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Old 12/18/2007, 09:28 PM
cwschoon cwschoon is offline
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Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Leesburg, VA, USA
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Tank wiped out...humbled by the hobby

60 gal
Black Volitan - 6mths (would have had sepetate tank soon)
Dogface puffer - 3 yrs
Domino Damsel - 9yrs
3 Stripe Damsel - 9yrs
Powder Brown Tang - 1 yr
Cinnamon Clown - 6 yrs

No coral, just lots of live rock. Rock was old and very nasty. Took it out to bleach it and put in lots of dried -once live-rock that had been sitting in sealed plastic bin for years on Monday and all are dead as of this evening! Big Eheim cannister, HOT Magnum-not cleaned- AmmoLoc added and still wipe out.
My Damsels survived 3 moves in Toronto, Toronto to Atlanta, Atlanta to Leesburg, VA...
Dogface was a true pet and I feel terrible for the fish but what can you do?
Any ideas on how I killed my fish? Can't believe it was ammonia/nitrite because of mature filters and water. Must have been something in the dried rock? Should I have soaked it in a heavy Prime solution? Bleach was never used.
No matter how much you "think" you know........