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3K views 14 replies 7 participants last post by  leifthebunny 
#1 ·
Well, this weekend I had an expensive mistake. :(

With all of the success I have been having with my other tanks, I decided that in addition to the 12g I was going to buy for another betta, I was going to get a 6g to house small fish (~1cm in size). So I got the tank set up and got some green rasboras and an endler's livebearer for the tank. Unfortunately, the chloromides in my tap water are too high for the amount of dechlorinizer I've been using and all seven of my rasbora's died. :( Due to when my LFS opens, I was able to return the endler before he too passed on, but not any of the rasboras.

Looks like I am going to have to double my dosage of dechlorinator and instead of doing nano fish, I'll be getting another betta. This time I'm getting a copper betta.
 
#3 ·
If you don't mind me asking, how much were the rasboras?
 
#5 ·
wow, I'm really sorry about your fish. :(

I get sad when my guppies I use for cycling die, I can't imagine that many at once.
 
#6 ·
I have never had a loss that big but I once lost 2 BN within 2 days of bringing them home. It wasn't my fault because they were sick and I didn't know it but was $23 none the less. It was at the same time that the city did just about the same thing you describe, we had a water boil ban because tribidity and they had a huge amount of chemicals in the water and didn't bother to tell anyone including the LFS. They lost 400 fish from it.
 
#7 ·
Holy crap! 400 fish!?!? That should have been one irritated LFS owner.
 
#9 ·
i posted a thread onlong the lines of tap water quality its important to keep oan eye on whats in the water that goes into the tank mine has nitrates in it which i didnt before the water company cost enogh in there sheer incompitance and money grabbing ways without them killing fish so i try to test the tap water on occasion
 
#10 ·
if it's a small tank I would grab some buckets and go to those water machines outside of the grocery stores. Most of them are Reverse Osmosis water which is really good and you shouldnt have problems with it. As far as water conditioners go I would suggest Amquel+ by Kardon or Prime by Seachem. Both work great and Prime is a lot more concentrated and includes a slime coat.
 
#11 ·
ndjs said:
wow, I'm really sorry about your fish. :(

I get sad when my guppies I use for cycling die, I can't imagine that many at once.
I've never had fish die during cycling... I just test water daily (sometimes 2x a day), change out as necessary, and I add BioSpira on initial setup. Not one fatality. Still have all the original cycling fish that I started with and have been through 3 cycles.
 
#12 ·
leifthebunny said:
Looks like I am going to have to double my dosage of dechlorinator and instead of doing nano fish, I'll be getting another betta. This time I'm getting a copper betta.
I'm sorry, that stinks. I have rasboras too and really like them. I always liked the green ones too. Did you or your LFS test your water to find the high chlorine? What about your other tank? How is it that they are ok?

I also test my tap once in while, but not very often and for chlorine...
 
#13 ·
They are not sure if there is even a test for chloromines. They are checking for me. All of my other tanks are fine outside of the drama of my betta tanks. :p I need to put a background on one tank and this morning I had to remove the few remaining shrimp from the other. The big thing is that the rasboras are so small, it doesn't take much to affect them. :(
 
#14 ·
leifthebunny said:
They are not sure if there is even a test for chloromines. They are checking for me.
I did a Google search on "chloramine test" and it came up with a bunch of stuff. If I were you I'd get some. You could then do some experimenting on exactly how many drops you'll need to neutralize it.
 
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