|| On Tue, 25 May 2004 13:41:50 -0400, "RedForeman ©®"
|| wrote:
||||| Hi,
|||||
||||| I have a 20gal planted tank at work and something strange (to me)
||||| happened this week. Some tank info first;
|||||
||||| filter - Fluval 204 (with carbon,biomax, phosgard media) + small
||||| rio recirculation pump
||||| lighting - 2*55W compact fluorescent * 8hrs/day
||||| pH - 6.8
||||| temp - 25C
||||| CO2 system disabled most of the time
||||| plants (probably irrelevant);
||||| Hygrophila difformis
||||| Vallisneria americana
||||| Echinodorus tenellus
||||| Aponogeton ulvaceus
||||| Cryptocoryne albida
||||| Nymphaea lotus
||||| Microsorum pteropus
||||| Riccia fluitans
||||| Fish;
||||| 7 harlequin rasbora
||||| 3 ottocinclus
||||| 20 mostly small guppies
|||||
||||| The guppies have been multiplying too rapidly and I've been
||||| removing them (and giving them to my friendly pet store) as often
||||| and aggressively as I can without wrecking the plants.
|||||
||||| The 7 Rasbora have been in the tank for over a year (close to 2).
||||| Into this environment I introduced 10 new Rasbora (younger). Over
||||| the next 2 days **all** the 7 older rasbora died. None of the
||||| other fish were affected.
|||||
||||| Can anyone kindly tell me what happened?
|||||
||||| Thanks in advance,
|||||
||||| Kevin
|||
||| 7 fish purchased at the same time, were likely from the same
||| mother, thus, lifespan would be roughly the same, so if all else is
||| equal, 2years is good ro a rasbora, I'd say it was just old age...
||
|| Red, that is a bit of a reach for 7 to die so soon after the new 10
|| arrived. I can't say I have a better idea, but such a coincidence as
|| all dying within a few days is hard to believe. My Harlequins are
|| probably a year and a half old, have vivid colors, swim actively and
|| showing no signs of leaving their tank feet first.

Why would it be a stretch?? There are no such things as coincidences... All
things happen for a reason... Chances are, if it wasn't something that was
brought in, it was just their time.... I've had it happen to me, if you
haven't yet, your time is coming... but who knows...

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is that better??