Hi there all,
This morning, I checked my tanks and noticed my two gladiator clowns hanging out on the bottom of my QT which is pretty normal for them as they are usually asleep when I wake up. I ran to the grocery store a few hours later and when I got home, the male clown was dead.
I began CopperSafe treatment the day before yesterday, so we are currently in day 3. The copper test I ran yesterday (Hanna) showed 1.9, and the test I just now ran showed 1.65. I did top off the tanks last night and I think I went a little heavy on my fish QT, so that is probably the cause of the 0.25 difference. There is a 6-line wrasse and the female gladiator clown in the QT and both seem fine.
Here is the fish:
Any ideas on what may have happened? I am stumped. All fish have been very healthy and eating great.... I don't get it. Could it be the 0.25 difference in copper levels that killed him?
This morning, I checked my tanks and noticed my two gladiator clowns hanging out on the bottom of my QT which is pretty normal for them as they are usually asleep when I wake up. I ran to the grocery store a few hours later and when I got home, the male clown was dead.
I began CopperSafe treatment the day before yesterday, so we are currently in day 3. The copper test I ran yesterday (Hanna) showed 1.9, and the test I just now ran showed 1.65. I did top off the tanks last night and I think I went a little heavy on my fish QT, so that is probably the cause of the 0.25 difference. There is a 6-line wrasse and the female gladiator clown in the QT and both seem fine.
Here is the fish:
Any ideas on what may have happened? I am stumped. All fish have been very healthy and eating great.... I don't get it. Could it be the 0.25 difference in copper levels that killed him?