Why have my fish been dying

[Teddylfc]

Re: Why have my fish been dying

In the morning when I turn on the light or it is already light in the room he is silver with a lovely rainbow off colours at the top edge and fins. Then I go work. When I come home he is normally dark orange and dark silver . Half the time the silver is black. Can be just before I feed them or just after I feed them. When he get really dark he swimms around the outside off the tank time and time again with the odd turn or dash. To put it in words he looks like he is on a mission!!!! I bumps into the odd fish and looks like it's 59/50 between aggression and panic.

Does that help . He looks ok with other fish he don't chase them. Just circles the tank bigtime.

When I feed them he is nuts and he goes for everything he can. He is never silver and rainbow when feeding time happens. Always as above.

[imagirlgeek]

Is this the kind of rainbow fish you have?

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[Teddylfc]

Re: Why have my fish been dying

No image there girlgeek. Will be home soon so will either take pic or find it's name on net.

[imagirlgeek]

Hmmm...is anyone else able to see the attached picture? I see it, but with the upgrade last night, I'm a little paranoid about bugs.

[Darbex]

I see the image

[Teddylfc]

Re: Why have my fish been dying

Maybe it cos I am on tapatalk.

Try my laptop in an hour or so

By the way

Got home and he was perfect in colour and the other fish were looking great. Went near the tank and he got darker and more movement. Put a little flake it and there he goes...... Nuts and now he is orange and dark silver.... He must be crazy ( got it right for u guys) for food.... May be that's all it is???

Teddy.

Ps how many kribs could I have in my tank ???? I love them

[imagirlgeek]

He must be crazy ( got it right for u guys)

I've never kept Kribs so someone else will have to answer that one.

As for your rainbow, yeah, I mean, if everything else seems okay with him (like he's not trying to jump from the tank, hiding from other fish, hanging in the bottom of the tank, gasping at the top of the tank), then cool. Maybe he is just 'mad' about dinnertime. <-- Look at that...I'm practically bilingual. Rainbows are notorious for getting pretty excited about food.

[Teddylfc]

Re: Why have my fish been dying

Ok then

Just done a 70% water change and I moved the rock etc as since I have had the tank I have not done this

You should have seen the sh t that came up from the gravel in the places I have not been doin. Maybe this will help out bigtime.

Ps the rainbow fish is silver and rainbow ....... He is also still omfg!!!!!

I think the advice on the bigger water change and the digging into the gravel is what was needed. Let's hope it is

Will get some readings and let u all know how it is.

I feel better although only time will tell

Thanks everyone

Teddy

[Teddylfc]

Re: Why have my fish been dying

Here is my rainbow fish from a couple off weeks ago. He is doin he show off fins. My tank is not the same now as I have live plants in and that silver shark died recently ( gutted)

So what type is he ???

Teddy

[geoff_tropheus]

Is this the tank you have?

http://www.seapets.co.uk/products/aquarium-supplies/aquariums/fluval/fluval-roma-aquariums/fluval-roma-125-aquarium-and-cabinet-oak-and-wenge.html

[Mzungu]

Thanks for posting a picture! It's a bit small, so I'm not positive, but it looks like it could be Glossolepis incisus, aka New Guinea Red Rainbow. Google that and see if it looks like your fish. :)

BTW, I've noticed in the past that rainbows are almost as expressive as cichlids when it comes to their mood-inspired color-changes. Especially in the morning when they're feeling frisky, lol.

[Zulaab]

Teddy,

You are going to be able to keep one pair of Kribs in a 125 liter tank. Make sure you end up with a male/female of them. (else you might have some trouble)
They will stake out a corner of the tank and will generally be nice to any fish in the tank. Once they have babies will rule most of the bottom of the tank.
If you make a small cave (upside down small flower pot with a side entrance, kribs are easy to get to breed)
I was going to ask the same question as Geoff did above... the tank he showed in the link is this the tank you have ? If you can, could you please look at the filter itself and see if there is a specific model number on the filter.
Larger water changes are always better. One of the things you can add to your tank is a small powerhead which will give you a little more water movement (get something that will move 200-250 liters an hour) this will start putting enough circulation in the tank that the debris that forms in the bottom of the tank will get kicked up and your filter will then catch it in the water column, and you will find less deuterium on the bottom of the tank that you have to remove each time vacuum the tank.

Rainbows like Mzungu said, are schooling fish.. ie they feel more at home when they are others of it own kind nearby.
Danio's are the same. The recommendation given to me in the past has always been "when you have schooling fish, keep a minimum of 6 of the same species together so they can school orderly, and be careful of not overstocking your tank, just because you want a ton of different fish"

Filter cleaning should be done once 4-6 weeks, and like you are already doing, clean it in a bucket of the water that is from the tank water. This will not clear out the good bacteria which you want to keep in the tank.

Keep the posts coming and we will resolve your problems soon :)

Keep smiling :)
Jesper

[Teddylfc]

Re: Why have my fish been dying

Hey you lot thanks for the continued help. I am so amazed and please so many of u are takin time to help. :-)

My filter looks like it's a fluval u2 ( think so anyway)

Been on google and my fish looks like a new guinea ..... Melanotaenia boesemani..... So guess it's one of them. He seems fine now and in a month or so I will get him some friends. His colours seem great today and he ain't half as mad. I think my problem was I was only doing 15% water changes and after that big one last nite everything looks clear and better. Now I will continue to do bigger changes

I wad hoping I could keep more kribs as they look stunning. I have 2 female and one male and they get on fine so far. I will be getting a cave soon as I want to bread them. If they bread and survive will they live together ok or will the fight once bigger and need to be removed. I just love them.

I have 5 golden barbs and like the colours against the kribs. If I were to put a few more in will they be ok , I heard barbs can be nasty but golden ain't to bad I think.

My plans are as follows over the next 5-6 months.........

3 kribs that are in + ofspring
1 rainbow shark
1 platy ( he keeps himself to himself and never gets bothered)
4-6 rainbow fish of the same type
10 golden barbs as they are small.

I think that would max out my tank and give some nice balance.

U lot know more than me so could I get away with that if I do regular big water changes to keep it armonia free. And will they all get on ( to a point)

If it's a no then so be it I won't risk getting it wrong.

Teddy

Ps girlgeek I just noticed u used the word "mad" ....... I like it!!!!;-)

Pps Zulaab.... What kinda fish is that on your signiture .... I like it.

[Mzungu]

Hey you lot thanks for the continued help. I am so amazed and please so many of u are takin time to help. :-)

My filter looks like it's a fluval u2 ( think so anyway)

Been on google and my fish looks like a new guinea ..... Melanotaenia boesemani..... So guess it's one of them. He seems fine now and in a month or so I will get him some friends. His colours seem great today and he ain't half as mad. I think my problem was I was only doing 15&#37; water changes and after that big one last nite everything looks clear and better. Now I will continue to do bigger changes

Ah, awesome! Boesemanis are some beautiful fish, and him turning black when he goes "mad" sounds about like it! Boesemanis can really change colors. Once you put a couple more in there with him, or it might even be possible now, look at his forhead in the morning. You might be able to see that it almost glows and flashes colors when he's in that mood. It's really amazing!

I wad hoping I could keep more kribs as they look stunning. I have 2 female and one male and they get on fine so far. I will be getting a cave soon as I want to bread them. If they bread and survive will they live together ok or will the fight once bigger and need to be removed. I just love them.

I have 5 golden barbs and like the colours against the kribs. If I were to put a few more in will they be ok , I heard barbs can be nasty but golden ain't to bad I think.

With the fish you have in there, and are planning to keep, I think the gold barbs will be perfectly fine. A popular term for some when describing barbs is "nippy," but that only seems to apply when you keep too few of them, as they are a schooling fish, or when you keep fish with long, flowing fins in the same tank, like guppies or bettas. But IME, gold barbs are pretty docile, and they're a great, active, boisterous fish that will handle any aggression your kribs might dish out but will also keep to themselves and not bother anyone.

My plans are as follows over the next 5-6 months.........

3 kribs that are in + ofspring
1 rainbow shark
1 platy ( he keeps himself to himself and never gets bothered)
4-6 rainbow fish of the same type
10 golden barbs as they are small.

I think that would max out my tank and give some nice balance.

U lot know more than me so could I get away with that if I do regular big water changes to keep it armonia free. And will they all get on ( to a point)

If it's a no then so be it I won't risk getting it wrong.

I think your plan sounds great. The fish will work well together. As for ammonia, don't forget to invest in some test kits so you can monitor the levels in your tank. You shouldn't really ever see ammonia unless you change out the filters and everything else in the tank, which would cause another cycle. When testing, you should really only see nitrates, not nitrites or ammonia. The bacteria in your filters will take care of the nitrite and ammonia for you. :) But yes, bigger water changes are wonderful for your fish, and they will love you for it! Nitrates may not be as harmful as ammonia or nitrites, but they still stress out fish. So the bigger the water change, the more nitrates you're taking out of the water, the more happy the fishes. :)

Teddy

Ps girlgeek I just noticed u used the word "mad" ....... I like it!!!!;-)

Pps Zulaab.... What kinda fish is that on your signiture .... I like it.

Uh oh...be careful, Teddy! That's a tropheus you're speaking of. Talk about an addicting species!

[armthehomeless]

The picture in the signature is Xenotilapia spilopterus "Kipili"
The picture in the avatar is a tropheus