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	Angelfish dying
fatkid Fingerling Posts: 28 Kudos: 19 Votes: 0 Registered: 30-Jul-2003	hey. two weeks ago I bought two angelfish and it seemed as though they were doing fine, but three days ago one of them died and the next day the other was doing somersaults and swimming weird. He died yesterday. Do you guys have any suggestions of what killed them?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:35
Janna Mega Fish Posts: 1386 Registered: 24-Aug-2003	What size tank do you have? Can you give us the other occupants, and the readings for ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate? Last edited by Janna at 14-Jan-2005 23:24 They shade the glow of it with their mossy-misty costumes, They wear masks of silk, porcelain, brass, and silver, So as not to mislead with their own, ordinary faces.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:35
Mike R Fish Addict Posts: 593 Kudos: 830 Votes: 322 Registered: 27-Jul-2004	We need a little more info. How big is the tank? How long has it been set up? Is it cycled? What are your Ammonia, Nitr(I)te, and Nitr(A)te levels. What other fish are in the tank? What kind of filter? Mike
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:35
fatkid Fingerling Posts: 28 Kudos: 19 Votes: 0 Registered: 30-Jul-2003	It is a 125 gallon. 2 gouramis, 1 rainbow shark, 1 pleco, 1 chinese algae eater, and 2 silver mollys. my Ph is around 8.4. My alkalinity is around 240. my total hardness is around 50. I'm not sure about the other stuff you asked for, but the PH has been stable and I have not changed the water since I added the angels. Also, I added stress coat when I changed the water.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:35
fatkid Fingerling Posts: 28 Kudos: 19 Votes: 0 Registered: 30-Jul-2003	i have two penguin 330 biowheels. I have had the tank set up since august.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:35
fatkid Fingerling Posts: 28 Kudos: 19 Votes: 0 Registered: 30-Jul-2003	what does "cycled" mean? I change water every two weeks and I have it filtered.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:35
JQW Fish Addict Posts: 869 Kudos: 758 Registered: 09-Apr-2003	it seems to be that your angels died out of stress cause sudden change in water parameter your pH of 8.4 is really to high for angelfish it was likely to be the stress of being transfered to your tank and the high pH that has caused the death of your angelfish you may have introduced you angels too quickely
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:35
fatkid Fingerling Posts: 28 Kudos: 19 Votes: 0 Registered: 30-Jul-2003	I just think that if the PH was the cause, they would have died sooner. Also, if i did introduce them too fast, what should i do to fix it.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:35
superlion Mega Fish Posts: 1246 Kudos: 673 Votes: 339 Registered: 27-Sep-2003	fish could die quickly from a major change like that, but very often a stress on them like that will weaken their immune systems and they will succumb to another disease (which may not have visible symptoms) ><>
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:35
fish1 Banned Posts: 1727 Kudos: 1910 Votes: 58 Registered: 09-May-2004	PH was most likely the cause angels are sensative fish and most petstore keep there water at 7.0 a shock like that would be enough to kill a fish let alone that angels prefer 7.o or below! ==fish1
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:35
fatkid Fingerling Posts: 28 Kudos: 19 Votes: 0 Registered: 30-Jul-2003	what should I do about the PH. I have tried using the PH lowerers and I can never get those to work.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:35


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