Fish Died

Discussion in 'Tropical Fish' started by jdama19, Feb 25, 2009.

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  1. jdama19

    jdama19 Plankton

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    Hi everyone. I just cycled my tank for a month. I put in a dasmel to test if it would be able to survive. It died after a week. The fish seemed constantly stressed and lethargic and it would always hide inside the live rocks. Was he stressed because of my powerfilter maybe or was my water parameters all messed up?
     
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  2. swagger87

    swagger87 Zoanthid

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    First off, what are your params? You should always make sure that your params are under control before adding anything.
    I doubt that the power head did anything to the lil guy. How big is your tank?
    Damsels do hide in the rocks alot. Is there anything in the tank that could have roughed him up a bit?
     
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  3. juliew

    juliew Coral Banded Shrimp

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    +1 on checking the params
     
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  4. PJSATC86

    PJSATC86 Flamingo Tongue

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    agree with the everyone on the params. My chromis hide in the rocks all the time.
     
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