[Chiefmcfuz]

I could have been a multitude of things but I think the rise and fall of the temp causing the o2 levels to drop, all of this may have caused the AB stress that may have been the end cause. I know that was one big run on sentence but it made sense when I typed it

[daisy]

I need to change the titleof this thread to a bad day in Tahl's tank...

Started off the day with the loss of my red lip blenny. Ended the day with the loss of my royal gramma, Comet. This fish has been in my system for about four years.


I have to say, taking comet out of the water - that was one HEAVY fish. He was HUGE.

RIP, big guy. The girls are REALLY going to miss you.

I haven't figured out how to tell them yet. They're four and six. i'm so sad.

[ShaunW]

Sorry for you loss Tahl.

The heat hurt my tank this weekend also. My chiller pump failed and my tank when up to the high 80s, maybe even the 90s for a day before I caught it (was away for the weekend). SUCKS, since I am experiencing even more losses, . When it rains it pours.

[Aqua Pro Builder]

Besides heat, can we also suspect other causes due to changing weather?

We feel uncomfortable when weather changes, sometimes we even have fever due to, let say, alergy or viruses and so forth. In some cases death could occur. We hardly think about virus that brought along by chnaging weathers in reefing. In keeping birds and dogs, we know flu will kill quickly(especially in non vacinated pet shops). Fish has flu too I guess. So I say changing weather will hurt fish too.

[daisy]

SO sorry for your losses! I saw the corals you lost in your thread.

My heart is just broken today. I know it will mend, as will the tank... but it is so hard when this happens.

[daisy]

Wingo - when our body temp is disturbed, we are immunologically weakened and we become vulnerable to attack by anything.

I think the blenny died as a direct result of the lack of oxygen.

i think the royal gramma died of something a little different, actually - b/c he did not have the same symptoms as the blenny.

and i am seeing tiny white spots on the Yellow Tang's pectoral fins - I'm giving extra garlic in her food and praying that she'll recover, but generally speaking, the whole system is upset, and it will take some time for everything to work its way out.

I'm keeping my fingers crossed at this point.

[Aqua Pro Builder]

Oh one observation for these couple days. The skimmers in my tanks have have been very strange lately. They will spill the collection in a day even at the lowest setting. Nothing seeable ill effects but I guess it has to do with the weather too.

[daisy]

Hmmmmm.... would have to think about this one. no idea what that's about.

[jhale]

sorry Tahl
at times the hobby is not fun

[KathyC]

Sorry to hear of the loss of the RG.

I can hook you up with a friend of mine who knows how to necropsy fish and can possibly tell you about the obvious things to look for. I'll PM you the info.
I continue to believe it was more that the rise in temp that caused your losses. Temp swings can easily lead to ich and you will commonly find the first indications of it in the gills, though you didn't mention the fish breathing heavily, and you lowered the temp fairly slowly. I would not expect to see a loss this quickly after a temp swing..simply not enough time for ich to develop/multiply to the point of killing the fish within 2 days.

Did I read somewhere you moved in the last couple of weeks? Was the tank moved?