help all gone in 3 days
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Sorry about your fish.
Can you tell us about your tank? How long have you had it? How long were the fish in there? Did you add all 7 at once? What kind of fish? What are the readings for everything in your tank (ammonia, nitrates, nitrites, pH, salinity)? Is it fish only or a reef tank? etc, etc, etc...
Welcome aboard, I'm sure you'll learn a lot here.
Can you tell us about your tank? How long have you had it? How long were the fish in there? Did you add all 7 at once? What kind of fish? What are the readings for everything in your tank (ammonia, nitrates, nitrites, pH, salinity)? Is it fish only or a reef tank? etc, etc, etc...
Welcome aboard, I'm sure you'll learn a lot here.
well i have had the tank for over a year now and as for water conditions they were all normal, execpt for amonia wich was barley tracable, the fish died off within a period of three days , first three were corral catfish (wich went within about 5 hours of each other) one clown, 1 tomato clown , 2 blue damsels and 1 stripped damsle and get this even after a heavy dose of copper safe , all my crabs and snail are still alive!!
no reef life just marine , dont know enough about reef to start yet
no reef life just marine , dont know enough about reef to start yet
well im not sure what killed them but it happened within 3 days, all seven fish dead. thought it was ick by the simptoms , except no white spots they started to stress so i did a 25 gallon water change (72 gallon tank) and added copper safe and gave them a fresh water bath, niether worked , they still died. but here is a bit of new info, 2 days after i spotted thousands of tiny little white things swiming around, so tiny i couldnt even see any features , look like little white lines,, is that what killed them? i dont know , please help ,, i want to start up this tank agian
( oh ya after testing the water every thing was normal except amonia was up slightly but not enough to stress them )
( oh ya after testing the water every thing was normal except amonia was up slightly but not enough to stress them )
The only parasitic disease that I have experience with that kills that fast is Brooklynella hostilis. It wiped out my entire 135g in 72 hours...no lie. If this is in fact what took your fish, you need to let the tank go fallow(uninhabited) for 6-8 weeks before introducing any new fish. Here's a brief link:
http://www.vin.com/PetCare/Articles/Fish/PCF00526.htm
Note that copper is ineffective against this disease. HTH
http://www.vin.com/PetCare/Articles/Fish/PCF00526.htm
Note that copper is ineffective against this disease. HTH
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