Jhhnn
04-19-2009, 02:49 PM
As I wrote earlier, the fish were exceptionally frisky and beautiful during the water change friday night, right after a big dinner of bloodworms and brine shrimp.
Saturday morning, my largest was dark (not black) and hiding, bloated. So I worked all day getting a hospital tank together- stand, clean the 29gal tank that's been in the basement for over a decade, set the heater, moved a sponge filter, add half a tank of main tank water, top it off w/ prime conditioned water from the aging barrel, move the fish, add epsom salts as directed here... His/her equilibrium was not good, and still bloated, dark...
This morning, he/she was dead...
Having kept fish off and on for over 30 years, I have to say I've never had anything prove quite so lethal in such a short period of time, certainly not anything that left the other 8 fish seemingly completely unaffected... The nitrite and nitrate levels are a little elevated, but not damgerously so, and I added a little extra prime to compensate...
The other 8 fish fasted yesterday, and I finally figured out where to get the ingredients for basshead's seafood mix (from the asian market ~1/2 mile away... Duh!) so their diet will be more varied...
Any comments or advice?
Thanks.
Saturday morning, my largest was dark (not black) and hiding, bloated. So I worked all day getting a hospital tank together- stand, clean the 29gal tank that's been in the basement for over a decade, set the heater, moved a sponge filter, add half a tank of main tank water, top it off w/ prime conditioned water from the aging barrel, move the fish, add epsom salts as directed here... His/her equilibrium was not good, and still bloated, dark...
This morning, he/she was dead...
Having kept fish off and on for over 30 years, I have to say I've never had anything prove quite so lethal in such a short period of time, certainly not anything that left the other 8 fish seemingly completely unaffected... The nitrite and nitrate levels are a little elevated, but not damgerously so, and I added a little extra prime to compensate...
The other 8 fish fasted yesterday, and I finally figured out where to get the ingredients for basshead's seafood mix (from the asian market ~1/2 mile away... Duh!) so their diet will be more varied...
Any comments or advice?
Thanks.