Need Help!! My fish dying?

[jialuvqr]

All my fish suddenly stay at surface seems like there is no air.........

dunno what happened?

checked nitrite and ammonia, all ok

quickly put in a air pump also no use

pls help guys!

[Alvin Tan]

All my fish suddenly stay at surface seems like there is no air.........

dunno what happened?

checked nitrite and ammonia, all ok

quickly put in a air pump also no use

pls help guys!

may be something clog in ur filter or u nv change water for a long period of time..

that may be the cause..

my 2 cents..

[Skipper32]

u water surface clear???? any layer of oil or waste covering the entire surface???

[stabilo]

Bro, check ur salinity, KH & PH......

[jialuvqr]

just realise my KH is 6!

did some water change already

dunno helps or not

[stabilo]

A reason for fish swimming on top gasping for air or at the power head is due to low KH.....I think you may need to add some KH buffer......do read up abit more about KH and PH and how to rectify them.....

[jialuvqr]

A reason for fish swimming on top gasping for air or at the power head is due to low KH.....I think you may need to add some KH buffer......do read up abit more about KH and PH and how to rectify them.....

bro, i am using seachem test kit....i added 12 drops

so 12/6=6

it says must be around 4

means my KH too much?

[DeadmanZ]

sorry bro... i think 12/6 = 2 .. or u mean 12-6 ?

[jialuvqr]

sorry bro... i think 12/6 = 2 .. or u mean 12-6 ?

oh sorry typo error!

formula is drops/2

so I had 12 drops so = 6

just tested the water.......now only 8 drops so 4(now seems ok liao) but fish still wandering above leh

[DeadmanZ]

sad to here that bro.. but im also a newbie..so cant really answer your question... but remember the first tank i setup...my fish all swimming at surface n gasping for air .. but mine's more sway la... everything died..

[KTLK]

try not to increase the KH by too much in a short time.

[FuEl]

kH of 6 won't kill fish. My 2 cents~

[stabilo]

kH of 6 won't kill fish. My 2 cents~

Yup, agree it won't kill instantly......

I now keep my KH at between 9 to 14 and also perfected other parameters as well. Now my livestock doin very well. When I first started marine, I didn't check KH as well and my KH then was constantly at 6.

What I observe was that the fishes will be gasping for air at the top and also swimming against the powerhead outlet......didn't bother to rectify and end up PT flew out of tank (I assume it want to get out of the environment) and YT got some disease and died shortly after and my Orange Shoulder got stuck in powerhead inlet

Better do something to your parameters (perfect it) and allow your livestock to live happily then let it suffer and die a slow death......2 cents.....

More info on PH, KH, e.t.c., try: http://www.wetwebmedia.com/marine/maintenance/index.htm

Cheers!

[cyclop]

How's the circulation of water in your tanks. I had the same problem some time ago when a few of my favourite tangs died. Later I found the coral chips in the sump compartment of my overflow system badly choked with slimmy stuff and the return powerhead was also clogged up. I managed to save the other more hardy fishes by cleaning up the powerhead and "flushing" the coral chips (not cleaning them thoroughly to retain the nitrifying bacteria).

Now I make it a point to check them regularly.

My own experience!

[jialuvqr]

just bought a small damsel to test my water.... but same thing happened! it went up to the surface grasping for air symptom...also my fish stop eating

very sad!

what is happenning to my tank? all parameters are ok leh, nothing to wrong

[Oceandeep]

could be toxic... did you use any toxic stuff??

[jialuvqr]

hmmm i didnt do anything major recently

any idea what could be toxic?

[mUAr_cHEe]

cynide fishing??? maybe..... you cant rule out that possibility....

but damsel to test water.... now that is a classic......

how would you like me to put you in my experiments to test if my product works??

change water should do the trick.... otherwise... yr filter? your rocks???

when changing water... pls also note to change water at surface... oily crap....

and the bottom... detritus....

everything can change ASAP.... but pls change your fish only when you are sure water has stabilised...