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| I have a 14g biocube that had 3neon, 3 rosy barb and 3 red tetra(dont know the name). Have done small water changes in the past of 3gal and experienced no problems. Yesterday i did the same water change and 2hours latter i noticed all the barbs and red tetras had died and the neons were in distress. I quickly removed the neons to a 5 gal i had set up and they recovered quickly and survived. The water comes from the pet store. What could have possible happened? I dont have the slightest idea what went wrong.
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If you are on a public water supply, as opposed to a private well, I would bet that they added something to the water to control algae or bacteria, and that you were not putting the same water you had always put into your tank.
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Maybe it's just me, but what do you mean by "the water comes from the pet store?"
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Yeah, what kind of water are you using? And did you change the kind you used when you did the last water change, or forget to add dechlorinator? For death to happen so fast, and for the ones removed to recover so quickly, I'd say it has to be something terribly wrong with the water (chlorine, chloramine, high ammonia, toxins, etc).
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| The local pet store sells both fresh water with out clorine and saltwater for people with saltwater tanks. I have been using the water from them for 6months without any complications. The water that i used was some that i had used previously and had no problems. The only thing i could think is that i keep it in the garage and maybe the temp was to warm. The 3gal i pulled out and replaced it with could have been to warm. The water comes with out clorine so i dont think that is the problem. To be honest with you i have not had good success with the Biocube, i have lost the most fish from this tank than any other tanks i have, and i have 10 tanks all together.
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I think that you are probably right in that the temp. dif. was too much. Or the water might have something wrong with it.
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| i rescently found out if the water is to pure it is the same as adding your fish to an empty tank its not good for them they need some tap water for a little chlorine and the heavy metals. its confuseing i thought useing the purest water was good but its actualy bad it was on the main homepage for fish channel last week so for further info you can look it up on here
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That doesn't sound right. I didn't see the article, but I suspect there is a misunderstanding. There are minerals and elements in city, spring, and well water that are not found in pure H2O that fish do need (in trace amounts usually). The water you should never use for fish tanks is pure reverse osmosis, deionized, or distilled (without additives that put the minerals back in). All you need to do to use that water safely is add something like Kent RO Right to it, which puts back in what the fish need. This would create soft, acidic water though, so if the fish need harder, more alkaline water, there are other additives for that. Using city tap water without dechlorinating would kill fish, as anything over a very trace amount (less than .2ppm or so as I understand it) of chlorine is deadly, and the same goes for heavy metals which can be present in tap water in high concentrations.
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