Losing Fish After Move...

[44santababy]

I moved my 120 gallon tank to another location recently. I bought a co-op and had a tank company move the tank for me. Now i'm losing fish! I lost one mystery wrasse during the move, one longnose hawkfish during the move, one orange spotted blenny a week after the move and now yesterday a bi-color dottyback. My tank before the move was very stable with no fish deaths. My tank move was literally a block away and maybe 1 hour at most the fish were in buckets. Do you think my tank started a cycle again and its killing off my fish?

 

[trinimaddness]

I would think so..did you use the same sand? Did you test levels?

 

[44santababy]

i did reuse the same sand, but it was a shallow sand bed. I have not tested yet...due to lack of test kits. I will pick some up today.

 

[Dre]

At this point it's hard to tell what cause the death of the fish. When i move i usually use %25-%30 of the old tank water and i never lost a fish.

 

[Aquadicted]

just curious... what company did you use?

 

[FaviaFreak]

they should have used live bacteria to to re-establish the nitrogen cycle

 

[alexhpc]

How much do they charge for moving a 120 one block?

 

[lnevo]

Any test results yet? You shoukd grab some amquel or prime as well to neutralize any ammonia spikes. Most likely from disturbing the sand bed . How was the rock handled during the move?

I would do a large WCs asap and start getting more water ready. Run some carbon also, but more than likely your tank is going through another cycle so monitor those parameters very closely.

 

[44santababy]

i paid $800 to move my tank to my new place, it was expensive but my only option. I used a company i found on here, dont want to mention his name or company. My corals look good but lost those 4 small fish. My eel and larger fish are acting normal and eating fine. I'm doing a water change tomorrow and im already running carbon. MY yellow tang, uspi foxface, skeletor eel, and clowns all look good. Now i regret not just purchasing new sand...and dumping the old. If i lose one of my large fishes then i know there is a major issue. I do top off with ro/di water...

 

[yesjenks]

I may be wrong, but if your tank is experiencing a cycle, won't performing water changes prolong the cycle?

 

[lnevo]

I may be wrong, but if your tank is experiencing a cycle, won't performing water changes prolong the cycle?

There is very little bacteria in the water column. Bacteria like to stick to things like sand and rocks. Changing water will dillute the ammonia and that may decrease the food supply to the bacteria that's trying to form, but it's not going to cut off the ever lasting supply from fish waste and feeding the tank. I would say it's probably a strong mini cycle. Either way, feed a little less and do those WC. I'd say add some amquel or prime, but until you test your water, you don't even know if that's the issue.

 

[44santababy]

my tank has marine velvet! Lost already 3/4 of my fish...planning on losing the rest. Just hope the eel survives.

 

[d5332]

what

You moved your tank, in the move did you add new livestock, velvet sucks, sorry to hear this

 

[d5332]

so, everything dead? Anything survive?

 

[44santababy]

everybody died except my bangaii cardinal and six line wrasse...lost 9 fish