http://aquarium-fishtalk.com/my-aquarium-has-a-high-casualty-rate-why/ Aquarium sharing blog and videos Sun, 12 Feb 2012 06:01:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://aquarium-fishtalk.com/my-aquarium-has-a-high-casualty-rate-why/comment-page-1/#comment-38431 Why Many People Fail to Make Money From Internet Marketing Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:36:35 +0000 http://aquarium-fishtalk.com/my-aquarium-has-a-high-casualty-rate-why/#comment-38431 My aquarium has a high casualty rate. Why? My aquarium has a high casualty rate. Why?

]]> http://aquarium-fishtalk.com/my-aquarium-has-a-high-casualty-rate-why/comment-page-1/#comment-35399 sharklover8 Sat, 06 Mar 2010 09:48:51 +0000 http://aquarium-fishtalk.com/my-aquarium-has-a-high-casualty-rate-why/#comment-35399 You added in too many fish at once. You should only add in one or two each week. The other issue is that your tank has not been cycled, so this is know as new tank syndrome. Cycling is where your fish poo is converted into ammonia, then to nitrite and then to nitrate. When you have so many fish in your tank as you did, the ammonia level sky rockets to a very dangerous high level, which would explain all your fish death because ammonia is fatal to fish. Another thing to remember not to do in the future, is to not add in any new fish while it is cycling, and if you suspect a disease, never add in new fish. It will just expose the new fish to the disease, and you don't want them getting it as well. You will need to cycle your tank first, it happens naturally, and there is pretty much always deaths from it. Cycling must happen in fish tanks because later on it will convert the bad bacteria into good bacteria which isn't harmful to your fish. Add in some stress zyme or cycle to kick start the cycling, these products will add millions of good live bacteria to your tank. Don't add in any new fish, you should only have a few in there to cycle the tank. Once it is done cycling (when the ammonia and nitrite levels are 0, and the nitrate is slightly above 0), you can add in one or two fish each week. You added in too many fish at once. You should only add in one or two each week. The other issue is that your tank has not been cycled, so this is know as new tank syndrome. Cycling is where your fish poo is converted into ammonia, then to nitrite and then to nitrate. When you have so many fish in your tank as you did, the ammonia level sky rockets to a very dangerous high level, which would explain all your fish death because ammonia is fatal to fish.
Another thing to remember not to do in the future, is to not add in any new fish while it is cycling, and if you suspect a disease, never add in new fish. It will just expose the new fish to the disease, and you don’t want them getting it as well.
You will need to cycle your tank first, it happens naturally, and there is pretty much always deaths from it. Cycling must happen in fish tanks because later on it will convert the bad bacteria into good bacteria which isn’t harmful to your fish. Add in some stress zyme or cycle to kick start the cycling, these products will add millions of good live bacteria to your tank.
Don’t add in any new fish, you should only have a few in there to cycle the tank. Once it is done cycling (when the ammonia and nitrite levels are 0, and the nitrate is slightly above 0), you can add in one or two fish each week.

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