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Just wondering how to properly clean and disinfectant a tank that has had sick fish in it? Kinda failing at fish keeping.. but I didn't want to give up, I kept researching medice water changes- the lot, but I went away for 4 days and things got bad... 2 fish have died and I have 1 giant pregnant, lonely, just recovering from fin rot, stressed out girl in a tank that may contain bad sickness, how do I clean and disinfectant the whole tank, from gravel to ornaments to heaters nets symphon- everything? Please help- I'm about ready to give up fish and go back to horses.

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    You need to tell us more as to why the fish died. Mostly fish die due to lack of clean ammonia free water. – Graham Chiu Mar 05 '18 at 23:22
  • Different reasons- but all comes down to the ph and the water was really bad... fin rot/ cotton like fungal growth and the other two I don't know... I managed to treat the fin rot but she must of died while I was at school today.. She seemed ok this morning too... – user10731 Mar 06 '18 at 07:14
  • Also- is their any possibility of saving her babies( she was the one that was pregnant and died today) – user10731 Mar 06 '18 at 07:15
  • fish lay eggs. Unless there's a male to fertilize them, there's no babies. – Graham Chiu Mar 06 '18 at 07:35
  • https://pets.stackexchange.com/questions/2463/whats-the-best-way-to-clean-a-contaminated-aquarium – Graham Chiu Mar 06 '18 at 07:38
  • It's sounds like I'm a horrible fish keeper- but like I said the water quality was poor.. and then my guppie got fin rot and all I could do was raise the temp a little and add medicine, because I was going away, then I came back and she was swimming around and looked a tone better.. only to realise that over the few days I was gone before that the other guppie had produced a cotton like growth on her side... I put some medication in the tank and got up the next morning and she was dead.. – user10731 Mar 06 '18 at 08:06
  • Everyone has fish deaths when they start – Graham Chiu Mar 06 '18 at 08:25
  • Don't concentrate on the deaths. It's unfortunate, yes, but as Graham Chiu points out, it happens to everyone. Instead, concentrate on understanding what happened and becoming a better fish keeper. Make sure you do your reading and improve your knowledge and the whole thing will be much more rewarding. – Henders Mar 06 '18 at 09:01

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