All 3 of my fish died today!!! Can you give me some advice?

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This morning, my parents told me how they're going to move the living room stuff around and that's where my fish tank was. When I got hom at 4:20 from school, I see the fish tank in the dining room. I look inside and there is my Bala Shark, nose down into the gravel and 1 Black Tetra on the gravel on its side. There was also another Black Tetra on the other side and I was so pissed and I closed the light in the tank and that one tetra started moving, but he was looking up. He was gonna die. I couldn't do anything for him. :( My mom told me that they died from shock of moving and that there were no bubbles to give them oxygen. The only good coming out of this is that I can get new fish that will peacefully live in my tank. I now understand fish and hopefully, I'll get some nice fish. Can you recommend some fish of different variety's? I want it to be a community tank with species from each family. I don't really want Cichlids now though cause I want a lot of colorful and small fish instead of one big one with a lot of color.

Thanks!
 
Rummynose and Neon tetras are colorful fish that are fairly tight schoolers most of the time, but are very sensitive towards changes in the tank and will die if you don't keep the water quality good.

Danios are fast, active fish that are extremely hardy and can live in a huge range of temperatures.

Corydoras catfish are fun, active schooling bottom feeders that come in a ton of different varieties.

Guppies and Endler's Livebearers are colorful fish that reproduce quickly and are very easy to breed.

Platies and Swordtails are also livebearers like guppies that are very easy to breed and come in a lot of different colors.

Female bettas are peacfeful community fish that come in a huge range of colors and can survive without a filter or heater if need be.

Barbs are semi-aggressive fish that may nip at fish with longer fins, but are schoolers, very active and interesting, and have a lot of different varieties.

Goldfish get very big but can live in cold water and are very brightly colored. When choosing goldfish it's a pretty good idea to stick with either all fantails (fantail goldfish, moors, orandas, etc) or all single tails (comet goldfish, shubunkin, etc).

Just some ideas. I'm sorry to hear about your fish, and tell your mom to stay away from your tank from now on ;) How big is this tank btw?
 
This tank is a 30 gallon. I know that the Bala Shark shouldn't live in there, but I got him/her when I knew nothing about fish, but suprisingly, he lived happily in there. Thanks for the suggestions. So now that you know big the tank is, what would YOU put in there?
 
Cichlids! ;)

Barring cichlids, I'd probably do a community set-up. Possibly something along the lines of:

5 Rummynose Tetras
6 Neon Tetras
2 Neon Dwarf Gourami
4 Yoyo Loaches OR 4 Cory catfish
3 Otos
 
Thanks a lot for the reply. That's an interesting set of fish you mentioned. I actually might go along with what you said, but hopefully, I can have some more input.
 
I'd sure like to know more about your tank...filtration, Ph, water temp. etc. Sounds strange that all of your fish would die "from moving them". You don't NEED "bubbles" for fish to have enough oxygen. Good water movement from your filter should supply enough oxyen. Before you invest in more fish maybe it would be wise to see if there is some other problem with your set-up to avoid further disappointment down the road.
Len
 
What was your tank sitting on when your folks moved it? Because they would have had to remove water from the tank to do so. And who knows what the fish were subjected to.....whether they removed them also and put them in an unhealthy container or what not...added too cold or hot water back into the tank....
They should have waited for you.
 
OMG! The Black Tetras came back from the dead!!! Well sort of.

I just found out they were in a state of shock and looked dead, but now they're swimming normally. Also, the tank has a stand made just for it, and yes, my mom took almost all the water out, but left in some or the fish to have, but all the moving and shaking probably scared them.
 
I wonder if the water temperature of the new water was checked?
 
they probably lowered teh water level in order to make it able to be moved

when they replaced it, they either didnt' decholorinate it or added water that was too hot or too cold is my guess
 
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