Tilapia dying in my tank!! - Aquaponic Gardening2024-03-28T13:02:18Zhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/forum/topics/tilapia-dying-in-my-tank?groupUrl=tilapiagrowers&commentId=4778851%3AComment%3A587475&x=1&feed=yes&xn_auth=noYou used Soap!!! Where did y…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2014-11-22:4778851:Comment:5874752014-11-22T19:59:57.137ZPhil Slatonhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/PhilSlaton
<p>You used Soap!!! Where did you get such a silly idea??</p>
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<p>OK, they are all dead now. So scrub out the tanks with Arm and Hammer Baking Soda - and a lot of it - get the big boxes. Let the Baking Soda sit in the tank for a couple days. Returning daily to scrub out the tanks again, and again. Add more new Baking Soda to the scrub job. </p>
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<p>After about a week of this wash out the Baking Soda, refill the tanks and re-start the cycling process using ''feeder…</p>
<p>You used Soap!!! Where did you get such a silly idea??</p>
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<p>OK, they are all dead now. So scrub out the tanks with Arm and Hammer Baking Soda - and a lot of it - get the big boxes. Let the Baking Soda sit in the tank for a couple days. Returning daily to scrub out the tanks again, and again. Add more new Baking Soda to the scrub job. </p>
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<p>After about a week of this wash out the Baking Soda, refill the tanks and re-start the cycling process using ''feeder goldfish.'' They are about $.25 each at any pet store. We use human urine with the goldfish to start the cycling process, but most folks use house hold ammonia. </p>
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<p>After the tanks have cycled, get a big net, and get the gold fish out of there - they will eat the fry. For the ones that we simply cannot catch, we drop a big catfish named Bruno into the cycled tank. Hew gets the remaining goldfish in day or so. We then move Bruno back to his 55-gallon tank.</p> Wes,
Thanks for your reply an…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2014-05-30:4778851:Comment:5655352014-05-30T21:37:35.754ZNatehttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/Nate39
Wes,<br />
Thanks for your reply and yea, I've definitely learned from this experience.. I have had it aerating with an air stone and yes, it is a glass tank. I have a 3 gal grow bed of expanded clay with a pea plant growing in it at the time and when the I was losing fish after I cleaned it out with vinegar(that was to get rid of any soap residue) I woke up about a week later with a fish gasping on the bottom which later died. The ammonia and nitrite levels were 0.so I thought with brand new added…
Wes,<br />
Thanks for your reply and yea, I've definitely learned from this experience.. I have had it aerating with an air stone and yes, it is a glass tank. I have a 3 gal grow bed of expanded clay with a pea plant growing in it at the time and when the I was losing fish after I cleaned it out with vinegar(that was to get rid of any soap residue) I woke up about a week later with a fish gasping on the bottom which later died. The ammonia and nitrite levels were 0.so I thought with brand new added wouldn't be a problem. I adjusted the pH to 7 before adding them back(I have a well so chlorine isn't a problem for me.<br/>
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<cite>wes said:</cite><blockquote cite="http://community.theaquaponicsource.com/forum/topics/tilapia-dying-in-my-tank?groupUrl=tilapiagrowers&#4778851Comment565377"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>As you have learned always check the basic's first, the water quality. This was said in the above post.what's the ph, nitrate and nitrite levels. Okay how many fish a 30 gal tank is quite small? Do you have any air stones in the tank?? You say you cleaned the tank with soap, is this just a plain old glass tank with out anything else in the tank??? If so a super good rinse should of taken care of all the soap issues. If you had gravel in there then ouch. What is your water temp of the system? Okay last but not least do you have any type of filter system in place with the tank? or is all you filtering going to be done at the start via Gravel bed?? or deep water trough with plants??</p>
<p>If you could get some established plants in the system they would help get rid of allot the possible pollution problems and put oxygen back into your system. Just so you know starting a system needs to be done in phases and until each phase has been established you will run into issues like this. Cycling a system is the first step and it takes up to 4 to 6 weeks to get it started correctly.</p>
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</blockquote> As you have learned always ch…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2014-05-30:4778851:Comment:5653772014-05-30T15:16:53.499Zweshttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/wes
<p>As you have learned always check the basic's first, the water quality. This was said in the above post.what's the ph, nitrate and nitrite levels. Okay how many fish a 30 gal tank is quite small? Do you have any air stones in the tank?? You say you cleaned the tank with soap, is this just a plain old glass tank with out anything else in the tank??? If so a super good rinse should of taken care of all the soap issues. If you had gravel in there then ouch. What is your water temp of the system?…</p>
<p>As you have learned always check the basic's first, the water quality. This was said in the above post.what's the ph, nitrate and nitrite levels. Okay how many fish a 30 gal tank is quite small? Do you have any air stones in the tank?? You say you cleaned the tank with soap, is this just a plain old glass tank with out anything else in the tank??? If so a super good rinse should of taken care of all the soap issues. If you had gravel in there then ouch. What is your water temp of the system? Okay last but not least do you have any type of filter system in place with the tank? or is all you filtering going to be done at the start via Gravel bed?? or deep water trough with plants??</p>
<p>If you could get some established plants in the system they would help get rid of allot the possible pollution problems and put oxygen back into your system. Just so you know starting a system needs to be done in phases and until each phase has been established you will run into issues like this. Cycling a system is the first step and it takes up to 4 to 6 weeks to get it started correctly.</p> Thanks for the responses, I d…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2014-05-30:4778851:Comment:5656112014-05-30T11:07:16.978ZNatehttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/Nate39
Thanks for the responses, I didn't think that they were as sensitive as they were to soap. After I cleaned the tank and out the fish back in, the ammonia and nitrite levels were 0 and pH was around 7, so I figured it only could have been soap in the system. I'll have to be much more careful in the future. Can I get the soap residue by washing out the system with vinegar or anything like that?
Thanks for the responses, I didn't think that they were as sensitive as they were to soap. After I cleaned the tank and out the fish back in, the ammonia and nitrite levels were 0 and pH was around 7, so I figured it only could have been soap in the system. I'll have to be much more careful in the future. Can I get the soap residue by washing out the system with vinegar or anything like that? Yes it is quite likely the so…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2014-05-30:4778851:Comment:5654202014-05-30T06:03:22.589ZBob Campbellhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/BobCampbell
<p>Yes it is quite likely the soap. It takes very little to kill the fish, of course everything else was wrong too. What a learning experience!</p>
<p>Yes it is quite likely the soap. It takes very little to kill the fish, of course everything else was wrong too. What a learning experience!</p> what's the ph, nitrate and ni…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2014-05-30:4778851:Comment:5650992014-05-30T01:22:37.639ZMatt Miskinnishttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/MattMiskinnis
<p>what's the ph, nitrate and nitrite levels. That is what I would check first. Cycling is done when you can add ammonia (small amount) and in 24 hours everything is back to 0 levels, if not your system is not cycled and will be deadly to fish. Though not a problem, but something to think about as well - smaller systems with not a lot of water (something under 100 + gallons) you'll have to keep an eye on much closer then bigger systems as when something goes wrong, it goes wrong fast. The…</p>
<p>what's the ph, nitrate and nitrite levels. That is what I would check first. Cycling is done when you can add ammonia (small amount) and in 24 hours everything is back to 0 levels, if not your system is not cycled and will be deadly to fish. Though not a problem, but something to think about as well - smaller systems with not a lot of water (something under 100 + gallons) you'll have to keep an eye on much closer then bigger systems as when something goes wrong, it goes wrong fast. The larger the water volume the easier it is to see things change in a slower progression which makes it easier to make corrections. </p>