Contamination Possibility?

[VoidParadigm]

One of my fish was found dead twenty minutes ago. Unsure how long he's actually been dead. Anything I should/can do to make sure he didn't contaminate the rest of the tank + fishnet? Heard of someone on another site adding salt to their freshwater aquarium when one of the fish died, but I wouldn't trust that without more than one person confirming it.

Just curious, paranoid, and being cautious.

Additional information: As far as I've been able to tell he died from damage done by a fish who was removed from the tank about two weeks ago or infection from said damage - instead of a disease. I could be wrong, though.

[Wild Turkey]

Just remove any fish that die asap to avoid them rotting and causing an ammonia spike.

Sounds like whoever recommend adding salt is one of those "salt all the time" advocates. Personally, im the opposite.

[jackson17]

You could just do a water change to bring down any ammonia or other things in the water. Did the fish have any signs of disease? White spots? Hole in head? Holes in body? Was the body decayed?

[VoidParadigm]

You could just do a water change to bring down any ammonia or other things in the water. Did the fish have any signs of disease? White spots? Hole in head? Holes in body? Was the body decayed?

Nothing obviously wrong with it when I took it out of the tank, besides of course, the fact that it was dead. Only speculated interior damage and/or infection because it had some damage done a few weeks ago. Other than that I'm not aware of anything that has happened to it. Was swimly oddly at the beginning of last week - going in circles, staying near the top of the water (it preferred to hide under a rock while the room light was on before) - and did it very briefly this morning.

I'll do a water change, though. Next regular one was going to be tomorrow morning anyways.

[jackson17]

Ya, do a waterchange since your close anyway. Just keep a close eye on other fish to make sure they dont start to have anythig odd happen.

[PostalPenguin]

Fish have to be in there awhile before the ammonia spike. I've lost a few fish in my tank for over 24hrs and never saw any ammonia, nitrites or nitrates.

[VoidParadigm]

'kay. Thanks everyone.