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ST3PH3N
Sun, 16th Mar 2008, 10:00 AM
Warning, if u wear reading glasses place them over your eyes now....sorry its long...really long


I'll start off by telling u whats new because it may help. As of yesterday at 7am my fish were put into a plumbed 40 breeder with 20g sump. Out of the old 46g almost all water went between the 40&20, all sand was used. Water was very cold this morning around 73-74 degrees when I woke up ( I have two heater running in sump plus heat of return pump) and I noticed my six line wrasse was laying on his side breathing hard. I looked around and my very very very nice powder blue was dead on his side. Idk what happened?I'm a little upset because the pb and six line had tons of character. I was thinking the coldness, the plumbing? Idk they were fine for a 24 hours till this morning. My 2 clowns and clown goby are fine along with mandarin and scooter.
Thanks you,
Stephen

ST3PH3N
Sun, 16th Mar 2008, 10:37 AM
ammo 0
nitrite 0
nitrate .5
other perameters are the readings for sa tap water as far as alk, ph, and hardness.

ST3PH3N
Sun, 16th Mar 2008, 10:44 AM
all my inverts are fine too, well can't see harliquin's they hide

engwife36
Sun, 16th Mar 2008, 01:13 PM
How deep was your sandbed in the old tank? Also, how long was that sand in your old tank?

ST3PH3N
Sun, 16th Mar 2008, 02:54 PM
the sand bed was about an inch deep in most spots and around 5 months old

Lightning Whelk
Sun, 16th Mar 2008, 07:05 PM
most likely an acclimation problem.

ST3PH3N
Mon, 17th Mar 2008, 02:08 AM
they would be fine for a whole day then die? They were eating and swimming just fine when I went to sleep.

crossxfire2
Tue, 18th Mar 2008, 10:47 PM
the temp wasn't THAT cold, but they probably were not used to such a fluctuation?

JLiu
Wed, 19th Mar 2008, 02:34 AM
What did you use to clean the tank out with before you moved systems?

ST3PH3N
Wed, 19th Mar 2008, 10:59 PM
What did you use to clean the tank out with before you moved systems?

the drilled tank? Just rinsed it thoroughly with warm water

ST3PH3N
Wed, 19th Mar 2008, 11:01 PM
the temp wasn't THAT cold, but they probably were not used to such a fluctuation?

hmmm maybe