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Hi,
Please forgive me if this is the wrong forum for my question, or if I am asking a question that has been answered a million times. Anyway, I have a new 14 gallon long rectangle shaped freshwater aquarium with no live plants. I stocked it with 7 neon tetras(very small, even for tetras) 2 rainbowfish, and 1 pleco. I'm sure I did something horribly wrong by putting them all in at once, but I did. This was about three weeks ago. Immediately, the rainbowfish are very lively and swimming all over the tank. The pleco is also doing very well (always eating, getting fat, and constantly leaving a trail behind). My problem is with my tetras. They're all gone. One by one, they died off and I find them caught in the grate for the filter intake. All 7 of them are gone now. I treated the water with "AquaSafe" and "EasyBalance" when I filled the tank and let the tank sit without any fish for about two days. After losing 3 tetras, I vacuumed the gravel and changed about 35% of the water in the tank with spring water. I've also added a little bit of Aquarium Salt to the water on advise from the guy at PetSmart. I've been using EasyBalance once a week as directed. My Nitrite and Nitrate levels seem perfect, but every time I test my water, my Ph, Alkalinity, and Hardness is "very high". Is this what killed my tetras? I wondered if the rainbowfish were bullying them at all, but I don't see any chasing or anything that would lead me to believe that could be it. So, I guess I am looking for advice on what to do. I don't want to add any more fish until i figure out what killed my tetras. Oh yeah, my water temp hangs between 76 and 80 most of the time.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Andy
Please forgive me if this is the wrong forum for my question, or if I am asking a question that has been answered a million times. Anyway, I have a new 14 gallon long rectangle shaped freshwater aquarium with no live plants. I stocked it with 7 neon tetras(very small, even for tetras) 2 rainbowfish, and 1 pleco. I'm sure I did something horribly wrong by putting them all in at once, but I did. This was about three weeks ago. Immediately, the rainbowfish are very lively and swimming all over the tank. The pleco is also doing very well (always eating, getting fat, and constantly leaving a trail behind). My problem is with my tetras. They're all gone. One by one, they died off and I find them caught in the grate for the filter intake. All 7 of them are gone now. I treated the water with "AquaSafe" and "EasyBalance" when I filled the tank and let the tank sit without any fish for about two days. After losing 3 tetras, I vacuumed the gravel and changed about 35% of the water in the tank with spring water. I've also added a little bit of Aquarium Salt to the water on advise from the guy at PetSmart. I've been using EasyBalance once a week as directed. My Nitrite and Nitrate levels seem perfect, but every time I test my water, my Ph, Alkalinity, and Hardness is "very high". Is this what killed my tetras? I wondered if the rainbowfish were bullying them at all, but I don't see any chasing or anything that would lead me to believe that could be it. So, I guess I am looking for advice on what to do. I don't want to add any more fish until i figure out what killed my tetras. Oh yeah, my water temp hangs between 76 and 80 most of the time.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Andy