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Dying Fish Due to NO Dechlorinator (What Can I Do?)

Discussion in 'Fish Diseases & Cures' started by Anonymous, Feb 4, 2009.

  1. Anonymous

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    last week i changed my fish tank my fish tank water but forgot to declorinate it and all of my fish are dying
     
    Anonymous, Feb 4, 2009
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  2. Anthony

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    Re: HELP PLEASE

    Please be sure to include all of the following.

    pH
    Ammonia Level
    Nitrite Level
    Nitrate Level
    Water Temperature
    Tank Size
    How Often You Do Water Changes And What Percent You Change
     
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  3. Anonymous

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    What do you want help with? You obviously know what went wrong. Add dechlor next time lol.
     
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  4. Anonymous

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    ino but i took the water to be tested at a fish store and now the ammonia and nitrite are 1 so the owner of the fish store said to change 20% of the water declorinate it add it to the tank and take some more water back to be tested in two weeks but is their anything else i can do because the water is green this was only three days ago
     
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  5. LemonDiscus

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    The water is green because of algae.... Algae has NOTHING to do with water quality and actually as ugly as it looks, is beneficial to the tank.

    Algae usually comes when you overfeed the fish or leave the light on for too long. Feed the tank less, and be sure not to turn the light on in the morning and leave it on of 16-18 hours or even overnight. The algae WILL go away. My mother listened to me and her algae stopped growing all over and is only on the decorations now which is MUCH better.

    8-10 hours is ALL you should have your tank lit up for. 12 hours at MOST!
     
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  6. Anonymous

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    thank you lemon discus is there anything i can add to speed up the growth of the healthy bacteria
     
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  7. LemonDiscus

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    Nope, well there are chemicals.... BUT I dont use them... I either fishless cycle or cycle with fish (I am doing this now on my 125 and it is VERY dangerous with a full stock of fish)

    Add 1 small fish, it will be fast that way (about 1 week) You MUST check your Ammonia AND Nitrites DAILY, waterchange and Prime to keep them down safe for the fish.
     
    LemonDiscus, Feb 5, 2009
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  8. Anonymous

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    thank you no fish have died since
     
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  9. Anonymous

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    im planning on adding another type of tetra
     
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  10. LemonDiscus

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    Just keep an eye on your Ammonia, Nitrite AND Nitrate levels.
     
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  11. Anonymous

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    thankyou for all of your help
     
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    issue resolved.
     
    MOD_Dawn, Mar 29, 2009
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