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2 of my fish died in the same day2007-11-24 23:09:20

I have 10 tropical fish all of the same breed. Yesterday i found one of my fish dead but a couple of days before it died iot seemed to have some sort of injury on its side, none of the other fish in the tank i dont think would have bit it so does anyone know what could have happened?

This morning when i got up i seen another fish was dead, i was expecting this because it didn't look well last night. It was swimming around and couldn't seem to close its mouth. Anyone know what this is?

The two fish were albino coloured and the rest of my fish are zebra stripped! also i noticed that they had become very red behind the gills. I must add i have 1 more albino fish in the tank and it nor the other fish seem to be affected!

Answers:

Hey Kath, how long has your tank been set up for?

The main reason fish get sick is due to poor water quality.

If your tank is new then you have most likely added 2 many fish and you are killing them with ammonia poisoning.

if its been running awhile then i would ask if you have been doing your weekly water changes and using a gravel siphon.

Get your water tested and if its of poor quality i would do a 50% water change and keep testing the water and doing a 25% water change every few days untill its under control and then do about 30% each week.

Here are some good sites about the tank cycle and cleaning and some common mistakes people make.

http://freshaquarium.about.com/od/fishqa...