Algae tablets killed my algae eater???

**Arctic_Fishery** · 02-09-2005, 5:28 PM

My mom has a 29 gallon with a red tail shark, 2 black skirt tets, and 3 red eye tets. Well algae started to grow on a decoration and I told her it was probaly from leaving the light on too long. Correct me if I am wrong please. So anyays, I told her to buy a algae eater and she did. Now before the bottomfeeder was put into the tank she dropped 2 algae tablets into the tank. Then aout a week later the fish died. So is the cause of death because of the tablets or something else? Any help would be appreciated. Thank you for your time.

**qtaquaman** · 02-09-2005, 5:33 PM

Not the tabs. Likely was not in the best condition in the first place, change in the water and it died

**Karnaaj** · 02-10-2005, 7:49 AM

More than likely the fish was sick or stressed at the time it was purchased and just couldn't handle the transition.

**oztun** · 02-10-2005, 1:09 PM

While algae does need light to grow it also needs food. This means she probably overfed the fish a bit and the water conditions might of been harsh on the fish. The water changes might not have been frequent enough to remove nitrates etc.