Aquarium 4th month
By rsa101
@rsa101 (37968)
Philippines
November 23, 2019 1:17am CST
I was really expecting that my aquarium is doing well already until yesterday when I came home from work that I saw my fish not swimming normally and looks like they were dizzy and gasping for breath. I checked everything and all was functioning normally. My filters were working aeration was doing good the water was crystal clear. One thing I noticed I left the CO2 wide open that it pump in more of it in my tank than it should be. I immediately closed it and after several hours co2 levels slowly normalized and my swordtails were fine and one danio had recovered. Unfortunately it took its toll on my neon tetras They were not able to survive it and died.
. One danio looks affected as well as she has become slow sluggish so for now I think I will have space for new fish to add to replaced those that perished. I think I need to become more watchful now for this lesson learned.
. One danio looks affected as well as she has become slow sluggish so for now I think I will have space for new fish to add to replaced those that perished. I think I need to become more watchful now for this lesson learned.16 people like this
15 responses
@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
23 Nov 19
I thought the pump was for oxygen. I think carbon dioxide is good for the plants but poisonous to animals that includes fish.
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@rsa101 (37968)
• Philippines
23 Nov 19
@Alexandoy I wish I have one to look over it while I am at work but we are all out of the house during days. My wif/son would usually Be yhe first to arrive but they don’t check on it. I taught her to look for any signs of distress report to me but she’s not around to do it.
@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
23 Nov 19
@rsa101 it is normal to forget things like turning off a switch so you should have someone to check on that every time. I sometimes leave the AVR of my computer and our housemaid would turn it off when I am gone.
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@rsa101 (37968)
• Philippines
10 Jan 20
I think I am getting used to it already. With the size of my tank water parameters can easily change and become undetected. It may look so pristine and clean but there are other unseen chemicals that can be dangerous to the fish and plants.
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@amitkokiladitya (171936)
• Agra, India
23 Nov 19
Maintaining an aquarium and taking care of the fishes in definitely a big responsibility
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@rsa101 (37968)
• Philippines
23 Nov 19
@amitkokiladitya I guess I will now be more aware of it.
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@Nakitakona (56302)
• Philippines
25 Nov 19
Anything we raise and hold dear shouldn't be neglected. That's what I learned when I become careless and negligent.
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@rsa101 (37968)
• Philippines
25 Nov 19
Yeah everything was doing smooth the past weeks that is why I went off guard thinking nothing is going bad on my tank. I never realised that one small detail of turning the CO2 off would have a significant effect on the fish. Although I was aware of it but it never occured to me that it would happen on my tank since when I left them they were really actively swimming around and happily doing their own thing.
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@rsa101 (37968)
• Philippines
25 Nov 19
@Nakitakona Maybe haha.... anyway those are all in the past and I think I've learned the lesson already.
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@Nakitakona (56302)
• Philippines
25 Nov 19
@rsa101 Too much confidence? Or what not?
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
23 Nov 19
I never had co2 pumped into my tank, I always thought that fish and plant was enough to create an eco-balance. Btw I don't have aquatic plants in our aquarium, only in our fishpond that was built from an old antique bath tub
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
23 Nov 19
i'm sure you'll be careful next time. what do you plan to buy next?
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@rsa101 (37968)
• Philippines
27 Nov 19
Actually I lose three of them. It was sad for me to see them go but I guess I learned some lesson on this one to be careful next time. Anyway to move on I decided to buy another set of fish this time I see to it that they are hardy fish so they won't be easily affected when I forget something. But nevertheless I am now careful checking the CO2 valve switched off before I leave them.
@rsa101 (37968)
• Philippines
25 Nov 19
Definitely I learned something after a few months of no deaths I thought I have already learned everything the fish needs in my tank but I neglected to watch for the signs it has in my tank. Now I am slowly regulating the injection of CO2 in my tank and monitoring it. This is I think part of the hobby you win some and lose some in the hobby.
