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Old 02-16-2007, 10:15 PM
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my clown died

oh man my tomtoe clown died. my first fish died well after i took him out i ran some test and every thing came out fine so what happend:confused: i notced he wasnt eating the food just only once in a while could that be the problem. well that is a let down
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Old 02-17-2007, 12:51 AM
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man, I'm sorry to hear that. weird that the test came out ok. I wonder what it could be.
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Old 02-17-2007, 02:38 AM
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What are your other tankmates? What size tank?
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Old 02-17-2007, 10:17 AM
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List your tank parameters too please.
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Old 02-17-2007, 11:57 PM
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i have a 12 nano with two turbo sanails and tw hermit crabs and a tiny six line wrasse
ammonia =0
ph=8.2
salanity=1.24
mitrate=0
nitrates=?
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Old 02-18-2007, 01:38 AM
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I've never heard of mitrate....I think you want nitrite and nitrate. What are those?
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Old 02-18-2007, 02:10 PM
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How long was he in there? A 12 g might be a little small for a tomato. The only clown you would be able to keep in there would be a tank raised ocellaris and that would be better without the wrasse.
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Old 02-20-2007, 02:32 PM
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Sorry to hear you lost your clown. How long was he in your tank?
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