RDFISHGUY Posted June 1, 2009 Report Share Posted June 1, 2009 Its with seious remorse I have to announce the death of my male ray. He was awesome specimen but due to a malfunction with my dosing pump he was poisoned by Prime. I set up my dosing bottle about 4 ' above the pump and both check valves failed, dumping 4L of Prime into my sump. The ray and one clown loach died. Luckily my wife was able to save the arowana and the rest of the inhabitants before there were more serious losses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qattarra Posted June 1, 2009 Report Share Posted June 1, 2009 Obviously mot the Prime's fault .Sorry for your loss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rED O Posted June 1, 2009 Report Share Posted June 1, 2009 Obviously mot the Prime's fault thats terrible :cry: I am sorry to hear the loss of those great fish. I loved the colors on your male motoro. Good thing the arowana was saved. thats crappy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
letsgofishn Posted June 2, 2009 Report Share Posted June 2, 2009 Hey RDFISHGUY, sorry to read about your ray and CL. Hope everything turns out ok for rest of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KTK Posted June 2, 2009 Report Share Posted June 2, 2009 Bummer. Thats the first I've heard of Prime doing that. How big is your tank? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatpuffer Posted June 2, 2009 Report Share Posted June 2, 2009 Was it "steve" the ray!?!? So sorry...I am very sad. Js Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvision Posted June 2, 2009 Report Share Posted June 2, 2009 Bummer. Thats the first I've heard of Prime doing that. How big is your tank? I have heard of reports of Prime becoming toxic at 10X dosing or higher. Huge bummer! :cry: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
African_Fever Posted June 2, 2009 Report Share Posted June 2, 2009 Sorry to hear that Ryan! You seem to have all the crappy luck with your fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDFISHGUY Posted June 2, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2009 Bummer. Thats the first I've heard of Prime doing that. How big is your tank? 230 gallons. 4 liters would treat it for over 8 months Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natures Corner Store Posted June 2, 2009 Report Share Posted June 2, 2009 Bummer. Thats the first I've heard of Prime doing that. How big is your tank? 230 gallons. 4 liters would treat it for over 8 months So sorry.. :shock: ouch. 1 litre = 10,000 gallon treatment 40,000 gallons worth of Prime Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDFISHGUY Posted June 2, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2009 Sorry to hear that Ryan! You seem to have all the crappy luck with your fish. If its weird or uncommon it'll happen in one of my tanks.... guaranteed. If not for bad luck there wouldn't be any. Funny part is I ran this tank for 4 weeks ,while I waited for parts, without a dosing pump. Filter system works pretty darn good. I just wanted to be double sure so I added the dosing pump just in case any chloramines slipped by. If I wasn't so paranoid I'd still have a ray. If it wasn't for Erin, and her early detection, I would have lost the whole tank. That ray rocked and is, likely, irreplaceable. The color and activity level were outstanding. I'm so bummed out. He deserved a better fate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatpuffer Posted June 2, 2009 Report Share Posted June 2, 2009 Sorry again Ryan. That ray was an exceptional ray. Hope everything works out for the other tank inhabitants. Your wife did a great job saving them. Jonah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudy Posted June 2, 2009 Report Share Posted June 2, 2009 Ryan that is brutal. I am a bit curious how this happened though? How much prime were you dripping and how did it fail? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skynoch Posted June 2, 2009 Report Share Posted June 2, 2009 Wow sorry to hear about this. Glad it was caught in time to save some of your tank. What type of check valve were you using for two to fail? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shai Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 Sorry about the loss Ryan. It's the first I've heard about Prime being toxic too, but at that amount I guess just about anything could be harmful. : ( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.