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AusPleco

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Have found 2 dead albino fry in my breeding tank this morning, were 2 i was keeping from my first batch of bred bn's. Unsure as to why they have died as my water is fine imo.

19/04/12
PH 6.6
Ammonia – 0
Nitrite – 0
Nitrate – 5-10ppm
KH - 3
temp - 29



pics of the last one i took out of the tank

Any suggestions?

excuse other stuff in net lol
 
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AusPleco

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Only thing i have been doing differently is normally i would gravel vac out the poo atleast once a day however have left it for 3 days or so before doing it.

The first one i found was upside down under a piece of driftwood and the second depicted in photo was near one of my filter intakes.
 
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Doodles

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I would go back to doing the gravel vac everyday, does look bacterial. Might worth investing in a TDS monitor too
 
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Doodles

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Ill have a look when im on this evening. The guppies that died, were they in same tank?
 
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If guppies died it was because the ph is a very low 6.6 and they probably dont have enough aquarium salt to keep them happy either. I have the same trouble if my ph is kept too low too. Once I buffer it up to 7 or so they all cheer up. :)

Oh btw, sneak down in the middle of the night and check ph if you have a lot of plants in the tank. You might find that ph is dropping a whole lot further than you think in the dead of night.
 
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Yup I have a HM one too. Best tds meter I have ever had.
Thought since I have been guilty once or twice of accidentally dropping it in the tank a couple times and it takes days to dry out properly to use again that I would buy another brand from an aussie shop.

Bad idea but I think I have finally figured out whats wrong with it. Although I bought it as a tds meter and thats what it says on the box, the darn thing is measuring microS instead. Oh well I suppose I could use a calculator and divide it by 0.64 to get TDS lol.
 
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AusPleco

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found another dead big fry this morning he was pretty much close to a white piece of blank paper.

If i dose with pimafix and dont remove the carbon out of the filter would their be a negative affect? Starting to get concerned it may affect the adult pepps.

The dead fry this morning there was no redness to the body no bloating, not sunken in, no red worms hanging out of its bum -shrugs-
 
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AusPleco

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If i dose with pimafix and dont remove the carbon out of the filter would their be a negative affect? Starting to get concerned it may affect the adult pepps.
 
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AusPleco

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just found another dead guppy too, had his head wedged between the intake cover how it clips on.

Pulled filter apart to get it out and notice the tank only had one of the basic black carbon pads which come in them so not particularly worried about that one as i am pretty sure its due for replacing anyway. I got that filter with the tank and only has wool on level 1 with some rigid blue mesh stuff, then level 2 is black carbon pad and then media, level 3 blue sponge and more media.

so i am guessing this is mainly going to be good for building up bacteria. Just did a dose of pimafix will treat for a week as a precaution for fungal disease.
 
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Regarding primafix, its been so long since I used it I can't remember if you need to take carbon out but it should say on the bottle. You could be better off using primafix and melafix together rather than just the primafix and also increase aeration. If the primafix isn't helping you may have to consider something stronger imo but trying to find out why they are dying is important to determine which treatment to use if needed
 
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