Although you definitely need to cycle a new tank, the lack of a cycle would
not kill your fish in 2 days.
Who is Buddy?
I am not a betta keeper, but I think you had too many fish in the tank.
Perhaps the betta alone, or one puffer alone or the 5 tetras in a 5G?
To cycle your tank, pick up pure ammonia (no surfectants or perfumes) and a
freshwater test kit. Allow six weeks. Put the remaining fish in another,
cycled tank for that period.
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From: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of Sewlittletime
Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2012 7:29 AM
To: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [AquaticLife] Newbie needs help!
Hi all! I have had Betta fish in oh bowls for a year or more. Thought I'd
exPand so I got a 5 gal tank. I put Buddy my blue Betta in. He seemed fine.
So I immediately bought a Plecostomus , 5 neon tetras and 2 small puffy
belly fish. Sorry I can't remember what they were. That was 2 days ago. All
died excePt for 1 tetra, the Pleco and Buddy who now has a white patch on
his side. The heater is set at 75. After doing some research I see I was
supposed to cycle the tank for a while. I did not so I'm sure thAt was a
factor. So can you help me save what I have left? Thankfully I only put one
Betta in. The other is happily living in his jar!
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