Help My Bala Sharks Are Dieing

[Kasakato]

That's really overstocked. Go and get the test kit and report the readings for pH, ammonia, nitrite, and nitrates. I suggest this one: http://www.bigalsonline.com/catalog/product.xml?product_id=19383;category_id=3111;pcid1=3233;pcid2=
Be sure to get liquid and not test strips.

Also do some water changes right now just in case. Try one 75% change. And every week do a 50% one. This will help to keep all of your levels in balance.

 

[wataugachicken]

yeah, what he said (beat me to it)

 

[NDferro]

Bala Sharks

I did a 50% water change last night and used the last of my chlorine remover the 40 gallon looks to be as stable as its allways been i just hope those sharks didnt bring something to the tank that will spread any further

 

[Kasakato]

yeah, what he said (beat me to it)

HeHe, sorry. Iv gotten good at typing thanks mainly to AC.

 

[Kasakato]

I did a 50% water change last night and used the last of my chlorine remover the 40 gallon looks to be as stable as its allways been i just hope those sharks didnt bring something to the tank that will spread any further

If they brought something into the tank then you will have a problem. But all you can do is wait for that.

But what they did for sure bring in is more of a bio load. The necessary bacteria probably wasn't there, so the tank spiked and some fish died. Only a test kit kill tell.

If you need some more dechlor get some Prime. Its cheaper than most. http://www.bigalsonline.com/catalog/product.xml?product_id=28321;category_id=2229;pcid1=2207;pcid2=

 

[NDferro]

Bala Sharks

my tank did contain
2 Kribs
2 black convicts
1 green terror
1 bala sharks the other 3 are new comers of about 1 month
9 tetras
1 guppy
2 gold rams
1 blue ram
i butterfly ram
for a year with not a single issue

My tank only had this many fish because my mother was moveing the rams, guppy, tetras were only visiting the convicts and green terror i gave away 1 krib got sucked in to an broken power head cage and the 3 bala sharks are ofcourse dead

 

[Kasakato]

Fish should never get stuck in a filter. Even with out its cage on. I would say that there's something going on in your tank; most likely stress. Again, only the test kit will say.

 

[NDferro]

If they brought something into the tank then you will have a problem. But all you can do is wait for that.

But what they did for sure bring in is more of a bio load. The necessary bacteria probably wasn't there, so the tank spiked and some fish died. Only a test kit kill tell.

If you need some more dechlor get some Prime. Its cheaper than most. http://www.bigalsonline.com/catalog/product.xml?product_id=28321;category_id=2229;pcid1=2207;pcid2=

at the time the fish had issues there were only 4 sharks 1 fire mouth 1 krib so not really overloaded it has to be a infection LFS in this area can be really bad most employ people that happen to be retarded

 

[NDferro]

Fish should never get stuck in a filter. Even with out its cage on. I would say that there's something going on in your tank; most likely stress. Again, only the test kit will say.

i tested the other day before my wife "Cleaned" aka threw things she didnt reconize away and everything was spot on and the fisn did get cought because the cage was missing on one side and i didnt know a few other got sucked in after i pulled the dead on look but i replaced the power head so that not an issue anymore

 

[Kasakato]

Ok. Just get the test kit and try to return the Bala shark you have not because it will grow, and grow big. You may want to find another fish store if they don't have good fish.