Reply With QuoteSad to hear your losses.
How long have the tank been set up? We will need more information to help you diagnose correctly the problem.
Ok heres how it goes.
1 feet tank.
All my fishes died.
1 pair of apistos caca
1 pleco
2 rasboras
1 loach
1 talking catfish
1 pair skirt tetras
This morning I noticed ALOT of small white worms sticking on the glass!! What are they? Also theres alot of bubbles (proteins?) on the water surface no matter how much water changes i perform.
Please, I need your help.
Sad to hear your losses.
How long have the tank been set up? We will need more information to help you diagnose correctly the problem.
worms sticking on the glass probably planaria, due to overfeeding
theres alot of bubbles (proteins?) is it planted tank?
there lots of bioload for 1ft tank, what is the exact dimension of the tank? 1ftx..x..
That's ALOT of fish for a 1ft tank?
Never create what you can't control
The white worms in your tank point to overfeeding. The bioload of your tank also seem a little on the high side. Deterioation of your water condition may be the culprit.
Let us know more details of your tank. What filter are you using? What pleco is that, a common pleco? What rasboras and loach is that? Did they die all at once, or over a period of time? How long is your tank cycled before introducing the fishes?
Hi bros and sis,
firstly, thanks for replying
1. Tank details.
-Setup for 2 weeks
- 2 small filters (kiasu but i got extra mah)
- 1 small airpump
- 1 Boyu PL 9 watt
- some plants inside.
- now left 1 pleco, 2 small pettys, 1 ghost shrimp
2. Bioload
- The fishes weren't added in at the same time, I bought more as they died
- My 'larger' fishes ie. catfish, pleco, caca & loach died over the weekend
- Strange thing is the bodies decomposed faster than normal.
3. Water Condition
- Should I get a filter with a surface skimmer to remove te bubbles on top?
- Think my colleagues may be feeding the fish when im not around
- Another colleague has a habit of dumping his water into my tank
Never create what you can't control
Your filtration seems to be okay, so that would rule out insufficient filtration. If the bodies decomposed faster than normal, then I would say something is wrong with your water.
Why on earth is your colleague dumping his water into your tank? Please try to talk some sense to your colleague.
In view of this, I would suggest that you:
1. Perform a large water change, say about 50-75%, make sure chlorine and/or chloramine are removed by adding water conditioners
2. Stop adding any more fishes into the tank, let your tank settle down first before considering any more additions (and if you must, get small fishes)
3. Do not overfeed them
Monitor and see how it goes from there. Good luck.
These two guys could be the reason for the faster decomposition.Originally Posted by iceburn
Also I don't think the water-dumping exercise will cause any problems. I top up my office tank's water with left over water in my bottle from the day before as well. Confirmed no chlorine that way.
For two weeks, it might be ammonia spike that caused the massive deaths.
your colleague have poisonous saliva
hi everyone, thanks for the contribution!
phew!
yes, i popped by biotope today (got to know another fellow AQ bro inside).
I got me a 50w heater (adding on to the gadgets on my 1 ft tank LOL).
once in installed and heated the tank the wormies died and started floating away. i also got me some pettys to eat them worms.
oh yah.. at 28deg.. somehow it cooked my shrimp. poor guy.
seems to be stabilising and the bubbles are lesser. i had to run off so i didnt get a chance to do water change. will update u guys tomoro
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