As for now I am bringing the M. Affis back... if he is sick let my friend
deal with it... Ii he is I am sure he already infected my tank....
At 09:37 AM 12/26/1997 -0600, you wrote:
>sounds like this can be a very serious problem if it continues. How about a
>few particulars. I also like to know EXACTLY what water changes and water
>chemistry look like. There have been more than a few occasions on this list
>where someone said their water chemistry was fine, then we find out they are
>doing 5-10 % water changes monthly :-) Unless your water company has done
some
>drastic changes to the water and that is causing your problems I would do
a 50%
>water change before you leave, unless you've been doing those 5%/month
changes.
> If you have been doing very small changes I would do a 25% change now and
>another one 8 hours from now.
>Have you added a new fish in the last week to 10 days? That can cause
>territorial problems. Heater is probably not broken/shorted otherwise you
>would have felt it when you dished out the dead guys. Most other problems I
>would guess would leave your fish all pretty sickly, say bug sprays,
>cigars/cigarettes in the tank (you'll be amazed at what people will do at a
>party sometime).
>If it is a territorial problem and you have just added a new fish, remove
him.
>Hope you figure it out before you leave.
>
>* Hope that all of you RML'rs had a happy holiday. Well this morning it's
the
>day after christmas here in the states. Isn't that what the canucks call
>"boxing day"??? Box it up and take it back??? Hope you all got that big
fish
>tank you were looking for!!
>
>Gary Lange
>gwlange at STLNET.com
>Rainbowfish Study Group of North America
>http://home.stlnet.com/~gwlange/rainbowfish.index.html
>
>
>----------
>> From: Larry Stein <lstein at his.com>
>> To: rainbowfish at pcug.org.au
>> Subject: [RML] This seems serious....
>> Date: Friday, December 26, 1997 7:07 AM
>>
>> I am going out of town tommorrow.. but in the last 2 days I have lost 2
>> mature fish... for what seems to be no reason... They look like they had a
>> heart attack and died... All the fish in my tank look good and colorful
>> they are eating good... the water chemistry is fine... They only thing I
>> can think is ..
>>
>> Is it possible for some kind of new territorialism going on? something
>> when the lights are off although when I inspected the dead fish there does
>> not seem to be a mark on them.
>
>