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03-29-2008, 05:55 PM
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| | Plankton
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 |  Dying Fish, please help
I've had my 75 gallon tank set up now for about 3 months and had only lost on fish. Now all of the sudden I've had 4 fish die in the last couple days. I tested the water and the only real concern is the Ammonia is at .25, which should be high enough to kill the fish correct? Also, I do have a very slight case of ick from new fish, but the fish that have died did not have it. Please help! | 
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03-29-2008, 06:06 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
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that sucks Karma for you loss!! Do you have enough air in your tank?? When my air pump got turned off it killed most my fish over one night | |
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03-29-2008, 06:11 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
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I had the same thing happen to me when one of my fish got ick and wiped out quite a few of my fish. If you don't have polyps or anything other then some fish in your tank just turn off your protein skimmer and treat your entire tank for ick. Thats the best idea I got for you, but I'm no expert.
But all my fish showed signs of ick
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03-29-2008, 06:19 PM
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| | Giant Squid
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Im not sure that .25 of Nh3/4 would have killed all four fish. What kind of fish were they? _________ 9YR OLD 90G 30G w/d Mag18 150G skimmer 692w MH,yel&kole tang,foxface,midas&convict blenny,B&G chromies,Blk/yel fin chromie blackcap,nemo,neon goby,6line; Blastomussa Merleti,Acan ,BUBBLE,Torch,LTA, Goniopora(2), Acropora(2),Brain, Moon, assort zoas, yel& G star polyps, R&G open brain, P&B ricordia, montiporas, cup&candy corals, enias,B/G mush,flower ane(2), cherry red mussa, dusters,cleaning crew  | |
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03-29-2008, 07:20 PM
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| | Giant Squid
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Sorry for your losses.......
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5.5 gal, 72w of pcs, 2 leds, rio nano skimmer, 40 gal hob filter, 50w visi-therm heater, 5pds lr, 1 inch live sand bed, 1 australian black perc clown ,1 porcelain crab, , 1 pep shrimp, 1 lge turbo , 3 cerith, 1 astrea, 1 nassaruis snails, neon grn bali slimer acro, purple acro, millipora's, feather duster, monti's, duncans, grn polyps, shrooms, zoa's, blue clove polyps, purple death pallys and grn star plyps. | |
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03-29-2008, 08:10 PM
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| | Bristle Worm
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Originally Posted by lunatik_69  Im not sure that .25 of Nh3/4 would have killed all four fish. What kind of fish were they? |
i 2nd this | |
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03-29-2008, 11:48 PM
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| | 3reef Sponsor
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Ammonia can do that. At any level. but if theres ick in the system, thats what I would have to attribute the deaths to. The ick could have been exacerbated by the elevated ammonia levels and caused it to spread faster throughout the system.
what kind of fish do you have and what are all your water parameters at including nitrites, nitrates, ph, gh. | |
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03-30-2008, 12:08 AM
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| | Fire Shrimp
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when i first started out, i had an entire fleet died of nothing, just good 8 damsel died for no reason, i think that was the part of cycle that i didnt understand at first. patience is the key to success.
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120g RR, 40 sump/fuge, panworld 50pxx, 2 x 250 Lumen Bright Reeflux 12k coralvue ballst, 2x54 t5 current usa, 24 led moonlight, shallow sand bed, 2x Koralia 4, around 200lbs rock, msx 200, aquac phosphate reactor... If you see something better out there, let me know. most of the parts still being process. | |
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03-30-2008, 07:15 AM
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| | Plankton
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Originally Posted by ReefPlayground Ammonia can do that. At any level. but if theres ick in the system, thats what I would have to attribute the deaths to. The ick could have been exacerbated by the elevated ammonia levels and caused it to spread faster throughout the system.
what kind of fish do you have and what are all your water parameters at including nitrites, nitrates, ph, gh. | The fish that died where 1 tiger barb, 2 gouramis, and a blueberry loach. | |
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03-30-2008, 07:43 AM
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| | 3reef Sponsor
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Originally Posted by viper31631 I've had my 75 gallon tank set up now for about 3 months and had only lost on fish. Now all of the sudden I've had 4 fish die in the last couple days. I tested the water and the only real concern is the Ammonia is at .25, which should be high enough to kill the fish correct? Also, I do have a very slight case of ick from new fish, but the fish that have died did not have it. Please help! | You loaded the new tank up F/W systems like marine needs to cycle did the water have a hazy look to it just before or after this happened _________ Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible (Doug Larson) | |
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