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hi yesterday i brought 6 glowlight in 1 day they all died
i had molly in the tank before bt got rid of them but kept one which is still alive
the temp is at 26
i tested the water ph hardness etc... and they came up how they should be, so why have they died.

What size tank + filter you got?

it about 10 or 12 gallon tank with a trio 2000 filter

What steps did you take to acclimate the new fish? Also, It's usually suggested to add fish only a couple at a time to give the filter time to grow into the new bio load but tetras aren't very ;arge and it was a quick loss of fish, being in one day...

maybe the parameters of your tank were so far from those of the tank they came from, they were way over stressed?? I hope you can at least take them back to the LFS and get a refund/credit.

um temp wise it is fine as they range from 22C-28C the higher being for breeding. They can be a little sensative to a change in water chemistry. I take it you do the proper introduction method i.e. float bag fro 10 mins the add a little of tank water float of another 10 mins then repeat 2-3 times. Might have been to much of a change in water chemistry maby taken longer in the floating bag method. This might be nothing to do with the problem of there death but they do like tannin water from bog wood but i dont think lack of that would kill them. It does like soft/acid water from my experiance but again they are quite hardy.

well just got back from the shop they reckon it was ammonia so went all the backk home got sample of water and went back it was fine. they just think it was stress of the drive n gave me sum more free, n extra 1 cus they culdnt be bother 2 get him out.

ok i let them out and these one semm alot better there swim round more n 2gether the other just stay near bottom of the tank on there own like

As Scott said, it was probably how you acclimated them. I've found they can be a bit touchy at the beginning, but once they're established in a tank, they're pretty hardy.

I'd personally suggest the drip method to acclimate them. Take a clean bucket (NO CLEANERS OR ANYTHING IN IT!), empty the fish and water from the LFS into it, take some airline tubing and start a siphon from the tank into the bucket. Clamp the tubing so that it drips about once every second or two. Leave it until the water volume at least doubles in the bucket (2 1/2 is even better). Net the fish into your tank so that the LFS water doesn't mix with your main tank water.

Joe Potato


Edit: Ah, I didn't see you had already posted. Good luck with this batch. Hope it works out for you.

the problem still happening 1 died already i taken all the fish out of the tank
i don't knw wat else 2 do.

When I got my glolites I had bought 6 and 2 died within a day. I went back and got replacements and had my water tested at the store which is mandatory to get replacment fish and it was fine.
I brought the 2 home and one of those died that night as well. I now have 5 and they are all doiong great and its been about a month.
I floated the bag for an hour open and every 10 minutes I added an ounce or so of the tanks water to the bag. I have a turkey baster that I use for this purpose.
I also turn off the lights and make the tank as dark as possible and leave it that way even once the fish are let out of the bag. Oh, I also put a little stress coat in the bag of fish once I get home and start the float.
I hope they do well for you. I love the glolites. They are very animated and fun to watch.
Should you lose these then maybe you should try another store. Maybe its your store that is the problem?

i think found the problem my heater broke it spose 2 be 24 n i found out it's in the 30's

pete-

typing in complete sentences and entire words might help as well, my friend!

sorry to hear about your losses and your heater, but now you know what the deal is!

just to let you know the heater is out, and the fish are fine, the bit above there eye are alot oranger now.

Hope the fish are fine............. The heater wouldn't lower the temperature, so i wouldn't blame the heater. If the out side temperature is 30, that the tank cannot be 24, if you don't have something to cool the tank water.



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well the new heater in and there still alive so there all settled in, i thinking of adding another 6 tetra in week or so but i not sure which would go best with glowlight ,neons... any other ideas

I would wait a few more days before adding more fish.

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It sounds like you did a great job of acclimating them... wierd... I am thinking the same thing on the heater, if it's broken, it own't heat and unless you're in a really cold environment you'd be fine...

It must be a chemistry deal. I would recommend getting your own liquid test kit so you can check parameters yourself, rather than the LFS just saying your water is fine. I found the my LFS was using test strips, and when I changed from strips to the more accurate liquids, the strips were way off on some of the readings... Just a suggestion!

well it wasnt the water was to cold, the water was to hot the heater was set to 24 but was heating the water well into the 30's
and i do plan on waiting, before adding any more i just look for idea of wat of tetra i could put with them

There are only a few types of tetra too aggressive to be safely trusted with them. (Serpaes in particular, and -- from what I hear -- maybe Penguins and Buenos Aires Tetras.)

In my experience, store-bought Glowlights are annoyingly delicate -- maybe because they've been too inbred by the fish farms. (The same thing is true of store-bought Neons.) At any rate, don't panic just because you initially lose a lot of 'em -- some of the tetras described by the books as "delicate" actually seem to survive a lot better than Glowlights and Neons in my tank (and I've got two decades' experience with tetras).

Also, Glowlights absolutely love algae wafers (although I've never seen this fact mentioned in a book). And they're among the timidest of the tetras unless you have at least 5 or 6 of them.

If your heater was heating the water THAT high, though, that's probably all the explanation you need right there -- there aren't many freshwater tropicals of any sort that can tolerate temperatures that high.