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Hoots : Changed water and fish dying Hi I started up my tropical aquarium about 2 months ago. Changed part of the water a few days ago I might have put to much sausage in it both my angel fish died and now the other 3 are not looking - freshhoot.com

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Changed water and fish dying
Hi I started up my tropical aquarium about 2 months ago. Changed part of the water a few days ago I might have put to much sausage in it both my angel fish died and now the other 3 are not looking very good.

I just move them into a bowl with part aquarium water & part tap anyway I noticed two of thems tails are gone is that from me or is that something else?


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Unfortunately, it seems like you might have contaminated your tank by using bleach to disinfect it. I recommend going to your local pet store and getting a side tank and some tropical fish solution (like this one).

If your fish are losing their fins, this is usually considered the disease "fin rot". Read this quick guide on how to avoid this in the future. I believe they do also sell "antibiotics" to cure your fish, but it'd be best to ask the fish expert at the pet shop!

I hope your fish do end up feeling better!


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You probably intoxicated the fish with the remains of bleach. The containers usually have a warning label that it's toxic for water organisms. There you go.

Boiling the decoration if they support it is a good idea. Better is to put them in a saturated salt dissolution (put table salt in boiling water until you see some of it fall to the ground and let it cool down). This will kill eggs of paracites which will survive the boiling.

Cleaning the empty aquarium with warm water is fine.


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