Tropical Fish Forum
Tropical Fish Keeping Help and Advice => New Fishkeepers => Topic started by: blackrat89 on March 08, 2016, 08:51:48 PM
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Hi all, I had an unexpected loss in my new tank . A male swordtail,that i had brought over from my old tank . (I had actually bred this fish from older stock and he was my only survivor) Anyway ,one morning he was floating . I have been cgecking water parameters daily as with it being a new tank set up I was expecting some problems to crop up, but all my levels were fine, 0,,0,0,ppm Nitrite ,ammonia and Nitrate across the board and a PH of 7.0. My only recent actions were to dose with Flourish excel to help plants and slight algae. I underdosed anyway . Would Excel have caused this sudden loss. No other fish seem affected . Any idea's . Col . PS great website .
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Hi Blackrat.
Sorry to hear about your swordtail. :(
I'm fairly new to this myself, so don't feel confident in giving advice, but I'm sure one of the more experienced fishkeepers will be along soon to help.
Here for moral support though.
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Hi Col. Welcome aboard! :wave:
Fish definitely dislike products like Flourish Excel in high doses, but as you under-dosed it seems unlikely that was the cause, especially as the other fish seem unaffected.
The usual symptoms of overdosing would be seeing the fish gasping at the surface.
Sometimes it's just one of those things and you can't really tell what caused a sudden death.
You said you'd moved the fish over from another tank, how recent was this? How old was the fish?
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Hi Simon . The new tank was set up about8 weeks ago, cycled ok by seeding from my older tank . The fish didn't appear to be unduly stressed at all. It would have been about two years old . All other fish seem ok . tank looks very healthy . all water levels fine . PH 7.0 Temp 79 F. Maybe it was just his time ? Col
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How old was the poor lad? You say he was the only survivor of a family that you bred?