New dude

Hey hey guys! Im new to this forum .. I have a freshwater set up for about 2-3months now! will put up some pics

ok i dont know how to upload pics

 

Hi and welcome to TASA,the site can be slow on weekends,to create a album click on your name in the right upper hand corner of the page,then click create album in right middle hand.

 

Welcome to TASA - it's always great to have new members.

 

hello and welcome!
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Welcme

 

hi and welcome to tasa !

tell us a little about your tank dude ?

 

ok i uploaded pix! go check em out guys! So i got an aquah2o at62 tank.. so thats a 2ft long by about 2ft high... have about 20 malawis, 4 angels, 4 parrots, 1 surviving dwarf gourami and 1 brown eel that looks like a fire eel but i dont know the proper name... about a week ago all the lil fish started dying so i thought maybe it was just an ammonia spike so i did a nice big water change and thought it would be fine... but it wasnt! then my fav compressor died and thats when enough was enough! So that night it occurred to me that i never put aquarium salt, ever! lol so i put a generous portion of salt and it did the trick.. few days ago i got 2 compressors

ye so thats my story lol... well i do have another tank but... im not sure if i should talk about it..

 

hi and welcome to TASA

 

Hmmm.... where to start....

Welcome Tremayn, welcome to the hobby. Can I suggest you STOP buying fish, and do some SERIOUS research before carring on.

It would sound as if you have been seriously conned by your Local Pet Store... and I suspect you will be tossing in the hobby very soon.

I try not to be the bad-a$$ of the forum... so I'm going to try and say this in the most nicest way I can... and I really do appologize if this comes out as harsh... but there is really no nice way of saying this.

First of all your tank is SERIOUSLY overstocked!

Secondly, as far as I know, Malawis, angels and parrots all come from different types of water... and they will die off (and soon).

Lastly... WHY would you put aquarium salt into a tropical tank? Aquarium salt is for medicating in a seperate container, or for MARINE tanks.

Go read these 2 articles I prepared this week:

http://www.tropicalaquarium.co.za/showthread.php?t=3305
http://www.tropicalaquarium.co.za/showthread.php?t=3318

 

hello and welcome, i'm fairly that those malawis are going to kill your angels..

 

Hi and welcome

 

its not actual salt, they said its for killing parasites and stuff

lol yes i know my tank is over stocked thats y i got another tank but its still cycling... had the malawis, parrots and angels in together for a while now and they seem all really healthy and happy... nothing has nipped fins... well i think everything is ok

 

lol,just don't add to much.(1 teaspoon per 50L)




P.S it doesn't kill parasites,you should just add a little since most parasites don't like salt.

 

i dont really know what the salt does but after i put it in the tank my lil guys stopped dying

1 tbspn?? oh oh.. i put like 7!! but that was a few weeks ago and things seem cool... for now... i hope

 

Seeing as your fish died before you added the salt i'm guessing they got some sickness from one of the new fish you added to the tank.just a question,when you bought the fish did you add the water in the bag to your aquarium?

 

yes that must be the prob. no i never add water from the bag, i always use the bucket method then just use a net and put the fish in the tank and throw the water on the grass... just cant trust that water

not all the fish died, about 4 of the smallest 1s died before i put the salt and i checked the ph and it was fine, temp has been 25degrees always and i even test the thermometer and it works

 

well all is mostly right then,you need to get another tank to deal with your overstock problem,just add 50% of your old tank water to the new one,then fill tham up with tap water and add anti-clorine,wait for the temp to be about 20c in the new tank then you can add some of your fish to it.

 

i already have another tank.. its running right now .. got it today.. I use filtered water because i dont trust tap water that much

 

with you there,as long as the water isn't filtered with none-aquarium chem then it should be alright.

 

i put alil water from my tank in the new 1 then put aqua safe and quick cycle... want some bacteria to build up .. on mon ill put some fish in it

no its 1 of those big filter things to make tap water better... has like carbon and stuff in the filter. I figured it must b better than just plain ol tap water