Why do some of my fish die when I introduce them to my tank
Why do some of my fish die when I introduce them to my tank2007-11-24 23:43:53
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Have you treated your water? Make sure the water is treated, do you have a heater in the tank?
try a different pet store , maybe they have inferior fish
i would think just from the shock in general such as from the ride home, new surroundings, make sure you buy your fish where you can get a refund. just out of curiosity, if you have live bearers, why do you need to buy more? aren't they reproducing?
There are a lot of factors that could be causing this. How old is your aquarium? It could be OTS (Old Tank Syndrome). This has a lot to do with your water's pH parameter. Do you measure the pH the fish were in prior to introducing them? If not - you need to, and if there is a great variance I would put them into a 5g bucket and slowing add water from the tank you are wanting to introduce them into (over a period of at least 2 hours).
Here's an article for you on OTS.
http://www.thepufferforum.com/articles/s.
Good luck!
there could possibly be an infection in the tank from one of the fish and it's possible that the other fish you have could have become imune to it. your fish could be sick on it's own were so you buy them if you go to a pet store and see any dead fish in the tank of fish you are trying to get do NOT purchase any from that tank if they are dying there is something wrong with them ALL despite what the pet store may say.
I workd a pet store that sold fishes and we not only told people to float the bag in the water so the fishes adjust to the temperature we also recommended adding small amounts of the tank water into the bag a few minutes apart. The water at the pet store may have slight chemical diffences and the slow introduction of the water will get them adjusted to it.
You should add water from your tank a little at a time to the bag you got from the store. There water may have different propertys in it that t fish have to adapt to
If you bought them last night, then you are buying them at the wrong time; I think!
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