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  • What I did wrong.

    So you all know what I have been going through with my fish.

    I am pretty sure I know what I did wrong. Yes I am embarrassed and it is hard to admit mistakes but if anyone can learn from my mistakes it is worth posting.

    I lost all my loaches but my rhinos still survive. I had a lot of money invested in my loaches but the fish dying because of what I did bothers me more than the loss of money.

    I made several mistakes.

    I bought wild caught fish that are known to be very sensitive to water quality. I put them in a tank that had been cycled but not really matured enough for the fish. I just couldn't wait I got impatient. That was my first mistake.

    Second I trusted My water filtration system way to much. It was set up for the quality of the city water when the house was built six years ago. Since then the MUD has changed to chloramines and probably been adding other chemicals to the water they aren't required to report by the EPA. That was my second mistake.

    Third I added way to much drift wood. The amount of drift wood I had in the tank with the volume of water was just to much. It started to change the PH and that shocked the fish. Next thing you know I have a bucket full of dead fish. Third mistake.

    Once the water parameters started changing quickly it was just to much for these Wild Caught fish. They got stressed and the bacteria and fungus that is on ever fish was able to beat there immune system and kill them or make them very sick.

    But I still have twelve Rhinogobius that were very sick have survived with the help of several medications. They aren't out of the woods yet their is still the chance of secondary infections. I am keeping a close eye on the water parameters and closely watching their behavior.
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  • #2
    Don't beat yourself up too bad, Sunky. We all make mistakes, even the veterans of the hobby (which I am clearly not). We tend to get over zealous & excited & just go for it without thinking about the changes all the way through. All we can do is learn from them and move forward. I'm dealing with something right now, too, that I don't even know where to begin explaining so anyone will understand & have spent hours researching what it could be with no answers. I applaud you for posting it so others can learn from it as well. Thank you for sharing this whole ordeal with us. Takes guts, my friend. Breathe. Relax. Proceed.
    180g - 2 Red Oscars, 1 Tiger Oscar, 1 JD, Convicts, convicts & more convicts
    75g - 1 Silver Aro, 1 Mean Koi Angel
    50g - Various platy & mollies
    10g - 1 Green Spotted Puffer

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    • #3
      I am doing ma best
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      • #4
        Like I said, Nick, we're all still learnin'. It's entirely laudable that you sat back and analyzed what happened and can now learn from the same mistakes we've all made. The best thing is that you went proactive in stead of givin' up and the remaining fish have a chance.

        Good on ya mate!

        Mark
        What are the facts? Again and again and again--what are the facts? Shun wishful thinking, ignore devine revelation, forget what "the stars foretell", avoid opinion, care not what the neighbors think, never mind the unguessable "verdict of history"--what are the facts, and to how many decimal places? You pilot always into an unknown future; facts are your only clue.

        Robert Anson Heinlein

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        • #5
          sorry to hear that, but everyone makes mistakes. sometimes some cost more than others, but the lesson is learned and we move on. good luck with the few that survive.
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          2- Wild Scalare Angel 2-wild Angel snakeskin, 2-half blue half black Angels, 5-Guianacara Geayi, 4- Blue Rams(1m/3f), 1- L144, 1- Pleco unknown type 1-Blue Neon Goby
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          • #6
            Originally posted by wesleydnunder View Post
            Like I said, Nick, we're all still learnin'. It's entirely laudable that you sat back and analyzed what happened and can now learn from the same mistakes we've all made. The best thing is that you went proactive in stead of givin' up and the remaining fish have a chance.

            Good on ya mate!

            Mark
            Now that my loaches are all gone I am going to focus on breeding the rhinogobius. If they do breed and I can raise the fry it will make everything totally worth it.
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            • #7
              These are probably My most useful posts ever LOL
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              • #8
                Originally posted by sunkenmetal View Post
                Now that my loaches are all gone I am going to focus on breeding the rhinogobius. If they do breed and I can raise the fry it will make everything totally worth it.
                then you could toss me some fry!

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                • #9
                  Haha! Good to see you haven't lost your sense of humor. Keep your chin up. Things happen for a reason.
                  180g - 2 Red Oscars, 1 Tiger Oscar, 1 JD, Convicts, convicts & more convicts
                  75g - 1 Silver Aro, 1 Mean Koi Angel
                  50g - Various platy & mollies
                  10g - 1 Green Spotted Puffer

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by mistahoo View Post
                    then you could toss me some fry!
                    When you say toss you mean buy?
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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by ScorpiosWife View Post
                      Haha! Good to see you haven't lost your sense of humor. Keep your chin up. Things happen for a reason.
                      as sick and twisted as my sense of humor is I still have it.
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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by sunkenmetal View Post
                        When you say toss you mean buy?
                        Of course!

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by mistahoo View Post
                          Of course!
                          well lets not get to far ahead of ourselves gotta get them to mate first
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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by sunkenmetal View Post
                            well lets not get to far ahead of ourselves gotta get them to mate first
                            Oh I have plenty of time.

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by mistahoo View Post
                              Oh I have plenty of time.
                              Me to lol some of them still aren't fully mature so it will be a while... Good thing is they are eating like hungry hippos
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