fish keep sinking and dying

i need your help again kenny :2431:

i found another bloomin fish dead this morning..one of my original mollys :san56: i noticed that before it died it was swimming around the bottom of the tank, but i naively thought maybe it was hiding because it used to get harrassd by the male all the time until i got a couple more females in the tank.... then i remembered that my gourami also did this before it died, that was swimming on the gravel practically before it died

whats going on, what am i doing wrong????

Aww Nooooooo :love: :love:

It's horrible when you go through a spell like this, I have had it happen ages ago and it makes you wonder what the hell is happening :love:

it does sange ... its bloomin annoying and quite sad!!....

Hope Kenny has the answer for you and things get better :love:

think i will definately get round to taking a water sample to the local aquatics centre this weekend.. not going to PAH with one, i watched a couple of youg girls test a blokes tank sample last week, they didnt know what they were on about, and the bloke went away none the wiser :2431:

I know, they can be terrible there, the girl didn't even which were the Kribs or how to sex them, yet they got the bloomin cheek to ask you a load of questions before they sell you a fish that you can lie through your teeth about :2431:

lol, i know... its all bullshit!!.... i once went and enquired about crayfish, i asked the youg bloke all about them, what i needed and what i should buy, he walked around with me and guided me... when i got it home and set it up i thought i would look on the net and see what it said about them.. i had completely the wrong set up, no where enough room for one let alone two!!! so i ended up buying an albino frog from the aquatic centre instead

remember P.A.H have no experience with aquatics ,most aquatic shops are owned by people who have kept or breed fish for many years and with many years experience
U urgentley need ur water tested Shelley(sorry tank water) or try ebay and buy kit yourself the tetra test kit is easy to use and gives instructions how to remedy.but get the multiple test kit if u have this u can check water weekly or monthly and will help u notice any problems before fish die, Bicardonate of soda can be used to adjust ph if required but after making any changes to water u have to retest after a few days to ensure u have not added to much thats why test kit is a good idea.
IF its a quick test a ph strip will work (u can buy these out of chemist) ur tank ph needs to be around 7
hope this helps for now Shelley

cheers kenny, yes i definately need to do something....ive lost another fish today, the balloon molly, he was absolutely fine yesterday...but today i find him dying with one large black eye and the other one is normal, then a few hours later hes dead!!!

on a good note though, the silver molly had her babies last night, but the fantails have eaten them ... they were gorgeous.. im sure there is a couple milling about somewhere in the tank.... i hope they survive!!!

shelley sounds like pop eye see pics and right up

the eye wasnt that big though kenny, it didnt pop out of the face, it looked like one of the fantails had punched him and given him a black eye :2431:

the pics are of advanced stage will just look slightly larger than other eye to start with

oh right, maybe thats what it was then, i serioulsy need to get my arse into gear and get the tank water changed.... its seems to be only the fantails that survive :2431:

Aww you lost another one :love:

i did sange, and all my babies have gone too :cryyyyyy: tomorrow we are off to the garden centre, where they ahve a large aquatic section, and im going to get my water tested,and sort the bloomin tank out once and for all... ... its not looking very good at all at the moment, theres plants all over the place, where ive tried to group them together to hide the babies....

so tomorrow its overhaul day for the tishie tank :2431:

I will cross fingers that it ends quickly for you hun, it's no laughing matter when things are going wrong and you cannot work out what it is, keep us updated on the water test

get the shop to give u results and recommended action to take if its not to far away take water back after aweek and get them to retest do not BUY ANY FISH until u have resolved problem