Kenyi Fry

[fishboyt]

Some of my kenyi fry have been dieing. I give them 50% water changes every two days. The water I use to fill their tank up with goes through a carbon filter, and a water softener. I don't check the PH, Amonia, Hardness, etc. because I don't have a test kit. Can someone tell me what's wrong?



Thanks!

[armthehomeless]

Do smaller water changes. 20% every day is better than 40% every other day. Fry are more sensitive to changes in conditions.

My first guess is water temperature fluctuation. What are you feeding them? What size tank are they in? heater?

[fishboyt]

I'm feeding them crushed up tropican fish flakes. They are in a 10 gallon tank. There is not a heater in there. (I can put one in).

[Zulaab]

If you have some Prime or Amquel, I would add a little to the tank. Like ATH said only about a 1/4 water change at the time, and temp cannot fall below about 72 or they will die off quick too. I would put a heater in there and raise the temp to about 80 in the grow out tank. Crushed flake should do you fine

[eklikewhoa]

I would say that the water softener could be causing pH spikes.
Temp fluctuations would be another reason.
Possible that the carbon filter is not effective enough depending on which kind.