Please help Fish dies can not figure why

[Alexey Semenov]

Hi everyone

I have this issue on my hands where i have already gave up on searching for
an answer.

It all began with addition of neons and goldfish to an aquarium where i have
already had two eels and two arowanas.

Anyway two neons and goldfish died in about two week period where i noticed
that they had hard time coming up to the top to feed, and when they tried it
seemed like they needed a lot of effort to swim up. Eventually i have
discovered that they stay on the bottom laying on the side and were looking
around an breathing. Also i have noticed that their bellies became somewhat
big and got white color to them. In about a day or two after they stayed
motionless on the bottom they died. One thing i found interesting is that
when you touch them they would start swiming normally for an hour or two and
then go back to the bottom. The second shock whas about two month later when
all of a sudden i have discovered that one of my arowanas was swimming on
the bottom and had trouble swimming up, where it was usually at. Two days
later i saw her bottom up on the bottom of the aquarium and what was strange
it was looking around and breathing. I saw her swim couple of times but two
days later she died too. Today one of my eels died also, it was perfectly
healthy this morning, swimming around coming out for worms but at 12
midnight i found it on the bottom with it's belley up, and again it was
somewhat bigger that it should have been. With the eel i noticed that he
started to swim eratically prior to his death and he tried to come up to the
top for some reason.

Right now one of me new goldfish shows sympthoms of inability to swim up, it
speeds up and once it gets to the top of the aquarium it slows down and
drops to the bottom, the starts swimming up again.


If anyone has a clue what can cause those sudden deaths and inability for
the fish to swim up to feed i would greatly appreciate it.

Thank you very much

--
Sincerely

Alexey Semenov

[Starfish]

It seems to be an internal bacterial infection....deadly if left untreated.


"Alexey Semenov" > wrote in message
news:UrOAd.8763$sh5.2276@trndny08...
> Hi everyone
>
> I have this issue on my hands where i have already gave up on searching
> for an answer.
>
> It all began with addition of neons and goldfish to an aquarium where i
> have already had two eels and two arowanas.
>
> Anyway two neons and goldfish died in about two week period where i
> noticed that they had hard time coming up to the top to feed, and when
> they tried it seemed like they needed a lot of effort to swim up.
> Eventually i have discovered that they stay on the bottom laying on the
> side and were looking around an breathing. Also i have noticed that their
> bellies became somewhat big and got white color to them. In about a day or
> two after they stayed motionless on the bottom they died. One thing i
> found interesting is that when you touch them they would start swiming
> normally for an hour or two and then go back to the bottom. The second
> shock whas about two month later when all of a sudden i have discovered
> that one of my arowanas was swimming on the bottom and had trouble
> swimming up, where it was usually at. Two days later i saw her bottom up
> on the bottom of the aquarium and what was strange it was looking around
> and breathing. I saw her swim couple of times but two days later she died
> too. Today one of my eels died also, it was perfectly healthy this
> morning, swimming around coming out for worms but at 12 midnight i found
> it on the bottom with it's belley up, and again it was somewhat bigger
> that it should have been. With the eel i noticed that he started to swim
> eratically prior to his death and he tried to come up to the top for some
> reason.
>
> Right now one of me new goldfish shows sympthoms of inability to swim up,
> it speeds up and once it gets to the top of the aquarium it slows down
> and drops to the bottom, the starts swimming up again.
>
>
> If anyone has a clue what can cause those sudden deaths and inability for
> the fish to swim up to feed i would greatly appreciate it.
>
> Thank you very much
>
> --
> Sincerely
>
> Alexey Semenov
>

[Kay]

We don't know the water conditions, temp, size of tank. And I never
heard of putting all those different kinds of fish into one tank.
Goldfish should not be with tropical fish. Neons should not be with
arowanas. I have no clue to what kind of eels.

Most posters here say goldfish should be by themselves. some have
managed with a pleco , some had massive problems with slimecoat being
sucked on. I have seen it go both ways. So I would say goldfish by
themselves in an aquarium.

If you don't have more tanks, you will ahve to choose or you will have a
bloodbath.
Unless this is a joke post and the jokes on me:(

Kay
> Hi everyone
>
> I have this issue on my hands where i have already gave up on searching for
> an answer.
>
> It all began with addition of neons and goldfish to an aquarium where i have
> already had two eels and two arowanas.
>
> Anyway two neons and goldfish died in about two week period where i noticed
> that they had hard time coming up to the top to feed, and when they tried it
> seemed like they needed a lot of effort to swim up. Eventually i have
> discovered that they stay on the bottom laying on the side and were looking
> around an breathing. Also i have noticed that their bellies became somewhat
> big and got white color to them. In about a day or two after they stayed
> motionless on the bottom they died. One thing i found interesting is that
> when you touch them they would start swiming normally for an hour or two and
> then go back to the bottom. The second shock whas about two month later when
> all of a sudden i have discovered that one of my arowanas was swimming on
> the bottom and had trouble swimming up, where it was usually at. Two days
> later i saw her bottom up on the bottom of the aquarium and what was strange
> it was looking around and breathing. I saw her swim couple of times but two
> days later she died too. Today one of my eels died also, it was perfectly
> healthy this morning, swimming around coming out for worms but at 12
> midnight i found it on the bottom with it's belley up, and again it was
> somewhat bigger that it should have been. With the eel i noticed that he
> started to swim eratically prior to his death and he tried to come up to the
> top for some reason.
>
> Right now one of me new goldfish shows sympthoms of inability to swim up, it
> speeds up and once it gets to the top of the aquarium it slows down and
> drops to the bottom, the starts swimming up again.
>
>
> If anyone has a clue what can cause those sudden deaths and inability for
> the fish to swim up to feed i would greatly appreciate it.
>
> Thank you very much
>

[bettasngoldfish]

Most likely toxic water. Please check your ph, ammonia, nitrite and
nitrate levels. Tell us more about your set up such as size of tank,
how many fish live in the tank, how long it has been in operation. How
often do you perform water changes? What type, how much, and how
often do you feed? Did you quarantine the new fish before adding them
to your tank? I would do a large water change (using water
conditioner, matching temp and so forth) ASAP!

Maria

[dz]

Sounds to me like to typical case of Nitrite poisoning.

Water change.

"Alexey Semenov" > wrote in message
news:UrOAd.8763$sh5.2276@trndny08...
> Hi everyone
>
> I have this issue on my hands where i have already gave up on searching
for
> an answer.
>
> It all began with addition of neons and goldfish to an aquarium where i
have
> already had two eels and two arowanas.
>
> Anyway two neons and goldfish died in about two week period where i
noticed
> that they had hard time coming up to the top to feed, and when they tried
it
> seemed like they needed a lot of effort to swim up. Eventually i have
> discovered that they stay on the bottom laying on the side and were
looking
> around an breathing. Also i have noticed that their bellies became
somewhat
> big and got white color to them. In about a day or two after they stayed
> motionless on the bottom they died. One thing i found interesting is that
> when you touch them they would start swiming normally for an hour or two
and
> then go back to the bottom. The second shock whas about two month later
when
> all of a sudden i have discovered that one of my arowanas was swimming on
> the bottom and had trouble swimming up, where it was usually at. Two days
> later i saw her bottom up on the bottom of the aquarium and what was
strange
> it was looking around and breathing. I saw her swim couple of times but
two
> days later she died too. Today one of my eels died also, it was perfectly
> healthy this morning, swimming around coming out for worms but at 12
> midnight i found it on the bottom with it's belley up, and again it was
> somewhat bigger that it should have been. With the eel i noticed that he
> started to swim eratically prior to his death and he tried to come up to
the
> top for some reason.
>
> Right now one of me new goldfish shows sympthoms of inability to swim up,
it
> speeds up and once it gets to the top of the aquarium it slows down and
> drops to the bottom, the starts swimming up again.
>
>
> If anyone has a clue what can cause those sudden deaths and inability for
> the fish to swim up to feed i would greatly appreciate it.
>
> Thank you very much
>
> --
> Sincerely
>
> Alexey Semenov
>
>