Fish Diseases
How do you clean out a diseased Fish Tank?
My fish have all been dying. The last one that died was a white and gold goldfish but right before it died it got black spots all over its body and its eyes turned all white. So I’m assuming its diseased. How do I clean the fish tank out good enough so that the disease is gone but there will be nothing remaining on the tank that will harm future fish? Please help!
Sounds like your fish may have died from water quality issues. Black spots is usually a sign of an irritant, like ammonia is present in the water. The black is actually the healing stage. The eyes turning white sounds like cloudy eye, brought on by poor water quality as well. Lots of times just increasing the water changes can help the fish to cure itself.
I wouldn’t disinfect the tank at this point, and by the way, bleach is safe to use, just needs to be rinsed thoroughly and use a dechlorinator in the tank to help with any left over residue. Let the water and tank be for now, like I said no need to disinfect because you didn’t have a “disease” problem. Do some research on the types of fish you want, look at different fish profiles and see what’s compatible for your tank size. For goldfish, it’s recommended to have at least 15 gallons for one. Make sure your tank is large enough for them or whatever fish you’d like to have.
Also research “the nitrogen cycle of a fish tank”, “cycling a fish tank”, and doing a “fishless cycle”. Once your tank has completed the cycle process, you should do 25% water changes and gravel vacuums weekly to keep the water quality good and prevent problems like what you had. Here’s a quick link, the first article talks about what the nitrogen cycle is, the others talk about ammonia and nitrite poisoning, which is most likely what was wrong with your fish:
http://freshaquarium.about.com/od/startupcycle/Step_5_The_Cycle.htm
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