Re: Expected percentage loss of newly bought fish

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On 29 Sep 2005 15:22:02 -0700, "IDzine01" <christie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:


In the last 2 years I have purchased a total of 36 fish.

I have had 1 death that I can attribute to the store/acclimation period
and that was the smaller of the two dwarf puffers. (very sensitive) I
have purchased some very sick bettas but all recovered fully.



I wonder if the age of the tanks (water conditions) is a factor?  Are
there higher percentage of problems with newly established tanks or
older ones?

How about planted versus not planted?

Water change amount and frequency?


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It was across 3 heavily planted tanks - two were established and the other one was seeded and closely monitored for ammonia/nitrite - in fact I actually tend to do daily tests on any tank that has had additions. Water changes are usually weekly (around 20%) and more frequently if there is a specific problem. Apart from a problem with YoYo loaches any fish purchased elsewhere were fine - in fact from what I am being told there appears to be a general problem locally with YoYo's - the Yoyos were just in one tank and they were the only losses from that tank - they came from two different sources but I'm wondering if the supply was the same.

All existing fish are absolutely fine and those fish that made it through the first few weeks are also not giving any cause for concern... so it's now wait and see

Gill



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