Why Do My Fish Keep Dying ?

Every time i do a water change  , i tend to clean the glass of algae , and then add about a teacup full of thin bleach to the water after to stop the algae from reappearing.

i stir the water to let the bleach get absorbed but this still doesnt seem to help , if anything the problem is getting worse .

originally before the treatment i lost a single fish every 6 months  , now ive started this preventative action i seem to be losing fish almost weekly.

Every weekend i seem to be scooping fish out dead , so ive increased bleach level , if anything it seems to be getting worse , buying a new fish every week .

please help what am i doing wrong.

i have named these fish after friends and family so is becoming a little bit upsetting that they keep dying , is it a sign do you think ?

Will be trying a bigger tank soon , so will get it established and see how it goes , will administer less bleach at first to see how they get on , if they start to falter then will go back to my original dosage and hope that helps .

Fish are so hard to look after .

Do you think the fish like swimming in an ever increasing concentrate of bleach??

ANDY

where is your sign?

:slap

:shakehead

try using used 2stroke engine oil, it works far better than bleach.

NozSpark said:

Do you think the fish like swimming in an ever increasing concentrate of bleach??

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I was going to say, try brushing your teeth with bleach,

see how you like it,,,,,,,,,

Let's put it this way,,,, my post did not start off like that in my head

deep breath,

count to 10,,,,,,,,

funnily enough, we have 2 goldfish, one of them is now about 5,

the wife is amazed, its cos I look after them,

Ive often found the best way to look after goldfish is 'neglect' , to an extent,,,,,,,,,

Oh,,, goldfish are great they can swim in sludge

and starvation, 

an animal type person once told me the most common cause of goldfish fatality was overfeeding,

Early april fools , getting in before the rush .

Steptoe , i applaud you , it wasnt real , you got that .

Noz , i respect you , but , it wasnt real , have you got that?

April fools on 28th March. Interesting concept, but I doubt it will catch on?

Doc H.

Doc Hudson said:

April fools on 28th March. Interesting concept, but I doubt it will catch on?

Doc H.

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:Applaud

steptoe said:

ANDY

where is your sign?

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:worthless:

I thought he was aiming to turn ordinary goldfish into those expensive white Koi ones........

What a waste of a thread........................