i cleaned the tank last night and put the anti chlorine and dr. wonder (fish disease specialist) then i found our fishes dead this morning and when i took them out their fins and tails are almost melting and some of their body parts are falling like leaves, what's wrong?
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What is the Dr. Wonder stuff. Too much of the wrong thing could kill a fish instantly like that. I suspect the Dr Wonder. I do not beleive in medicating the tank with water additives. Anti-biotic food is best. All meds added to the water kill the biological filter, for one. You really need the use of a microscope to diagnose exactly what ails your fish, so you don't medicate with the wrong stuff. If you do not know the exact amount of water in the tank you are likely overdosing. For example my 55 gallon tank actually holds about 47 gallons of water, the rest is taken up by substrate and large river rocks. If I dosed for all 55 gallons I would be putting in too much medication.
The trick to keeping any fish is consistancy. Consistant regular water changes that also keep the water temperture consistant as well as Ph (to some degree). Keep the ammonia and nitrite at zero and Nitrates under 20 ppm at all times. Consistant filter cleanings (about once a month) and refurbish carbon regularly. Keep everything the same as you can and the fish will live long happy lives.
If fish get sick the first thing you do is change water. 99% of the time the illness is water related. Fish health is totally dependant on the health of the water. Foul water equals stressed or sick fish. Learn to watch the fish's behaviour when they are healthy. If they stop acting that way and start acting differently then suspect the water needs a big changing. Hope this has shed some light.
How was the temperature of the water? Sometimes, if it's to hot, they will just float to the top- and they won't be able to swim.
And maybe you put to much chemicals in the tank and didn't let it circulate long enough. I think you are suppose to wait a few hours before you put the fish back in their tank. After a few hours or so, the temperature of the water and the chemicals will even out.
Sorry about your fish.
first never use tap water, use disteled water? i think i miss Spelled it but i hear it works best for fish... and get Sucker Fish to clean bowl. and learn how to clean from pet store before taking on such projects.. they can leave resdue that will hurt fish.
If the water is to hot your fish will look like they have been boiled. My Aunts fish died from that. Also it could be a chemical burn. Or if you used a certain chemical to clean it like i know i use dish soap and you have to make sure that all the soap is out of the tank and the tank is dried before you start adding water to it. Then when you do put chemicals in the tank you have to let them filter through for about a half hour to 45 minutes. But with that amount of time and with their body parts falling off and stuff. I would have to say either the water was to hot or they got a chemical burn. I know Ich is a huge factor in fish too. The scales will start falling off like nothing else. I had a African Cichlid that had that quite often.
there something called the circle of life... honey welcome to it.
fish are sensitve to water temp. and chemical changes you could have done too much of something while cleaning the tank, it sounds like you overdosed on the chloring and dr. wonder and it killed him.
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did you over dose them with your dr. wonder ?
and what was the reason you put the medication in , in the first place?? that might be the reason there dieing in the forst place
Its must have been a side effect of the chemical you added.
Do not Put Fish immediately After Cleaning the tank. leave it for sometime with for about half an hour with pump on.
He/she may of died from being fed too muh, to less, old age, too much bacteria in the tank, too less bactaria in the tank,
or shock. And if theresany other fish in the tank he may have died from nother fish. Oer a sickness. And dont do tis, I took my betta of his bowl and put him in another one and wen i woke up he was dead.
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