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i have brought rainbows in the last 24 hrs and i have noticed that 5 of my fish have carketed. the ph is all sweet and i havnt had anyproblems keeping fish b4. What would the reason be and if u kno plz let me kno asap thx

Could be a couple things. Firstly, though, you're not going to get many good answers in the Plant Forum. I'll PM a mod to see if we can get it moved to Hospital.

For a fish to die that quickly, it is usually some kind of shock, be it pH or temp or some other parameter. Even if your pH is right where it needs to be for the fish, if it is significantly different that the water at the LFS, the sudden change could kill your fish. Same with temperature. This is why it is always recommended to acclimate fish over a period of time. Did you acclimate them?

Barring acclimation issues, it's probably something in the chemistry. Can you give us your tank readings for temperature, pH, NH3, NO2, NO3? Also, GH and KH if you have them.

Final note: did you notice any weird discoloration in the fish?

Edit: I just noticed that you said you specifically added rainbows (what species?), but you only said that five of your fish had died. Were all the fish that died your new rainbows or were they fish already in the tank? Speaking of which, what else (if anything) is in the tank? Give us a full layout -- size, inhabitants, filtration, and all that -- if you would, please.

If your water parameters are all OK but are they I would prefer to see a full water test done.

How did you introduce them to the tank?

I would also contact the LFS where you bought them to see if they had any problem with them.

Finally did you feed them as soon as the went into the tank?

Many years ago I was told never to feed the tank for at least 12 hrs after introducing fish. Apparently it has to to with the stress factor and being able to digest the food.

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the tank is 4foot by 18'' it has a fluval 304 and a half complete wetdry filter which im still trying to build but its pumping 1600l and hr. i have a terracotter pot in it um 2 high volage lights which my mate had on his well planted tank. alot of plants but the fish that died were only some of the varities that i have i dont kno all the names but i kno that there is about 4-5 different times. and airpump putting alot of oxygen into the tank. if i could put pics on i would love to supple one. but im not paying money to do it.

You can set yourself up with an account on a free hosting site like photobucket or something (there's several available to choose from), upload your photos to there.

Then copy & paste the direct link to the picture here using the [ link] URL [/ link] tags (the link button in the message editor area here on FP will do this automatically for you if you highlight the text then press the button).

The picture won't display in your post, that's a premie member perk, but the link will and people will be able to look at it that way.

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