Omg I got home most of my fish dead!!!??

Nhjmc · Dec 9, 2020

Nhjmc said:
Well I’m sure I’ll get crucified for this but no I’ve never QT new fish. Not gonna lie. Hadn’t added any new fish for months till two weeks ago.....a mandarin which seems to be doing great colors bright and out and about grazing on/off live rock all day. The other two fish that survived don’t have ich but aren’t eating like usual. What do I do guys??

And yes corals look fine same as always have.

I’m Batman · Dec 9, 2020

Where’d you buy the Purigen? The packs I get from Amazon smell funny and seem to be old or maybe defects. Pitched them and never used Purigen again since it’s not convenient anymore - all my corals grew 3x- 5x over the next year..

I’m Batman · Dec 9, 2020

Also my wife burns candles probably 6ft from the tank on a regular basis and has been the last 9 years I’ve been keeping saltwater.

Nhjmc · Dec 9, 2020

I’m Batman said:
Where’d you buy the Purigen? The packs I get from Amazon smell funny and seem to be old or maybe defects. Pitched them and never used Purigen again since it’s not convenient anymore - all my corals grew 3x- 5x over the next year..

Purchased the purigen from saltwater aquarium.com it arrived and same day rinsed under tap water took spent bag of purigen out put new into lowest chamber of Intank media basket.

Nhjmc · Dec 9, 2020

Nhjmc said:
Purchased the purigen from saltwater aquarium.com it arrived and same day rinsed under tap water took spent bag of purigen out put new into lowest chamber of Intank media basket.

I buy most of my supplies from saltwater aquarium.com and have purchased additives and such from amazon.

Nhjmc · Dec 9, 2020

I’m Batman said:
Also my wife burns candles probably 6ft from the tank on a regular basis and has been the last 9 years I’ve been keeping

Nhjmc · Dec 9, 2020

Or could of been the two jars of pods I recently added?!....

Brit’s Fish · Dec 10, 2020

Nhjmc said:
Or could of been the two jars of pods I recently added?!....

Oh geez... I never thought to check those! I always buy pods for my Ruby Red Dragonets from Algae Barn. I’m following your thread because I’m really interested in the answers but now this just gave me another thing to keep in mind!

Kal93 · Dec 10, 2020

Nhjmc said:
Well I’m sure I’ll get crucified for this but no I’ve never QT new fish. Not gonna lie. Hadn’t added any new fish for months till two weeks ago.....a mandarin which seems to be doing great colors bright and out and about grazing on/off live rock all day. The other two fish that survived don’t have ich but aren’t eating like usual. What do I do guys??

Not crucified, but I'm wondering whether disease is a potential culprit. Mandarins are very hardy due to their slime coat, so they don't always show disease. I'd keep an eye on your remaining fish and use your judgement as to whether they are ill/need to be treated.

Nhjmc said:
Or could of been the two jars of pods I recently added?!....

Perhaps ... What's your tank volume? When did you add them? Did your dead fish have red gills, and are your remaining fish breathing fast (>160 gill beats/min)? I've never had an issue adding pod water to my system (~50G), but in a smaller tank that could cause issues. If that ammonia caused your fish to die, then your remaining fish will be fine, albeit with some ammonia burns (your tank should cycle the ammonia in 1-2d).

anthonygf · Dec 10, 2020

Nhjmc said:
Tap water. I live in the sticks my tap water tds is a 9. I don’t use the rodi water I have to buy for rinsing and directions on purigen packet say “rinse well with tap water”. It wasn’t that don’t believe anyway. Culprit... Scented candles and febreeze from what I’ve read anyway. Feel like a total butt head but I didn’t know but not gonna lie. Lesson learned. What sucks is I didn’t spray febreeze next to my tank but apparently it was close enough.

Run your air line to the skimmer outdoors or put a carbon air filter on the skimmer air line to remove any toxins from the air. This may help.

Jeeperz · Dec 11, 2020

Nhjmc said:
Or could of been the two jars of pods I recently added?!....

What vendor is this so I know never to buy there.

xxkenny90xx · Dec 12, 2020

Nhjmc said:
Or could of been the two jars of pods I recently added?!....

Is that an api test kit? They are known for giving false positive results for ammonia

xxkenny90xx · Dec 12, 2020

Jeeperz said:
What vendor is this so I know never to buy there.

Lets not drag a vendors name through the mud on something that most likely wasnt their fault

Jeeperz · Dec 12, 2020

xxkenny90xx said:
Lets not drag a vendors name through the mud on something that most likely wasnt their fault

Then the poster can pm me. I'm tired of vendors/companies getting away with everything and treating customers like nothing but a cash cow.

xxkenny90xx · Dec 12, 2020

Jeeperz said:
Then the poster can pm me. I'm tired of vendors/companies getting away with everything and treating customers like nothing but a cash cow.

I totally agree but you must have missed (or pretended not to see) my post about api tests giving false ammonia results.

In the review with the "ammonia filled" pods the reviewer stated that "not many pods were moving". Your telling me that you believe that some of those tiny pods in that tiny bottle survived the ammonia but the fish in a larger tank were decimated? That's rediculas!