My fish all died!!

[thecowman]

That would definitely be bad karma for you and your tank. Stealing is bad. Even if it is from Petsmart haha..and if you're gonna steal fish, steal something more valuable than guppies!

 

[yashinfan]

"No one ever suspects the butterfly." But in fish terms: "No one ever suspects the guppies."

 

[thecowman]

Well, Petsmart people aren't to bright.."So you had 4 Zebra Danios and 4 Zebra Pl*cos, right? Ok, here are your fish" haha..what a steal that would be. But like I said, bad karma for you and your fish!

 

[yashinfan]

So if my pH is now 7.0 and the store's pH is 7.4 to 7.6 than the fish would die?? I just want to understand everything.

 

[brianfl]

I really doubt that small of a change. When I fist started keeping fish, I had some from a store where they had a ph of about 6.6 and mine at home was over 8. They swam for a while but then suddenly died. Probably within 20-30 mins. I learned my lesson. In any case a gradual change usually doesn't cause problems (except for sensitive fish) but large fluctuations can be distastrous. I have had danios in all sorts of conditions and they have always seemed hardy. Every once in a while. a fish store will get a bad batch (diseased or weak) of fish in. You may have just gotten unlucky.

 

[yashinfan]

See that sounds like what happened to my fish though. They swam for 20-30 mins and then all died! I'm definitely just checking everything before I get new fish, I think I would give up on fish if I had to deal with another batch dead.

 

[goldfish freak]

Don't give up so easily, it could just be a bad source.

 

[yashinfan]

My boyfriend's danio lives in plain tap water now since it has been acclimated. Maybe I should have tried his? lol. What do you think is the most resiliant fish?? Maybe I could try introducing this fish to my tank first?

 

[yashinfan]

My pH has been stable a little above 7 ever since I added the pH 7.0 solution to my tank three days ago. Do you think it will be okay to add my danios tomorrow?? Any suggestions or precautions I should take?

 

[fishdude]

originally posted by yashin fan
The people at Al's know a lot more than say, Pet Smart. Pet Smart people are actually the most unknowledgeable people!

At my local petsmart there are two people with degrees in marine biology and they always answer my guestions in detail. so i guess it depends on where you live