quiltingmom
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Well, I thought I was doing well.....I did a water change this morning and now my firefish is dead
. The first fish I have ever lost. I also have 2 clowns, a watchman goby, a couple of shrimp, several snails, a pincushion urchin, some hermits and coral in my 40 Gallon tank (about 3 months old). My parameters are 0 on Ammonia, Nitrites and Nitrates, PH is at 8.4, Salinity 1.024 and my temperature runs around 80-81 Degrees. Everybody else is fine except, of course, the poor firefish. He died within 1/2 hour of my water change.
The only thing I can come up with is this: I mixed the water (I only use distilled) yesterday afternoon for today's change. I was being lazy this morning and didn't heat up the water first. Now I'm afraid my poor fish paid the price; I feel terrible
. Could the stress from the cool water (once finished, the temp read 77.3 Degrees) be the cause? Everybody else seems to be okay. Regardless, I will never do that again! I just need to know if that could have been the reason the little guy died?
Thanks in advance for the input; I tried to provide as much info about my tank as I can.
The only thing I can come up with is this: I mixed the water (I only use distilled) yesterday afternoon for today's change. I was being lazy this morning and didn't heat up the water first. Now I'm afraid my poor fish paid the price; I feel terrible
Thanks in advance for the input; I tried to provide as much info about my tank as I can.