Fish Dying

[jfive]

Well I've had my tank up and running for about a good 6 months. I have a clown trigger, picasso trigger, clownfish, some kind of purple angelfish forgot what it was called, blue tang and a yellow tang. Well recently I just moved. And about a week after moving my yellow tang died. I noticed my blue tang and angelfish are breathing a little heavy and my picasso trigger is acting wierd not his usual self. I'm thinking the tank is cycling again. I checked the levels and noticed the amonia is up to .25 so i put some ammonia conditioner and I added an air pump just to get a little more oxygen. Anybody have any recomendations. I would hate to lose my fish. Any help would be appreciated

 

[meowzer]

Sounds like you stirred something up....do you have any water made up for a w/c????

 

[jfive]

not at the moment out of salt. Won't be able to get anymore till tomorrow

 

[meowzer]

What did you add for ammonia control? Be careful with that

 

[juniors04]

Do a water change ASAP. What size tank?

 

[jfive]

down to 1 fish now. Just the picasso trigger left. But he is showing signs now. Did two different water changes. And the clown trigger died today. I'm hoping picasso will make it. Its just going to be him for awhile. But I'll be buying more live rock.

 

[flower]

Hi,
 
 
Sorry for your loss, and as sad as the situation is…welcome to the site.
.25 is not bad enough to be that toxic and kill all of your fish. Is it possible something contaminated the tank or water? Did you handle tank stuff before rinsing your hands?

While I agree moving could cause a cycle, an ammonia reading of .25 is like almost nothing. Look for other causes of why the fish died.