Troph fry dead.... What gives?

[tunedis95]

So I had 20 trophes as of three weeks ago... I'm down to 5 left in my 6 gallon tank. Water change everyother week and water is 78-80 degrees. Why would these little guys be dying? Water has been tested at petsmart too and everything checked out fine. They eat NLF. 1mm pellets.

[armthehomeless]

First thought is that the tank sounds kinda sound kinda small. Could be fluctuations in water chermistry. . . was the tank cycled?

[tunedis95]

Tank has been in use for over 4 months now.... Trophes been in it for 3 weeks....I clean this tank at the same time I do my big tank and use Prime. Just a tad bit of that stuff due to it's small size....this sux ya!!

[myjohnson]

Bloat?

They showing any sign of it?

[mark razmandi]

20 fish in a 6 gallon and water changed every OTHER week? i think that might have something to do with it....were you power feeding?

[supadave]

Sorry for the loss of your fry . I think we may need a little more info . What is the filtration like on the fry tank ? How often are you doing water changes ? What is the size of the fry ? How much and how often are you feeding the fry ?

[76dragon]

I think small tank equals less room for error. Sorry for the bad luck

[kbuntu]

I do a 15% water change every 2 days on a 30 gallon. 6 gallons? wow. thats your problem right there.

[mark razmandi]

when i had 25 geo fry in a 5.5g..i did 50% every single day.

[tunedis95]

So it's waterchanges..... Makes sense I guess.... I have them in a in my big tank and they are doing fine now.... I was getting my 55 gallon tank ready for them too.... Argh.... Thanx ya......