if a fish dies

tuchovgray

tuchovgray

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in my fish only 90 gal i have had some deaths over the past few weeks. to get the fish out i had to take out all of the rocks, this is a real pain. is there any other way to get rid of a fish? maybe putting in a scavenger that can survive in an aggresive tank?
 
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jdragunas

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Touch, i'm not going to be able to answer your question, but i have one for you that's totally off topic. What's your avtar?
Jenn

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If you mean what i think you mean, you shouldn't depend on scavengers to clean up your dead fish, and you should remove them immediately, even if you have to take apart your LR. By the time the scavenger eats the dead fish, it will have already emitted too much ammonia into your tank. If we could just let scavengers eat the dead fish, i dont' think anyone would ever remove a dead fish, even if they didn't have to dismantle the tank... hope that made sense...
Jenn
 
lion_crazz

lion_crazz

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Yes, I would agree. You should always remove the fish manually. Why are you losing so many fish in the first place? Instead of worrying about fixing the result of the deaths (you tearing apart the tank), worry about the cause of death and fixing that problem.
 
oceana

oceana

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Originally Posted by jdragunas
If you mean what i think you mean, you shouldn't depend on scavengers to clean up your dead fish, and you should remove them immediately, even if you have to take apart your LR. By the time the scavenger eats the dead fish, it will have already emitted too much ammonia into your tank. If we could just let scavengers eat the dead fish, i dont' think anyone would ever remove a dead fish, even if they didn't have to dismantle the tank... hope that made sense...
Jenn
IMO its up to the fish and tank. i recently lost a small hippo and a bi-color blenny during a big move. there is no way in hell i would tear down the entire tank to find such a small fish. chances are the crabs and fish has him down to bones by the end of the night. if your talking about a large fish then i would say dig it out. if the clean up crew is good enough one small fish will be very quick work. most opf the time a very well established reef does not having"tear down" as an option. you would stir up more toxic stuff then the one fish would produce just with all the dissruption in the tank during the search
 
lion_crazz

lion_crazz

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It definitely depends on the tank and the type of fish. Also, it depends on what you have on the tank and in the tank for filtration. If you have a top-notch filtration system (large amounts of flow, no dead zones, excellent skimmer, an abundance of live rock), one dead fish will barely cause an ammonia spike. If you have a new tank where all of the levels are unstable already though, you will want to try and get it out before it begins to decompose.
You said that you were having multiple deaths, and if this was the case, then I would definitely try and get them out. One death is okay, multiple would be a problem because either there is a problem with the tank that is causing them to die one by one, or else the ammonia spike that the first death caused is beginning to kill others.
 
tuchovgray

tuchovgray

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i had a lion that died because i over fed him (long story) and then a queen angel that because... i'm not really sure but i removed both fish as soon as they passed on.
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lion_crazz

lion_crazz

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yes, they are two fish that you absolutely have to remove immediately. A blenny or goby or another small fish could be left in a properly filtrated tank, but not large fish like that.
 
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