Fish dead after water change

[Mickie]

I'm sorry. :(

I don't, but I can order one, it'll just take a few days. Though I wonder if my local stores have one... I live in a really small town, away from other towns lol.

 

[Lasse]

If you did not smell rotten egg - when it is not likely that H2S was the direct cause. However - if it was in your sand it would been oxidated fast (consuming oxygen) and hence a secundary cause to the real problem - lack of oxygen as Abhishek suggest.

Sincerely Lasse

 

[ekoed]

Can I ask what app your using with that calendar?

 

[Mickie]

Can I ask what app your using with that calendar?

It's called "Aquarium Note" And it's a free download from the Google store.

 

[Katrina71]

I don't, but I can order one, it'll just take a few days. Though I wonder if my local stores have one... I live in a really small town, away from other towns lol.

Do you have a walmart? Regular air pump and airstone. Like for freshwater tanks.

 

[Mickie]

Thank you everyone for your suggestions. I really appreciate it all!

 

[Mickie]

Do you have a walmart? Regular air pump and airstone. Like for freshwater tanks.

Not here, no. But I'm going to check our local feed store... They have a bunch of animal stuff there.

 

[Abhishek]

If you did not smell rotten egg - when it is not likely that H2S was the direct cause. However - if it was in your sand it would been oxidated fast (consuming oxygen) and hence a secundary cause to the real problem - lack of oxygen as Abhishek suggest.

Sincerely Lasse

Thank you for explaining it better than I could .

 

[beaslbob]

I had this happen to me when I used gloves and it turned out the gloves had an antibacterial the poisoned the tank.

sorry for your losses.

 

[RtomKinMad]

I don't, but I can order one, it'll just take a few days. Though I wonder if my local stores have one... I live in a really small town, away from other towns lol.

Do you have a PetCo close, they carry airstones. Just a thought. Sorry for your loss.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Some possibilities:

- Toxins released from sandbed
- Mixing bucket- Any chemicals or other in that bucket (a family member maybe used it without your knowledge?
- Water temp cooler or colder than tank temp
- Was this tap water with fluoride or other elements
- suspended matter consuming available oxygen+

 

[Mickie]

Do you have a PetCo close, they carry airstones. Just a thought. Sorry for your loss.

It's about 45 minutes away give or take. I have one coming though. As of right now, everything (except the one anthias) is doing better. The one anthias I think will be hit or miss on survival...though he's coming out a bit more. I also started dosing stress guard to alleviate whatever is hurting him.

Thank you. I honestly loved that fox face. He always greeted me in the morning and loved being hand fed nori.

 

[Mickie]

Some possibilities:

- Toxins released from sandbed
- Mixing bucket- Any chemicals or other in that bucket (a family member maybe used it without your knowledge?
- Water temp cooler or colder than tank temp
- Was this tap water with fluoride or other elements
- suspended matter consuming available oxygen+

I definitely think it was a mix between toxins from the refugium and the suspended matter consuming oxygen. My temp was spot on and my brute can was clean.... And my water is from my rodi unit. Both my fox face and my anthias were rapidly breathing and sort of panicky. Sigh. Lesson learned right? Next week I'll be shop vaccing the sump and starting that over with a better set up. Hopefully that'll take care of any toxins I may have had in there.

 

[Katrina71]

I'm glad to see it's doing better. I lost my favorite fish to a similar incident.

 

[Docdiggy]

I lost my fox 2 days ago after scraping an algae film off the back glass. Mine died within 20 min. I thought I was gonna lose my yellow tang too, but he seems fine now. Not sure what the cause of death was though.

 

[Mickie]

I lost my fox 2 days ago after scraping an algae film off the back glass. Mine died within 20 min. I thought I was gonna lose my yellow tang too, but he seems fine now. Not sure what the cause of death was though.

Fox faces are so cool. Definitely a loss. My anthias I think, hopefully, is doing better. He's not hiding anymore and he's eating. [emoji16] crossing my fingers.

 

[Nokiaec11]

I see all of your power heads seem to be point downward...you have to creat surface movement for gas exchange...the heads in back should aiming straight to the front glass, and you will notice a circular flow, and turbulence of the water surface

 

[Dburr1014]

I honestly don't smell a whole lot. My tank is a bit more smelly than it ever has been before, but I have definitely smelled worse lol. You have to get really close to the water to smell anything.

It would have smelled like rotten eggs.

So I assume you checked the fresh water before adding it to make sure it was all mixed well.

 

[Mickie]

It would have smelled like rotten eggs.

So I assume you checked the fresh water before adding it to make sure it was all mixed well.

Everything checked out well with the fresh saltwater. Same temp and salinity... Mixed well.

 

[MrD]

Sorry about your loss, our reefs are so sensitive and sometimes our best intentions lead to deadly outcomes. I think everyone's comments here are helpful and it's difficult to know exactly what caused the problem. I experienced a similar issue once after I cleaned out my overflow box for the first time in two years. I think I released a ton of Hydrogen Sulfide and a lot of other waste products that combined to kill one of my larger fish. Best of luck getting back on track.