fish mia

[wablondie98664]

i just got a skunk clown on monday. he was out and about for the first two days, but wouldn't eat at all, now all day today i haven't seen him anywhere in the tank.......he was the only fish alonfg with 3 or 4 small hermits an emerald and a peppermint shrimp. what has happened to my fish???

 

[wablondie98664]

nevermind, i just decided to move around some rocks to look for him and found him..............dead

 

[drakken]

Sorry to hear that but unfortunately I know how you feel.
Two days ago I was trying to find our new long nose hawk but he when carpet surfing.

 

[toddpolish]

what are your readings for Ammonia, nitrate, and Nitrite?
Did you acclimate the clown properly?
these ?s may answer why your clown died

 

[wablondie98664]

ammonia and nitrite 0 sg 1.023 i acclimated the fish by floating the bag and adding 3/4 cup water every 15 min for an hour

 

[toddpolish]

that was probably the reason why your fish died then. you added 3/4 of a cup every 15 min for an hour. that's not ideal at all.
do a search on 'acclimation'
the jist of what I do is...add a shot glass of tank water every 10 minutes for the FIRST hour, then for the SECOND hour add a shot glass of tank water every 5 minutes.

 

[wablondie98664]

o.k, do you know anthing about the drip method? i know basicall how to do it, but how do you get the water to drip through the tube instead of being a steady flow?

 

[karajay]

tie a knot in it...tighter or looser to adjust rate

 

[jp0379]

BLondie, just my two cents worth, I acclimate the same way you do, and haven't had any problems. Might have been an already-sick fish. It happens.

 

[steelchromis]

I'm sorry, I also lost my sixline yesterday too. It seems to be a bad week for fish hobbyists.

 

[wablondie98664]

steel chromis sorry about your loss. yeah i have noticed a lot of posts about fish losses in the past few days