Fish died without reasons...

[Terryz_]

hi...

my coral beauty, scooter blenny, two three stripe damsel, one blue tang and a boxing shrimp die yesterday when i add an anemone... is it the anemone 'fault' or was my system starting to crash...

[Achilles Tang]

Sounds like a tank crash due to overload?

Perhaps you should give us a rundown on your tank parameters before we can help you troubleshoot.

[Terryz_]

water para...

ammonia 0

nitrite 0

ph 7.8 - 8.0

sg 1.023

temp 29C

shouldnt be overload coz all the fish has been the for very long...

and when the coral beauty and scooter is dying they are like jumping out of the water...

[metals99]

how is the anemone?? maybe the anemone sting em' or u accidentally choose a bad specimen which is aready dying?? etc.

[sjsheng]

if i am not wrong u cant add in fish so fast rite...

the most 2 fish at a time.. after few weeks then can add in other fish....

my frenz try n add in few fishes at a time...

i told him his fish gonna die... he dont believe me...

after a 1st day nothing happened... after a week all die left afew...

due to the rise in ammonia lvl rite? or izzit other reason...

[Terryz_]

the fishes are gradually added one...

a few days den add two fishes...

Maybe i chose the dying one but it look ok in the LFS...

[chrislwp]

Sad case.. for ur mystery.

At least I know why all my fish die. Could be one of your reason.

- add sand to create DSB

- add marincure to fight whitespot, overdose

- stop pump and restructure LR

I did all this within a week.. stupid mistake.

[Clownfish]

hi...

my coral beauty, scooter blenny, two three stripe damsel, one blue tang and a boxing shrimp die yesterday when i add an anemone... is it the anemone 'fault' or was my system starting to crash...

maybe u might wan to describe any strange death symptons?

[Terryz_]

Gasping for air... jumping out of water... cannot swim... lost of color...

[FuEl]

Probably not enough dissolved oxygen....your pH tells it all. Too much bioload will lead to increased CO2 levels in your water...if not enough water surface agitation for gaseous exchange to occur your fishes will suffocate.

[MalaysiaBoleh]

wat's ur nitrate level?

[Tanzy]

What colour was your anemone? What kind of anemone?

[Terryz_]

Green bubble tip anenome...

[Shark]

hi...

my coral beauty, scooter blenny, two three stripe damsel, one blue tang and a boxing shrimp die yesterday when i add an anemone... is it the anemone 'fault' or was my system starting to crash...

Hi,

you mean to say that the tank crashed after the anemone died or just because the anemone was added into the community ?

[Terryz_]

the anenome is not dead... still in pail... the anenome was added at abt 12noon... it is at 10pm like tat den all the fishes start dying...

[Shark]

is your PH of 7.8 - 8 measured at night or during the day ?

[Terryz_]

does it matter... it is taken at night..

[Shark]

ph is higher during the day and lower during the night.

if your ph of 7.8 - 8 is measured in the day then it will be lower still during the night and might be the caused of the tank failing at night

[*dlareg*]

I've been thinking about this subject about fish dying in our tanks days after we bot them. It seems that many of us seem to pinpoint the cause at water parameters (which probably is). But I think that there are other factors which may be the cause too.

One reason could be that the fish that we bot are already in a bad shape. Fishes caught in the wild are sometimes done with chemicals to stun them before collecting. Add in the stress of packing and shipping them to our LFS, by the time they arrived, they are already in bad shape. Also I have seen the way some lfs house their livestock, simply pathetic.

Being able to choose a healthy fish would greatly reduce the risk of it dying in your tank. When I started my hobby, I cycled my tank for about 2 mths till the parameters are right, slowly add in live stock, do regular housekeeping but still have fish dying on me. Couldn't figure out why till i started getting my livestock from a better known lfs. And all the deaths stopped.

The important factors to a healthy tank in my opinion would be-

- water parameters (PH, salinity, bio filtration, etc)

- buy healthy fishes

- Get the right compatibilty of fishes

- regular checking of parameters

- good diet

- proper knowledge

Just my 2c worth.

Cheers

[Shark]

ya .. . dun rush to buy

let the critters/fishes/etc stay at the LFS for a week then buy

[Rufff]

It seems that many of us seem to pinpoint the cause at water parameters (which probably is). But  I think that there are  other factors which may be the cause too.

Agree with U dlareg. Its not always the water (tho most times it probably IS), its just easier 2 "blame" the water esp when we can't figure out whats wrong ... why ... how ... I'm guilty of that too. But I think there R a lot of factors involved & its good that we learn 2 "investigate" further B4 we jump 2 conclusions.

The important factors to a healthy tank in my opinion would be-

- water parameters (PH, salinity, bio filtration, etc)

- buy healthy fishes

- Get the right compatibilty of fishes

- regular checking of parameters

- good diet

- proper knowledge

Good points noted.

[cool water]

Hi: guy

can it be the top up water? you get the water right from the tap?