Changed water and fish are acting odd.

[mrscarface]

I changed about 20% of the water in my tank and now most of my fish dont seem to want to eat. Is this normal?
Before the water change they would all go crazy when food was dropped in the tank, and now only 2 (of 6) seem to care about the food when its dumped in. They all do eat i think since the food is gone, they just dont seem crazy about food like they used to.

 

[sinner's girl]

need more info.
was it a new bag of salt? how often do you do water changes? did you use ro water?
was the new saltwater the same temp, ph, and sg as the tank water? (if not, then you stressed them).
turn off your lights.

 

[mcsd22]

Need to no water parameters before and after water change.

 

[mrscarface]

Originally Posted by Sinner's Girl
need more info.
was it a new bag of salt? how often do you do water changes? did you use ro water?
was the new saltwater the same temp, ph, and sg as the tank water? (if not, then you stressed them).
turn off your lights.
I have no idea about the PH.... The SG and temp was the same or alteast very close. It wasnt a new bag of salt it was the unused stuff from before, i change water i guess every 3 week (not set in stone). I dont get what is specail about RO water or how to identify it but i used 1 gallon jugs of water from the store. So its not RO, but its not tap.

 

[sinner's girl]

did you aerate the salt water 24 hours before using it? sg can change...so I've learned, a fresh batch is lower than 24 hours later...though I think 12 hours is good enough...
sorry, if sg and temp were the same, I dont' know.

 

[mrscarface]

Originally Posted by Sinner's Girl
did you aerate the salt water 24 hours before using it? sg can change...so I've learned, a fresh batch is lower than 24 hours later...though I think 12 hours is good enough...
sorry, if sg and temp were the same, I dont' know.
Yeah i didnt wait 24 hours, but it was along time. I got up at around 6am for school and did it before i left and didnt add it untill around i got home from work around 8-9ish.

 

[sinner's girl]

That, imo, would be fine.
has this happened before?
could anything else be going on? Temp swing, sg swing, high nitrates? what are your levels?
did you move lr around during water change and stir up crap....have you tested your water?

 

[mrscarface]

Originally Posted by Sinner's Girl
That, imo, would be fine.
has this happened before?
could anything else be going on? Temp swing, sg swing, high nitrates? what are your levels?
did you move lr around during water change and stir up crap....have you tested your water?
Everything is normal, i did move around some of the live rock in order to cover the exposed glass the fish dug out from under it in some spots. No its never happened before. The only thing was i forgot to was my hands before it did this since i wasnt planning on touching anything at first.
Maybe im just over reacting. Its only been a day since this started so maybe they just werent that hungry today.