Re: [RML] Whats the deal

Jennifer Palmer (aquamail at mypostbox.com)
Wed, 21 Oct 1998 19:57:41 +1000

At 15:43 21/10/98 +1000, you wrote:
>I have had die off as a result of a mass cleaning before. Noteably only
>when the water became so turbid you couldnt see front to back. I wonder if
>a large amount of bacteria present in the water or possibly ingested can
>cause a problem. Small amounts eaten durring feeding are fine but a
>gutfull???? what if the detritus had absorbed some sort of toxin or maybe
>some plant food??? Rainbows are not real smart and will eat things they
>shouldnt. Are they not compared to blondes??
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>Roy Hunter

No Roy, You are confusing us blondes with Yanks!

Jennifer.
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>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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