Hello, Not good news I am afraid. last night all my 4 neons were swimming perfectly fine. Woke up and I notice one neon was stuck to the filter- i assumed it was lodged between the tank wall and the filter, so i moved the filter over away from the wall and it was still stuck on. The fishes gills were moving! I switched off the filter and the fish floated away barely alive.
Went to school.
Came back early.
Checked on fish tank.
2 neons swimming around. Did the maths... Another neon must have become ill rapidly.
1 neon was on the side of the filter-gills not moving. 2 neons had become rapidly sick and died in the space of 12 hours.
2 more neons still surving. Something is picking them off one by one.
The whitespot treatment couldn't work any less even it it tried.
So, I have come to the conclusion that I need to put the other two fishes to sleep, althouh they seem fine they are gonna get sick like the other three fish did.
Im really sorry but I cannot take the other two dead fishes out of the tank. I can't stand dead animals It makes me go funny
, so I'll wait till my mum gets back.
Im going to start the tank all over again. A waste of £20 but it's experence.
Im going to cycle it properly and plant it again and buy a water testing kit. Then start with a couple of shrimp to see whats happening
Ill keep you posted on that though!
Btw. can you put sand in a tropical set up> And if yes, when you use a gravel cleaner wil the sand fall back to the bottom or get sucked up?