Subj : Re: Unexpected fish death
To   : Rick
From : Lance Lyon
Date : Sat Jun 12 2004 03:18 am

Hi Rick,


* In a message originally to All, Rick said:

> 6 comets, as in goldfish??. One comet, max two in your size tank is all
> that
> should be kept. I would suspect that an ammonia spike killed the fish. Not
> likely that whatever filter you have on that size tank can have a bio load
> capable enough of handling 6 comets. Messy fish that create large amounts
> of
> waste which = ammonia spikes. Strange that the catfish didn't go also.

Yeah, 6 - but they were only small & I've not had a problem keeping that
amount in this tank before - my first thought was ammonia too & the
"autopsies" tend to support it, degraded fins in a very short time (but no red
gi), mad dashing about the tank & trying to bury themselves in the substrate -
but rather odd that the catties are totally unaffected (they're all still
doing quite nicely). At this stage, I'm not game to put anything else in the
tank yet!

cheers,

Lance

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