Aysha Posted November 24, 2012 Report Share Posted November 24, 2012 All water paramaters normal New biomedia taken from old tank previous occupants 1 crowntail betta 1 rubbernose pleco 20 raspbora maculatas 3 panda garra. 8 cherry shrimp Fully planted tank with manzanita driftwood. Ebi 8 gallon with an aquaclear 30 Here's the story My aquaclear filter died 2 weeks ago while we were on honeymoon.My mother in law did not catch it right away. I came home to my macs covered in white spots and my water black.(not tanins black BLACK) I moved everyone into a clean quarantine tank using a sponge filter and water from our established healthy 30 gallon. I lost a few macs. This was expected. I kept them in there for a week while we set up a new home for them. Fish were not given anything due to their very small size. Nobody dies. I move them into our new 12 gallon long planted mr.aqua. It's a beautiful tank. All seems fine. A WEEK LATER I notice a dead mac on the surface of the water. Time for a water change I start my aquarium siphon. 10 dead macs I'm feeling sick. I test my parameters. normal I test my temperatures normal. We add a new aqua clear 30 along with the sponge filter Day 1 no dead macs day 2 no dead macs day 3 2 dead macs glued to sponge intake I figured the stress got to them. day 3 night 1 dead rubbernose pleco belly up in the middle of the tank. I was quite fond of him :( Day 3 night survivors 1 crowntail betta 3 panda gara 4 raspbora maculata 8 cherry shrimp How do I save my baby fish? What could be happening??? some sort of toxic shock??? *cries Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishnerd Posted November 24, 2012 Report Share Posted November 24, 2012 If you've seeded your new filtre with bio media from an existing filtre and you've done regular water changes then it just may have been stress... however it is unusual especially if all the water parametres are fine eg nitrates and ammonia etc. try seeding the new aquaclear by squeezing a "dirty" sponge or other filtre media into it and doing 20% water changes every 2-3 days what type of chlorine/chloramine remover are you using ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aysha Posted November 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2012 I did that too! I only use seachem products in my tank IE prime. Is that common for them to get stressed like that? I realize they are the size of fingernails. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvision Posted November 24, 2012 Report Share Posted November 24, 2012 The best course of action probably would have been to move an established filter to your 1st tank and start doing 50% daily WCs. Stress from goin to severely dirty to pristine water is a huge change and could be what shocked them beyond recovery. With small fish, it's so hard to tell - even in 'perfect' conditions they can seem to be the picture of health one minute and belly-up the next. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishnerd Posted November 24, 2012 Report Share Posted November 24, 2012 Jay's right I'd follow his advice best of luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremoose Posted November 24, 2012 Report Share Posted November 24, 2012 It's mind blowing that the shrimp weren't the first to go, weird. Best of luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcgd Posted November 24, 2012 Report Share Posted November 24, 2012 Cherry shrimp can be bullet proof sometimes. I know some people who literally cannot kill them, others that cannot keep them alive. I wouldn't use them as a gauge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aysha Posted November 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2012 Yeah I figured that may have done it.Vacation panic mode set in and I forgot how fragile nano fishies can be. My cherry shrimp look fantastic! even had babies in the new tank!.I keep a saltwater tank and the shrimp are always canaries. I figure I'll let it sit for about a week and watch very carefully. If nobody else dies I'll add a spare guppy from the other tank to see if they're alright before I go get any more fishes If this sounds alright? It's hard when I hadn't lost a FW fish in almost a year except for a jumper to see my peaceful ecosystem turned on it's head. yerk fish jerky! I still love the maculatas and will see if I can't order some new ones when I'm ready. If any of you have any for sale that you'd hold till after this mess that'd be fantastic. Not giving out my saltwater tally... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvision Posted November 24, 2012 Report Share Posted November 24, 2012 Nature's Corner usually has maculatas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aysha Posted November 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2012 Do they? I guess they would, they have the same supplier as AC. I enjoy the Kuboti as well. We'll just wait and see what happens I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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