Autumn Wind
07-21-2008, 01:51 PM
For those of you who use Chemi-pure... I bought two unit of this stuff from my LFS when I opened the containers and took the bags out I noticed there is a rusty colored resin that settled on the bottom of the bag that has a slightly oily feel to it. Is this normal or do you think I could have bought an old and/or bad bottle? I didn't see an expiration date on the bottle so I'm not sure if it's possible for it to go 'bad'.
I went ahead and used it and well long story short less then 48 hours later I had one dead discus. This fish, or any of the 8, that are in this tank have never shown any signs of illness. In fact when I found him dead he still looked like he was in perfect condition, bright color and eyes, except for the not breathing part. :angry:
The rest of the fish looked normal but where not as enthusiastic as usual so I removed the Chemi-pure, did a 50% w/c and noticed improvement. Everyone is acting normal since.
Is it possible that I got a bad/old batch and that caused the death? I would appreciate any input. I am pretty upset over the loss and at my wits end trying to figure out what I did wrong.:(
thanks,
vanessa
I went ahead and used it and well long story short less then 48 hours later I had one dead discus. This fish, or any of the 8, that are in this tank have never shown any signs of illness. In fact when I found him dead he still looked like he was in perfect condition, bright color and eyes, except for the not breathing part. :angry:
The rest of the fish looked normal but where not as enthusiastic as usual so I removed the Chemi-pure, did a 50% w/c and noticed improvement. Everyone is acting normal since.
Is it possible that I got a bad/old batch and that caused the death? I would appreciate any input. I am pretty upset over the loss and at my wits end trying to figure out what I did wrong.:(
thanks,
vanessa