It took us a while to figure out how much to feed the fishes. Then we realise that they feed better when we crushed up the fish pellets. The general rule is to ensure that the food is finished within like 3 mins and to scope up excess food. They survived all right, until we changed the water a week later.
We changed the water like how we usually did with Oreo. We transferred the fishes to a plastic bag, cleaned up the tank, changed the water and then submerged the plastic bag (with the fishes) into the tank for 30 mins to allow the fishes to acclimate to the water temperature before putting them back into the clean water.
The next day, we found Zaky's fishes all dead. Lil Shauna's molly and most of her guppies survived all right. I read up and learnt that the fishes' poo, leftover food, etc. changed the chemical compound of the water and we are not supposed to change the entire tank of water at one go. The recommendation is like 10 to 20% each time and 50% every few weeks. Like that how?
Daddy Lim and Zaky found this dropper from the fish shop.
This morning, I took on the poo sucking duties and spent a good 15 mins sitting by the tank, before topping up new water.
It had been a few days since the "water change" and the fishes have all survived. Yay!
Mummy Lim
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