[Tenner]

Hey all,

A friend of mine has a 185g FO. She had 13 fish, several very large, like two large puffers. Her sump was disconnected from the system Saturday last week. We added a heater, powerhead and six inch bubble wand for some extra oxigenation.

Yesterday, six days after the sump was disconnected at 8am all the fish appeared in good shape. When she came home from work around 5:30 all the fish were dead and laying on the bottom of the tank.

The temp was 80, which is normal for that tank, Amonia was low, the air pump had failed, but the power head was still breaking up the surface tension of the water. All the fish were dead on the bottom of the tank and completely WHITE?

We are looking for how this happened. Is the white color of the fish any indication of what might have happened. by the way she had several hermit crabs that are still alive...

Any help would be appreciated, Kim is heart broken and afraid to keep the tank.

THanks
Matthew