Roy Hunter
At 09:34 20/10/98 -0400, you wrote:
>I have had 3 more bows die in the last 24 hours. I have NO idea why. I
>saved the partially chewed on carcasses and to my very untrained eye there
>is nothing apparently wrong with them other than they are dead....
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>Just for edification... my PH is between 7.0-7.1 during the day. I use UV
>sterilization. My water chemistry is 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite, 0 nitrate. I
>use CO2 for plants, and fertilize with Kent freshwater plant stuff..... I
>do a 25% water change weekly and clean the filters every month. I have not
>had a fish die in a long time let alone 7 in the last 2 weeks.
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>One thing similar is all the fish that died I did get from Roy before he
>left for OZ. I was wondering if anyone else has had a similar experience
>with the same fish.
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>The only other thing I have done recently to my tank is a slight change in
>some of the plants where I removed a bunch of ugly over grown plants and
>did a huge gravel cleaning... (much more than usual).
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>I would appreciate any comments on this.
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>Thanks
>Larry
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