Fish Dying one at a time

mhampton27 · #1 09/15/2007, 10:20 PM

I have lost 3 fish in the last 2 days and I took my water to Coral Reef and had it tested it was fine. I dont know what else could be causing this. Does anybody have any ideas

miracles38 · #2 09/15/2007, 10:28 PM

Did you check O2 levels? Try more flow.

KMP · #3 09/15/2007, 10:33 PM

had that problem a while back w/the work tank. never did figure it out. new fish are happy and thriving now. hope you have better luck.

mhampton27 · #4 09/15/2007, 10:58 PM

I have alot of flow my father in law had this tank before me for 4 months. Should I try letting it cycle for a bit before I had some fish again. The weird thing is my Blue tang is alive but I lost a strawberry dotty and a clown they are supposed to b hard to kill.

mhampton27 · #5 09/15/2007, 11:00 PM

Oh and my light fixture stopped working on thursday but I dont think that should have anything to do with it

matttaylor · #6 09/15/2007, 11:01 PM

How long has this tank been up and running? Also where did you buy the dead fish from?

mhampton27 · #7 09/15/2007, 11:05 PM

3 weeks and I bought 2 from your reef and 1 from aqua life

buttons buster · #8 09/15/2007, 11:15 PM

How many fish are in there total?
Blue tang might have gotten territorial in such a small tank
Just throwing ideas out there lol

kdblove_99 · #9 09/15/2007, 11:18 PM

Mantis shrimp?

casalt · #10 09/15/2007, 11:52 PM

Dead fish + light fixture going out could mean a short somewhere. I had a heater that was shorted out and still worked, made my hair tingle when I touched it. Do all the electrical cords have a drip loop?

leakytank · #11 09/16/2007, 12:00 AM

Same problem here!! Mine is dying one at a time. First my yellow tang then my little clown this morning. No sign of nothing.
Tested water....perfect!???
The last 2 fishes I bought form Aquaworz last week and from Jojo.
That was 5 days ago. I did my regular shopping today, the employee told me they are having a problem with their fishes. Ran down to JoJo @ 3 pm, they are doing a large amount of water change.I can tell by the look on the workers and the owner's faces....somthing is very wrong over there. Went back to Aquaworkz again before they close. Guess what, Jimmy told me that they use the same supplier from the bay area, Logic somthing is what it called.
Is there anyone having a same problem? if thats the case: I would demand a refund on all my dead fishes.
As we speak, my foxface doen't look so good. OH my.....

jackfishy · #12 09/16/2007, 12:13 AM

Jo Jo and Aqua workz lost all of their fish within this week. The employee at Jo Jo told me that youreef they all have the same supplier from bay area.

mhampton27 · #13 09/16/2007, 12:27 AM

I got my fish 3 weeks ago. My blue tang hasnt been messing with my fish at all. So everybody fish are dying thats weird. Besides my blue tang had ich he should be the weakest of them all he just had a freshwater dip. I have been giving him garlic supplement though maybe thats whats keeping him alive. It boosted his immune system to fight off whatever parasite is killing my other fish.

mhampton27 · #14 09/16/2007, 12:28 AM

Aqua workz told me there fish are fine I got a clown tang there this week and he died withing 24 hrs. I called them and they said there other fish were fine.

matttaylor · #15 09/16/2007, 12:44 AM

Test your water. At three weeks you could be getting a spike of nitrite. If so that is where i'd place my money. While none of your fish should die from a cycle, it's still possible. And from personal experience, blue tangs are incredibly hardy once you get past the inevitable ich outbreak.

bobbyblank · #16 09/16/2007, 01:07 AM

I got my Purple firefish from jojo's on 9/10/07 and he is doing great. When i was at aqua 2 days later though, they did have a lot of floaters in the tanks.

mhampton27 · #17 09/16/2007, 01:26 AM

My nitrate was low it was 10.

mhampton27 · #18 09/16/2007, 01:27 AM

I dont know all I know is that blue tang better live he is my favorite fish.

jkreefer · #19 09/16/2007, 02:08 AM

What is the PH on these tanks where fish are dieing?

mhampton27 · #20 09/16/2007, 11:32 AM

they didnt tell me at coral reef what the ph was they just said it was good

buttons buster · #21 09/16/2007, 12:50 PM

I've never done this before, but If you get your water tested at CRS what do they test for?
THanks

Dakan · #22 09/16/2007, 01:52 PM

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Jo Jo and Aqua workz lost all of their fish within this week. The employee at Jo Jo told me that youreef they all have the same supplier from bay area.

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Guess what, Jimmy told me that they use the same supplier from the bay area, Logic somthing is what it called.

YR has not used that supplier for over 6 months. Plus YR gets fish from over 10 different Wholesalers a month and hand picks most fish to ensure things like this don't happen. Who ever told you that was full of you know what.

pbetito · #23 09/16/2007, 08:00 PM

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Originally posted by Dakan Who ever told you that was full of you know what. [/B]

What is that exactly John?

matttaylor · #24 09/16/2007, 09:09 PM

^ my thought exactly Paul!

I think that is the first time i've actually seen a post from John.

Dakan · #25 09/17/2007, 12:25 AM

Oops, Sorry. Some things just get to me.
As an example YR will have fish from 3 different wholesales by Wednesday. None of them from Nor Cal.