Re: Deaths in an established tank (long post)




<evnachum@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Thanks for the reply, I'm hoping the only roblem is that the bacteria
> got wiped out, I can just re-seed from another of of my filters.
> But I re-read my post, and I had a typo, I have no idea what the
> NitrAtes are, the NitrItes are 0.
>
> Again, thanks for the replies,
> Evan Davis
>

I guess you have multiple tanks then - was there any effect in any of the
other tanks - if the power outage killed off the bacteria I would have
thought the same problem would apply in the other tanks as well. Or did
they have a lighter fish load? Maybe, it isn't the same problem as I had - I
had a reading for nitrites. Could it possibly be something brought in with
the Tiger Barbs - is there any sign of disease/parasites on them?

When I had my problem the last fish died around 2 weeks after the failure.

I would keep up the water changes and see if anyone else on this NG has
something else to add

Gill



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