Forgive me for being overly detailed here, but I am at a total loss.
I have had my 90g for years. After moving it twice (once to my parents house, and then to our new house) - the center support snapped. I kept it about 1/4 full for about 6 months with the filter running on and off during that time. Amazingly all of my fish survived this ordeal (1 angel, 1 rainbow shark, 6 bloodfins, 6 loaches, 3 female bettas).
I finally got a new tank about 2 weeks ago, got it all up and running and everything was great. One of my bettas died because it swam into the hole in the bottom of a clay pot and got stuck, but that was it. So I went to the lfs and got 6 more bloodfins and 1 dwarf gourami. 2 of the bloodfins died the next day but other than that everyone looked healthy (this was last wednesday - the 17th) so I didn't think anything of it.
This past Sunday (the 21st) I got 6 quarter sized angels from a private breeder who has an immaculate fishroom & tanks. I have no concerns about the quality of his fish, this guy is very protective of his fish and grilled me before letting me have them. I acclimated them with a drip and they were fine. I also added a piece of driftwood that I've had for many years - I kept it in my snake's cage years ago but it's been sitting around useless for about 2 years. I did not boil it because it's too large. Later that night I noticed ALL of the fish breathing up at the surface, so I added an airstone and soon after they were acting normal again.
The next morning (monday) my 5 year old angel was dead. It never showed signs of illness. I immediately tested my water and got Ammonia 0, Nitrite 0, Nitrate 10, pH 6.6. Monday I also added CO2 that was going 1 bubble every 4 seconds - I forgot to shut it off that night.
The next morning (tuesday) my new gourami was dead (he appeared to be very very healthy up until I found him dead - never showed signs of illness).
So yesterday (wednesday) I was thinking about this and decided to do a water change (30%) since I couldn't figure out what was wrong even though my parameters seemed fine (I tested them again and they were still the same). When I started refilling the tank I noticed that it changed temp and got really, really warm. I literally RAN to the faucet to adjust, but I'm sure that quite a bit of hot water got in the tank before I was able to fix it. After I was done I noticed one of my bettas was acting strange and lethargic at the bottom. I got her out and isolated her so I could observe her and she died. I don't know if it was because of the hot water or if she got bonked when I moved a piece of driftwood or if it was something else.
Today (thursday) I noticed one of my new angels up in the top corner just hanging out. It wasn't gasping or anything - but it was being very inactive and showed no interest in food or any kind of stimuli. It remained like this for several hours. Finally I isolated it and then an hour later it was dead.
So at my husband's prompting, I removed the driftwood (he thinks there's something wrong with the driftwood, but I don't really see how).
I'm feeling a little helpless and desperate. I have no idea what's wrong. Sorry for the long story but I'm trying to be as detailed as possible in hopes that someone will have some insight. (My ammonia & nitrite are still both 0 FYI)
PLEASE HELP!!! ALL MY FISH ARE DYING ONE AT A TIME!!!
I have had my 90g for years. After moving it twice (once to my parents house, and then to our new house) - the center support snapped. I kept it about 1/4 full for about 6 months with the filter running on and off during that time. Amazingly all of my fish survived this ordeal (1 angel, 1 rainbow shark, 6 bloodfins, 6 loaches, 3 female bettas).
I finally got a new tank about 2 weeks ago, got it all up and running and everything was great. One of my bettas died because it swam into the hole in the bottom of a clay pot and got stuck, but that was it. So I went to the lfs and got 6 more bloodfins and 1 dwarf gourami. 2 of the bloodfins died the next day but other than that everyone looked healthy (this was last wednesday - the 17th) so I didn't think anything of it.
This past Sunday (the 21st) I got 6 quarter sized angels from a private breeder who has an immaculate fishroom & tanks. I have no concerns about the quality of his fish, this guy is very protective of his fish and grilled me before letting me have them. I acclimated them with a drip and they were fine. I also added a piece of driftwood that I've had for many years - I kept it in my snake's cage years ago but it's been sitting around useless for about 2 years. I did not boil it because it's too large. Later that night I noticed ALL of the fish breathing up at the surface, so I added an airstone and soon after they were acting normal again.
The next morning (monday) my 5 year old angel was dead. It never showed signs of illness. I immediately tested my water and got Ammonia 0, Nitrite 0, Nitrate 10, pH 6.6. Monday I also added CO2 that was going 1 bubble every 4 seconds - I forgot to shut it off that night.
The next morning (tuesday) my new gourami was dead (he appeared to be very very healthy up until I found him dead - never showed signs of illness).
So yesterday (wednesday) I was thinking about this and decided to do a water change (30%) since I couldn't figure out what was wrong even though my parameters seemed fine (I tested them again and they were still the same). When I started refilling the tank I noticed that it changed temp and got really, really warm. I literally RAN to the faucet to adjust, but I'm sure that quite a bit of hot water got in the tank before I was able to fix it. After I was done I noticed one of my bettas was acting strange and lethargic at the bottom. I got her out and isolated her so I could observe her and she died. I don't know if it was because of the hot water or if she got bonked when I moved a piece of driftwood or if it was something else.
Today (thursday) I noticed one of my new angels up in the top corner just hanging out. It wasn't gasping or anything - but it was being very inactive and showed no interest in food or any kind of stimuli. It remained like this for several hours. Finally I isolated it and then an hour later it was dead.
So at my husband's prompting, I removed the driftwood (he thinks there's something wrong with the driftwood, but I don't really see how).
I'm feeling a little helpless and desperate. I have no idea what's wrong. Sorry for the long story but I'm trying to be as detailed as possible in hopes that someone will have some insight. (My ammonia & nitrite are still both 0 FYI)
PLEASE HELP!!! ALL MY FISH ARE DYING ONE AT A TIME!!!
