19th March 2007

Five Fish Died in One Day

Friday - Five Fish Died in One Day?
Is it the water?

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Just the other day, I arrived back from a trip out of town to see five fish die, one by one, in my tank.  Aquarium Adventure maintains my little fish tank.  They had done a water change on Monday.  By Friday evening, all five were dead.  One was dead Friday  morning when I walked in but by the end of the day, they were gone.

Greg from Aquarium Adventure and I are wondering if it is the water.   See the article above about Columbus Ohio having the least pure water rating of #87.   Recently, after doing the dishes in the office kitchen, I noted on two occasions the water turned yellow after it had been running for a while.  I showed it to my VP.  Perhaps we need to have Worthington test the water.

There are other factors, like we forgot to feed them for three days while I was out of town.  But another environmental change could have caused the fish to die.  Temperature fluctuation.  It was 75 degrees one day, and 32 degrees the next day.  Even human beings suffer in that type of fluctuation.  A small fish tank may not do well under those conditions even with a temperature regulator.

So, we’re going to get water from the store, that’s treated.  Greg said do not use distilled water, only spring water.  We’re going to get someone to come test our tap water.  We’re going to get a larger fish tank, and I’ll hope I’m not a sucker for an upsell on this item.  And we’re going to move it away from the window so wild temperature fluctuations aren’t as much an issue.

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