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My fish are dieing due to ammonia, any solutions about how i can help them2007-11-24 23:09:47

iv had my 35 liter tank for about 6 days now and my fish for about 4 days, and recently most of the fish have died, i asked the pet store why this had happend and they had told me that it was because ammonia levels being to high, the rest of the fish are barely living, i know alot about tropical and cold water fish because iv read alot about them but i dont know that much about ammonia, by the way i think my tank is still in its cycle process. if you know any thing that might help, could you please tell me in full detail and how i can prevent this in the future.

Answers:

Here is a site that discribes cycling a tank in detail and will answer every single one of your questions

http://www.firsttankguide.net/cycle.php...

Hope that helps

Good luck

EB

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You can get chemicals to lower the amonia levels in your tank at a fish store or a pet store. They have them for freshwater, tropical, and specially for goldfish.

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Here is a good article about cycling tanks: http://www.caudata.org/cc/articles/cycli...

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first thing is if you have had the tank a week you should nt have any fish in it at all and yes it is...

try this site it will have many answers to what you need to know about what you are doing wrong... cycling a tank takes much long than a week if done right read more before you buy more fish

http://www.oscarfish.com

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well if you have a goldfish in there thet would explain it

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I feel your pain. But I didn't have many fish, so I didn't have time to find out how to fix it before everyone died. :(

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You need a liquid test kit for ammonia, nitrites, and nitrites. When the levels test above zero for ammonia, change water immediately. Then when nitrites kick in you need to change the water as the levels get above zero. The nitrates are last in the cycle and can be at a level of 10-20 before you change. Test and change the water daily as you cycle. It should only take a few weeks. Do not clean the filters or gravel while you cycle. The good bacteria lives in the filters and the mistake most people make is changing the filter too often.