another death WTF.

Katome556

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Oct 16, 2006
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ok i woke up and found my male guppy dead, him and the pregnet female were both from wal-mart, it's starting to look like wally worlds fish are dieing on me, only one left from my orginal 3 starting fish is the platy ._. if she dies i am gonna put in a complaint.
 

homebunnyj

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Jul 13, 2005
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#2
Do you test your water? If you have a sickness or death you should, right away, so you can pinpoint the cause. (It would be inappropriate to complain if you are not keeping your water in good condition, since that could be the cause of death. However, fish from Walmart often can be weak due to poor fishkeeping at the store. Try to find another source before you buy more.)

How many fish are in this tank? Is it established??

It's always a good idea not to get more fish until a tank has been loss-free for a while.
 

Katome556

Large Fish
Oct 16, 2006
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Russell,Kansas
#4
homebunnyj said:
Do you test your water? If you have a sickness or death you should, right away, so you can pinpoint the cause. (It would be inappropriate to complain if you are not keeping your water in good condition, since that could be the cause of death. However, fish from Walmart often can be weak due to poor fishkeeping at the store. Try to find another source before you buy more.)

How many fish are in this tank? Is it established??

It's always a good idea not to get more fish until a tank has been loss-free for a while.

my tank is cycled a little overstocked not my fault though,i do normal water changes on it, amm 0 nitite 0 nitrate 4, i've had the fish for at least 3-4 weeks already and after the female guppy died the male died the male was perfectly heathy and just died only thing i can think of that may have been a warning of inpending doom was he swam back wards once o_O only fish left from wal-mart is my platy and she looks heathy.
 

Dec 13, 2006
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#5
no man u gotta stop getting walmart fish they are the worst my friend and i went to go pick up this special food for his fish, and there were like 5 dead fish floating in a tank and we were like to the fish person arent u gonna take them out? and she was like no i dont want to. and then there was a fish stuck in a filter, and the person was like im not gonna do it just let him die. man, get your fish at petsmart or petco. walmart is a department store, not a pet store.
 

Katome556

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Oct 16, 2006
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#6
heh,i know allot better then to buy fish from wal-mart now, my platy from wal-mart is still alive and doing well,he's actully got a few lovely ladies all to himself which are from the lps.

only thing is recently he's had a spilt down the middle of his tail after a W/C.
 

Katome556

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Oct 16, 2006
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#9
i still have one and he's doing good,i've kept a betta from wal-mart before and he lived a full 3 and 1/2 years before dieing.

Wal-mart just sucks though i haven't bought fish from them since my first few,i now only buy fish from my Lps .