5.5 so it take a while to acclimatise the fish and when i speed up the process i usually end up wit dead fish I'm so gutted because it's never happened to me before. I mean, if their tanks are sitting at 7 then a change to 7.4 wouldn't be too drastic would it? The other two fish are *fingers cross* surviving for now and I bought two CAE's the same day (and went into the same tank) and they're fine. Boo hiss, I don't like losing fish. (that wasn't meant to rhyme, it just did :lol:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billaney Posted April 12, 2009 Report Share Posted April 12, 2009 I would ask the local shop to test Their water , it might be a little lows for example 6.5, yours might be 7.5 and that IS enough to shock a fish, some species more than others. boths reading are fine but to change from one to the other could be too much for more delicate fish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted April 12, 2009 Report Share Posted April 12, 2009 pH is read on a log scale, so yeah, small numbers still equate to a large change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joliet Posted April 12, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2009 Ok, will ring them tomorrow and ask for a PH reading. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joliet Posted April 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2009 Just thought I'd update .. The other two Gouramis are fine in a 7 litre isolation tank, swimming around nice and happy and eating well. PH test on the isolation tank reads 7.3 (slightly darker than a 7.2) so who knows what killed the other two :-? Sparkling Gouramis are supposed to be hardy fish too. I've still gotta ring Organism and see what they say. But! I am glad the other two have survived they love hanging out together too, never leave each others side - awww. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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