10g Simochromis Growout : Update 4/7/2010

[TaTeR ToT]

my sister just brought over her fw master test kit and im about to check my parameters.

i will report back asap with what i get.

[Mzungu]

yes traci their mouths are all open wide, what does that mean???

Hypoxia, usually. Definitely a water issue, I'd say. Have you been able to test it yet? Did you take a sample this morning?

I'm so sorry about what happened. :(

[Mzungu]

my sister just brought over her fw master test kit and im about to check my parameters.

i will report back asap with what i get.

Are the fish still in there??

[fshfrk]

Another one's bite the dust!

[TaTeR ToT]

no the fish are not in their, that would have messed with the readings. i took pics and removed them.

ok, here goes

ph - 7.8

ammonia - 0 ppm

Nitrite - 0 ppm

Nitrate - 20 ppm

so this leads me to beleive that either the ph or the rocks hadsomething on them or the ph was malfunctioning and might have caused as miguel stated electical issues in my tank.

either way im still pissed.

id love to try my hand at them again right away and buy the tank i want for them aswell as a couple NEW K2 powerheads.

but i doubt john will do this, so i dont know.

[TaTeR ToT]

everytime i loose fishe it seems to be to a freak wierd *** accident???

i dont get it, i i rinsed the rocks in super hot water, so hot i had to use kitchen gloves, then i rinsed them in cool water.
removed the old rocks and plants and put the new rocks in.

the water was cloudy, so i did a 75% wc.

then i rinsed the ph for a few minutes in warm water, ran it in a bucket to make sure it worked properly, and added it to the tank, kicked it on adjusted the output, and they were happy, as seen in the video.

i fed them after the video, and all ate very well as per usual.

then i left came home 5 hours later, and all were still happy, the lights were out and they were drifting and sleeping in the current, and then i wake up to the sight of all dead simos with a couple floating and breathing heavy on the substrate, that died a few minutes after.

i dont understand wth happened.

[imagirlgeek]

I doubt it was electricity since their mouths were all open. You see that when the fish don't have enough dissolved oxygen. You said you did a water change right after adding the rocks...what dechlorinator do you use? I'm just wondering if it's one of the brands that lowers the oxygen content for a couple of hours after use.

[TaTeR ToT]

i use stress coat plus.

but with that ph on there, the surface was being ripped hard, and the eheim output was pouring into the tank, hence the loud water noise in the video.

[imagirlgeek]

Just eliminating possibilities. :)

Chlorine
Dechlorinator
Toxin from rocks
Toxin from PH
Toxin from unknown source

[mark razmandi]

your rocks changed the PH in my tank when i just put a few in there. your scape killed your fish brian, i hate to say it but ive told you a million times. stop f**king with the scape in your tanks every 2 days.

[imagirlgeek]

pH of 7.8 doesn't sound like it was a significant swing. I don't know what your pH was without the rocks, but 7.8 seems pretty average for this area.

[mark razmandi]

i think the last time i checked the ph in brians 75g it was like 7....although might not seem that huge of a shift, ive seen my fish go almost immediately into paralysis from a similar PH drop in my Co2 injected planted tank.

[mark razmandi]

OH sh**, brian did the rocks you use the ones from my garage? ive been spray painting recently in there, but that shouldnt make a difference considering alot of people spray paint pvc for their tanks, hmmmm i also have alot of chemicals for bugs and crap in there too but nothing was used recently...

[imagirlgeek]

Pesticides on the rocks is far more likely the issue.

[Nickintex]

OH sh**, brian did the rocks you use the ones from my garage? ive been spray painting recently in there, but that shouldnt make a difference considering alot of people spray paint pvc for their tanks, hmmmm i also have alot of chemicals for bugs and crap in there too but nothing was used recently...