Aquarium(FishTank),Fish Died due to Chlorine Water.

We first time at home planed for Fish tank (Aquarium), and given the order for glass type fish tank at local glass dealer(shop). The dimension is 3 feet by 1.5 feet, with 10mm glass. The glass vendor assembled the fish tank at our home itself because after assembling of aquarium (Fish Tank) it is not easy to carry it from one place to other, they use to stick the glass with Silicon Rubber or Silicon gel. The brand of Silicon sealing compound I found with my glass vendor was of “GP silicon sealing” made from   German technology, it was of 280ml, the site mentioned on the silicon tube was www.wacker.com, visit and find more details if you want or you can get silicon sealing material in tube at any glass vendor. It took 3-4 days to dry and we were very eager to put water into it. We on our bathroom tap, connected a pipe to it and started filling the aquarium (Fish Tank). It took more than 15 minuets to fill 1/3 of the tank it is about 100 litters of water volume. We ware suggested by the aquarium person that to keep the aquarium filled for 2-3 days, for testing the leak. So again we have to wait for few days to see coloured fishes swimming into the tank .

Oh! What we saw at night was, our aquarium started leaking heavily suddenly. We all at home gathered and .......... started cleaning water from the floor. Again at morning we called the aquarium person, he come our home with the silicon rubber tube , and again filled silicon gel at all joints (joints of the glass). What Next? Again have to wait for 2-3 days......

This time I decided to put few fishes immediately after filling water into the tank, and decided not to test it for leaking. As at home everybody was not happy because this fish tank game was continuing from last 10-12 days.

Now the day has come and I bought 16 fishes (8 sets) from local aquarium shop, all 8 sets of fishes ware beautiful, coloured and costly too, all though it cost me 1200Rs.(INR) round figure. We all in the family gathered, start filling the tank with tap water, and set free all fishes in to the huge aquarium, everybody started clapping. Everybody was happy and very eagerly looking at the fish activities.... and I went out of home for some work.

Oh God! When I returned home what I saw was shocking...... 6 sets(12 fishes) of fishes from 8(16 fishes) sets were dead into the tank, only 4 of them ware swimming into the aquarium/ fish tank, but they ware also little unconscious. It was huge loss, all of my family members were in shock everybody was questioning and discussing that how they died?

At last I come to the point that water into the tank was poisonous for the fish, water into the tap at our home supplied for drinking is chlorinated (Chlorine added water), and chlorinated water is poisonous for the aquarium fish it needs to be dechlorinated. Read my next article about 6 Methods, How To De chlorinate Aquarium Water For Fish.