Sick to my stomach, lost all fish overnight

[TheEngineer]

Really sorry for your loss. I just loss four fish in QT overnight. I forgot to turn their powerhead back on after feeding. It is the worst feeling...

 

[ithk21620]

So I finally had a chance to test the water today, I know numbers are probably a bit skewed because of the timeframe between the losses and today but it was opening weekend of hunting and my sons first year so I had priorities

Ammonia: 0
Nitrite: 1
Nitrate: ~10

There are still two fish that couldn't be found or removed so I am not surprised by the results at all.

I realized my skimmer was actually not running so I am starting to lean towards the lack of 02 being the culprit but I may never know.

I have not heard anything back from Prodibio yet so I have nothing to report there.

Going to go without fish for a little while and keep checking the numbers. All the inverts are fine

 

[sneub]

Please keep us posted, and sorry to hear of your lost, this is all of our fear!

 

[melypr1985]

Ammonia: 0
Nitrite: 1
Nitrate: ~10

This points to an ammonia spike. Your bio filter has worked it down to nitrite by this point, but the ammonia was definitely there.

 

[Rick.45cal]

Did you ever hear back from Prodibio about your lot number

 

[ithk21620]

Did you ever hear back from Prodibio about your lot number

This is what they said:

Sorry for not coming back to you earlier.

During the last exchanges, the batch has been analyzed by our R&D department and has not shown any unusual results. Also, your feedback is the first we have received on this batch which production has been made 1.5 year ago and sold to many users from that date. This lapse time is also of course enough to keep a fresh and active product into a vial.
In the worst scenario of a “bad” Biodigest, the bacteria would have been dead and nothing would have happened. Of course this is only theory as there are millions of alive bacteria in each vials. It has never happened in reality.

 

[Rick.45cal]

Thank you