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Offline njrdc

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Dead fish
« on: March 11, 2020, 20:36:19 »
Quick question got a pair of clowns flasher wrasse and cleaned shrimp On Saturday from a local fish store in Cincinnati. Came home from work today both clowns and wrasse are  dead but the shrimp is still alive tested water and Ammonia was at 0 ppm Nitrite and nitrate at 0ppm as well any ideas what may have caused it? They were all eating and if it was a water Quality problem the shrimp would have died as well. Am I correct in thinking that?

Offline Heinbaughb

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Re: Dead fish
« Reply #1 on: March 11, 2020, 23:26:22 »
Did they have white powdery spots on them leading up to today?

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Re: Dead fish
« Reply #2 on: March 11, 2020, 23:33:52 »
How long has the tank been up and also how are you testing your parameters? You shouldn’t have 0 nitrate unless the tank is new or insanely clean.

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Re: Dead fish
« Reply #3 on: March 12, 2020, 10:12:18 »
No dose not look like Ich or anything but just asking.  Tank has been up for 2 months

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Re: Dead fish
« Reply #4 on: March 12, 2020, 14:27:08 »
Stupid question but does that store run hypo salinity? I would think not but the transition from low salinity needs to take place slowly or it can severely hurt the fish.
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Re: Dead fish
« Reply #5 on: March 12, 2020, 18:20:19 »
Not to my knowledge but the were dripped so not to sure

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Re: Dead fish
« Reply #6 on: March 13, 2020, 07:23:53 »
Not to my knowledge but the were dripped so not to sure
Always need to check the salinity that the LFS is using. For example, Gerbers keeps their coral/invert system anywhere from 1.024 to as high as 1.029. Their fish system however will run anywhere from 1.012 to 1.020. So it’s very important to know your starting point.

Offline Gary

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Re: Dead fish
« Reply #7 on: March 14, 2020, 15:29:36 »
I would call the LFS and communicate what happened.  They may have some additional info and may offer compensation or replace your losses.

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Re: Dead fish
« Reply #8 on: March 15, 2020, 17:02:31 »
If the water is hypo, drip acclimation is too fast.  Fish can take salinity dropping pretty quick, but increasing salinity, has to be done slow..... .001-.002 per day.

It could also just be the stress of the journey home.

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Re: Dead fish
« Reply #9 on: March 15, 2020, 22:10:55 »
Yep appreciate it you just never know sometimes thanks for the ideas

 

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