Kristin1234
Active Member
How did you acclimate this time?
swdummie
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bang guy
Moderator
Not 100% accurate. Although normal nitrite & nitrate levels are harmless to saltwater fish extreme levels can be dangerous. I do agree with you that generally nitrite and nitrate will not kill fish.
Bryce E
Active Member
Yeah @swdummie this is going to get narrowed down through process of elimination. How you acclimated the fish will help either identify that as the cause or eliminate it. Also what symptoms are your fish having leading up to their death? Anything visible on them? Heavy breathing? How fast are they dying from the time you put them in the tank?
Bryce E
Active Member
Oh and reading back on this... you had said you had a presence of ammonia and you did a water change... When cycling a tank you don't want to do that. You want to allow the bacteria to build up and consume the ammonia. I understand you prob wanted to do this because you already had fish in the tank. but that's why it's better to do a "fishless cycle" and let everything become ready and stable before adding fish.
Here's a good short read on the process from snake
https://forums.saltwaterfish.com/index.php?threads/snakes-guide-to-cycling.391533/
All of them dying though? jeeze. Something is really going on here.
Also are there any other supplements/products that you have added to your tank?
Here's a good short read on the process from snake
https://forums.saltwaterfish.com/index.php?threads/snakes-guide-to-cycling.391533/
All of them dying though? jeeze. Something is really going on here.
Also are there any other supplements/products that you have added to your tank?
silverado61
Well-Known Member
Just curious Flower, which store? Deerfield? Fox Lake?
mauler
Active Member
I think that might be a problem your dumping way to many chemicals and products into your tank I'm saying that's what killed your fish but it can't be good.
flower
Well-Known Member
Hi,
- Stress coat is to help injured fish...a water change should not injure your fish, adding this is just a waste of money and slimming up your tank for nothing..
- Stress Zyme is for developing good bacteria...however, all tanks, once cycled, develops only enough good bacteria to balance with the waste, since it needs it to live. So no matter how much you add, you will never have more then you need to match the waste of the fish in the tank. So adding it to an established already cycled tank, is a complete waste of money and effort. Certainly NOT needed after a water change.
- Quick start is exactly the same thing as the Stress Zyme...again a complete waste of money, and 100% useless for an established cycled tank.
- The kent's essential elements... here is the problem with it, you must not dose for anything until you have tested to find out if certain elements are even needed. A water change actually has all the essentials in it. To add elements that you don't need such as iodine, could actually build up and become a poison. So TEST FIRST, and only add what elements you need, a blanket kind of replacement is foolish. I recommend you stop adding this ASAP
I don't think adding these did a thing to the tank, good or bad...with the exception of the Kent's essentials, and it would have to be used a long time before it really became an issue enough to kill all your fish. The other stuff is just a waste.
