Reply With Quotei would think one should be careful with the salt added
salt doesnt agree with some types of fishes...
Thanks, bclee for the link. Learn something new everyday. I am just wondering whether francis had added too much salt. The link recommends 1/2 ounce per gallon (ca. 14 grams). Assuming 20 gallons for a 2 footer, that will be about 280 grams. Quite a lot of salt there.
i would think one should be careful with the salt added
salt doesnt agree with some types of fishes...
I have nvr added any salt to my 3.5 yrs old 3ft planted tank with residents such as 30 Neon tetras, 14 rumming nose, 2 anglefish, 1 goldfish and plus other fishes i do not know the names.
therefore, i dun see the need to add salt.
I add salt when I see a problem with my fish health. Even then, I use only a pinch of it a time, adding once more everyday, as too great a salinity can affect the fishes. I also dump my salt in the filter, so that it can get circulated and not concentrated in one area of the tank. I have to agree with your wife about sticking your hand in the tank too often, not a good idea, spooks the fishes. Salt may be a good for fish, but it is more important to have good bacteria in your tank, unfortantely salt is something that those not agree with the bacteria.
Try to make changes slowly. This will minise the shock-loading on your existing fishes and the new comers as well.Originally Posted by Francis Lee
But you also have to be conscious of the effects of your actions.
New additions (fish, plants, decorations etc.) may cause infections especially if these are from infected stocks. For non-living items, I always wash the items thoroughly and if the source is questionable, I may even "sterilise" the items with chemicals (hydrogen peroxide or potassium permanganate) or immersion in hot water. For live items (plants and fishes), I may keep them in a separate tank for one to two weeks just to make sure that they are healthy.
Introduce fish gradually into the new tank, allowing the temperature of the water to equalise and also the fish to get used to the new chmistry in the tank.
As a new beginner, I suggest that you avoid aquatic plants as they pose another challenge.
In addition, you may want to consider easy to keep/maintain fishes such as bettas (fighting fish), gouramis, mollys, platys, guppys etc. Avoid goldfish, kois, cardinial tetras, neon tetras as these require some effort in keeping the water conditions stable.
Try not to disturb the tank/water too much, besides frightening the fishes, you may transfer the germs on your hand/arm into the water and vice versa.
Maybe you can try to imagine yourself as a fish in your tank, what would make your happy/contented?
Last edited by gks; 3rd Aug 2006 at 14:55.
This fish sudden death thing is bothering me too. I just found 1 dead fish in my tank again today. It seems that they just die like that...Really makes me feel guilty..
One important that I've learnt so far is that if you have done enough re-cycling of water, the fishes will not die so easily...
sometime thy just die like tat.....
Old age ..... ?? all living things dies !!
About "disturbing the water", i just did a major rescape of my 6-mth old 3ft tank the other day (over 3~4 days) with all my fishes and critters in there. Howver, i took care to scape only half at a time, leaving them space to the other half. Once finished with one side, i scape the other end :-)
Its been almost a week and all my tank inhabitants are healthy and doing great.
So .... have fun experiencing the hobby bro Francis !
there are alot of reason they die, may also due to stress.......esp when we do a major rescape.
aha, ..... could be due to the oil on ya fingers after kentucky
i always wash my hands before i put it in my tank !!
Haha, i m a full time vegetatian. haha.....aha, ..... could be due to the oil on ya fingers after kentucky
i always wash my hands before i put it in my tank !!
Looks like 1 of my fish is going to die liao. Stop eating.
Now add prawn, shrimps and see what happens, the ultimate test for water quality
It's not just "Step1: Add Water, Step2: Add Fish" If everything else don't work, add plastic plants and fish
So far so good after 50% water changed. The remaining 20 fishes still alive and swimming happily. Bought another 20 tetras. Do according to all bros advice before putting the fishes into the tank. To date, touched wood, all doing well. Now, I can happily look and admire my fish tank before I leave home and back home. Good for stress management. A kind of satisfaction.
Will continue to read all the threads in this forum to learn more from all bros.
Be careful there... 40 fishes is a little over the limit for a 2-ft tank. Things can go bad real quick if you are not careful.
Happy fishkeeping!
BC
Keep up with your weekly water change when you have such high loads... Enjoy the fishes...
ENJOY and feed sparingly .. once every 2 days is good enough.
Imo, its not just the number of fishes that matters, it is also the size of ya fishes. IF u feed too much too soon, these guys tends to grow rather large, and ya 2ft wld seem to look like a 1ft tank.
Oops!Be careful there... 40 fishes is a little over the limit for a 2-ft tank. Things can go bad real quick if you are not careful.
Happy fishkeeping!
BCPls advice.
Hi Francis,
Just perform a general tank clean-up and rinse the filter wool if they are clogged up. Feed the fishes as per normal the day of your departure and they should be fine when you are back from your holiday. Most fishes should be able to fast a couple of weeks.
If not, perhaps you can ask a relative or friend to pop over to feed them? There are also those automatic feeders available at LFSes.
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