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03-05-2008, 06:36 PM
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 dying fish Six months ago we had four chromis. Three died from not eating. Recently we bought two clownfish to go with one we had already. These new ones stopped eating and died a couple days ago. The first clownfish is now not eating. The water quality is fine.  |
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03-05-2008, 06:45 PM
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 Re: dying fish Can you list your water parameters for us please? I didn't catch a name on your profile...
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03-06-2008, 07:51 PM
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| Re: dying fish water is sal 1.023 , temp 78.1, ammonia 0, nitrate 3, nitrite 0, ph 8.2, alkalinty N , 50 gal. tank with sump, bio balls. |
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03-06-2008, 08:03 PM
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| Re: dying fish Your nitrates are too high, what is your PH level? I would get rid of the bio balls, they are a nitrate factory.
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03-06-2008, 08:15 PM
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| Re: dying fish ph is 8.2 and replace bio-balls with what? |
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03-07-2008, 10:49 AM
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| Re: dying fish Replace the bio balls with live rock its better. |
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03-07-2008, 11:46 AM
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| Re: dying fish You can replace them with live rock or nothing really. Just be sure you have ample live rock in you aquarium.
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03-17-2008, 06:02 PM
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| Re: dying fish not to butt in but what are you feeding them? and what kinda water change schedule you got, no3 is the reason i asked that.
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03-18-2008, 10:51 AM
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| Re: dying fish Are you using a skimmer? Live rock or no bio balls ( I agree here) Water changes to bring Nitrates down. How much are you feeding? Daily? |
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03-18-2008, 12:09 PM
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| Re: dying fish What water are you adding to your tank at water changes, tap or reverse osmoses or distilled? If it's tap, they could be getting poisoned from metals in the water....
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04-14-2008, 06:15 PM
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| Re: dying fish We have live rock. Got rid of the bio balls. We are using a skimmer. Water changes monthly or when needed. Using reverse osmosis water. We have one chromis left that seems to be going blind. No visible disease or discoloration of eyes. Decrease in eating. Other things in the tank are two condies, a cleaner shrimp, a mandarin goby, 5 blue crabs, 5 turbo snails, and a chocolate chip starfish. |
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04-14-2008, 06:41 PM
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| Re: dying fish you don't intend to add corals do you? the chocolate chip is why i ask.
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04-14-2008, 06:42 PM
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| Re: dying fish hows you water peramiters now?
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04-14-2008, 08:43 PM
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| Re: dying fish Yes what are your water params?
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04-16-2008, 01:10 PM
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| Re: dying fish Lets get really specific with the tank then if nothing so far is helping? What type of rock and from where, what type of sand and from where, do you have a grounding probe, what type of skimmer, is there an overflow(gunk can build up in there), anything and everything you can tell us. It seems weird that all those fish are not eating and now one is going blind so any information would help. |
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