We had my mother over for dinner last night and while she was there I noticed that every single fish we have (40) in our 65 gallon tropical fish tank were at the top of the tank gasping for air! I asked Tony about it because I'm not a fish person and he said he'd done a 50% water change yesterday afternoon and the fish were probably just alittle stressed out but not to worry... so I didn't!
I took mom home and when I was driving back, Tony calls to ask how long I was going to be when I asked why he replied "because my fish are dying and I have to go to Tesco's (Superstore) to get some stuff!". I raced home to find 3 dead fishies in the Hospital Tank and 4 more in the large tank on their way out too! I was only gone 15 minutes so how could they all be dying so quickly? I did an amonnia and nitrite test and the reading was Toxic!
We spent 4 hours doing another 75% water change, retreated the water, removed the filter and did a complete overhaul, removed every plant and washed them and finally decided we'd done enough to save them!
We got to bed at 3am this morning and now I'm battling to keep my eyes open! To make matters worse, I overslept and missed my 6am morning cleaning job this morning so I made an excuse that I wasn't feeling well so I have to go in tonight! Grrrr!
I'm sooooooo tired!
I took mom home and when I was driving back, Tony calls to ask how long I was going to be when I asked why he replied "because my fish are dying and I have to go to Tesco's (Superstore) to get some stuff!". I raced home to find 3 dead fishies in the Hospital Tank and 4 more in the large tank on their way out too! I was only gone 15 minutes so how could they all be dying so quickly? I did an amonnia and nitrite test and the reading was Toxic!
We spent 4 hours doing another 75% water change, retreated the water, removed the filter and did a complete overhaul, removed every plant and washed them and finally decided we'd done enough to save them!
We got to bed at 3am this morning and now I'm battling to keep my eyes open! To make matters worse, I overslept and missed my 6am morning cleaning job this morning so I made an excuse that I wasn't feeling well so I have to go in tonight! Grrrr!
I'm sooooooo tired!