coincidence or serial killer?
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FishTales
Reefing newb
OMG Guess what I found this AM?! My heater for the tank busted a seam and was leaking in the aquarium. Maybe my clownfish isn't the murderer after all.........In the Living Room with the thermometer that was leaking acid as the murder weapon!!!
Smitty
Reef pro
Oh wow!!!
dcantucson
Reef pro
Guess you'll have to take your clownfish of Death Row now. Next time do DNA testing. :grumble: :bounce:
tankedchemist
Reef enthusiast
or, you know, just test your pH....?
yote
In Memoriam
If it was the busted heater,then all your fish would have been affected.
Rcchanlder
Reefing newb
unless it really stressed only a few fish when it happened.
FishTales
Reefing newb
ok whatever it was it wiped every FISH out of my tank except the last clown fish, crabs, shrimp, sea urchin, zoanthids and sun coral. My water tested perfect too with 2 different test kits
Tristan
Detritus
just get equally agressive fish if you dont want to give your clown away. they may be mean, but they have good personality
FishTales
Reefing newb
actually wow....I think I just figured it out.....my phosphates are at .5 :(
Bifferwine
I am a girl
Phosphates would not have killed your fish. Corals, yes. Fish, no.
FishTales
Reefing newb
hmmmm ....my clown fish, sun coral, zoanthids, mushrooms, pom pom crab, fire shrimp, sea urchin and my little hermit clean up crew seem fine........everything else died ( all fish)....I almost give up. I'm throwing the towel in .....fixing the phosphates and just doing 5% water changes every 2 days.
Bifferwine
I am a girl
It sounds like if it'd be anything, it was disease that took your fish out. Most things will kill inverts first, as they are a lot more sensitive to water parameters than fish.
andysgirl8800
Blenny Badlands
Sorry for your losses. I know it can be really discouraging. :(
FishTales
Reefing newb
Yea this morning the clownfish was the last to go.......I broke my tank down and am starting new. I still have the sun coral, zoanthids, sea urchin, fire shrimp and pom pom crab.
Bifferwine - I am starting to think also. I did notice right before the yellow tang came up dead he had a cloudy eye and clownfish started showing a cloudy eye too. The only thing I could find about that was Ammonia Burn but I tested the Ammonia and it was good to go.
Bifferwine - I am starting to think also. I did notice right before the yellow tang came up dead he had a cloudy eye and clownfish started showing a cloudy eye too. The only thing I could find about that was Ammonia Burn but I tested the Ammonia and it was good to go.
ltljoker
The Great Tang Herder
Did you notice any white spots on any of your fish, I know I had an emperiter angel once that developed some kinda perisite and showed white spots on its body. I took it out but too late. Every fish in my tank died:frustrat:
FishTales
Reefing newb
I looked for any signs of anything on all fish.......no white spots on any of them. They all were eating as usual. Only thing I noticed was the yellow Tang showed a cloudy eye and looked like his tail was frayed a tad bit ( thought maybe he got in a scuffle with my clownfish) and the clown showed the cloudy eye a day prior also.
Bifferwine
I am a girl
You will want your tank to go fish-less for 6 to 8 weeks. That will be sufficient time for most disease/parasite that was in there to die off.
FishTales
Reefing newb
Ahhhh thanks for that advice......gives me time to save some money and think about what I want this go around. Any thoughts?
ltljoker
The Great Tang Herder
Anthias and small angels are gorgeous to start off with in a smaller tank. Of course everyone loves gobies too.:bowdown: One of the more sexy ones are the pearly headed jawfish:bowdown:
