very bad day

BK · Post by BK » 16 May 2003, 21:48

all six of my L66 suddenly and quickly died yesterday

. the water tested fine and they had all been doing good since they started eating 2 weeks ago and there was no external sign of disease or sickness or parasites. they were fed with a new container of food but thats the only new thing. Do you think it could have been the food? what else could it have been?

S. Allen · Post by **S. Allen** » 17 May 2003, 01:26

hmm... I knew someone that lost a tank of zebras from a cheapo food company's frozen bloodworms, some oil from the machinery leaked into it, made a slick on top of the water, killed his fish... But that's not real likely to happen, any toxins that could have entered the tank? bug sprays, disinfectant, things of that sort?

BK · Post by BK » 17 May 2003, 02:55

nope nothing got in the tank. the new shrimp pellets look differnet thanthe old ones and are of the same brand (wardleys). what ever got them killed them real fast too. i found some that died sucked to the glass. the flowers should be happy, they got some $140 fertilizer. they were some real nice fish too

Post by **Silurus** » 17 May 2003, 03:05

Hmm. Sounds like the food. You should reconsider using Wardley. My experience is that their fish foods suck (I couldn't get any fish to eat them) and I trust them no further than I can throw the can.

Plec0maniac · Post by **Plec0maniac** » 17 May 2003, 03:55

hi sorry to hear bout wat happened

its possible that smoe sort of chemical was misplaced near your tank and leaked.. Its also possible the food. DId your water smelled bad?? I have an experience before dat my whole tank of plecs and altum angels died instantly after a mysterious someone placed soap in the tank. It was quick also only 30 mins

Post by **Barbie** » 17 May 2003, 06:09

I'm so sorry for your loss BK

Had you done a water change recently? How long had the tank been up? When you say that the water tested ok, what parameters did you test? That's just such a bummer

Barbie

Taratron · Post by **Taratron** » 25 May 2003, 06:10

What is bad about Wardley's food?

I hope I'm not feeding my cories something bad!

Post by **Silurus** » 25 May 2003, 10:37

The only bad thing about Wardley's food is that my fish refuse to touch it. So, I would rather pay a little more and get quality food.

Plec0maniac · Post by **Plec0maniac** » 25 May 2003, 15:22

For me the best wafer available are hikari wafers. Even my large pseudas feed on them.. nd this is algae wafers where talking about

Tetra tabimin is also a good alternative..