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Originally Posted by stevie667
Hey there, how exactly have the fish looked when they died, was the entire body gold including the fin, which has decoloured? Are there any other physical changes in the fish? Have you added anything new recently?
When did you last do a water change, how big is the tank, how many fish, what filters and foods do you use?
I do have a fair amount of knowledge, so lets see if we can figure out whats happening.
Do you have a good fish shop near you? A test kit that will measure ammonia, nitrite, nitrate and pH is what you need.
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I do have a good fish shop near, I'll go check that out. The tank I believe is a 20 gallon and I've put no more than 5 fish in there. I use Hagan filters and inserts. I just got some food from the dollar store, I heard that didn't really matter a whole lot. As for the water change, the guy at Walmart told me that fish tanks are a self sustaining bio-system. I'm relatively new to all this but he explained as long as you keep your water clean using the filters and fill up the aquarium periodically when the water starts evaporating it should be fine. I sense you're going to call the bullshit card on this one lol.
When the fish died it was discoloured as in the photo. Its kind of hard to see but one of the sidefins was also black. To be honest and I feel horrible about this, the fish wasn't dead. I came home, he was on his side, not visibly breathing, not swimming etc. He didn't even flop around or move in the net but when i put him in the toilet he swam down the pipe!! Grr...
Anyways, thanks for your knowledge. I may have screwed up this one but at least you can help me from doing in the future!