"Benign Vanilla" wrote in message
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"Benign Vanilla" wrote in message
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The last of the Fish Tank Mafia has died. My last tin foil barb died
recently. She was somewhere between 4-6 years old. My wife and I can't
agree. She is probably right, so let's say 4 years old.

Anyway, the past few days I noticed an odor in the family room and
could
not
pin point it. Last night I noticed the water was very cloudy. My 4
year
old
had fed the fish that day, and there was a lot of food on the bottom
of
the
tank. I added some water to the tank to replace evaporation, and I
noticed
the odor was from the tank. I changed the filters which were unusually
gross. This is when I noticed the barb was gone.

Too bad. Sounds like Nitrates or Ammonia. I'm always battling Nitrates
with
the indoor GF.

Turns out, the barb died, and somehow got hidden or caught in behind a
plant
and I missed her. This morning she was floating, but the other fish had
apparently enjoyed a feast of fish guts, as she was mostly eaten. She
smelled awful as you expect, which is most certainly the source of the
odor
I was smelling.

I plan to clean the tank hardily this weekend.

How big's your tank? What plants are you considering?

It's 55 gallons. I have no idea what plants yet. I'll be researching soon.
Right now, I have some anacharis planted to see how it does. So far, so
good.


I plan to check the water tonight, and will probably do a mass
cleaning
and
update to the tank this weekend. I plan to add a lot of plants, which
I
could not do with the barb.

You may want to break the tank down completely and bleach it.

There are other fish in it. So I am apprehensive to do so.

OH, Sorry.

Some people recommend Potassium Permanganate 2 PPM in the tank to kill
nasties. But I think it would kill your Biofilter, some don't agree.

"Benign Vanilla" wrote in message
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"Bill Stock" wrote in message
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"Benign Vanilla" wrote in message
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The last of the Fish Tank Mafia has died. My last tin foil barb died
recently. She was somewhere between 4-6 years old. My wife and I can't
agree. She is probably right, so let's say 4 years old.

Anyway, the past few days I noticed an odor in the family room and
could
not
pin point it. Last night I noticed the water was very cloudy. My 4
year
old
had fed the fish that day, and there was a lot of food on the bottom
of
the
tank. I added some water to the tank to replace evaporation, and I
noticed
the odor was from the tank. I changed the filters which were unusually
gross. This is when I noticed the barb was gone.

Too bad. Sounds like Nitrates or Ammonia. I'm always battling Nitrates
with
the indoor GF.

Turns out, the barb died, and somehow got hidden or caught in behind a
plant
and I missed her. This morning she was floating, but the other fish had
apparently enjoyed a feast of fish guts, as she was mostly eaten. She
smelled awful as you expect, which is most certainly the source of the
odor
I was smelling.

I plan to clean the tank hardily this weekend.

How big's your tank? What plants are you considering?

It's 55 gallons. I have no idea what plants yet. I'll be researching soon.
Right now, I have some anacharis planted to see how it does. So far, so
good.


I plan to check the water tonight, and will probably do a mass
cleaning
and
update to the tank this weekend. I plan to add a lot of plants, which
I
could not do with the barb.

You may want to break the tank down completely and bleach it.

There are other fish in it. So I am apprehensive to do so.

OH, Sorry.

Some people recommend Potassium Permanganate 2 PPM in the tank to kill
nasties. But I think it would kill your Biofilter, some don't agree.

Sorry to hear about the loss, BV. We sympathize.

Jim lost a 10 year old Oscar this spring...hole-in-the-head. Sad end to an
old friend.

Phyllis

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"Benign Vanilla" wrote in message
...
The last of the Fish Tank Mafia has died. My last tin foil barb died
recently. She was somewhere between 4-6 years old. My wife and I can't
agree. She is probably right, so let's say 4 years old.

Anyway, the past few days I noticed an odor in the family room and could
not
pin point it. Last night I noticed the water was very cloudy. My 4 year
old
had fed the fish that day, and there was a lot of food on the bottom of
the
tank. I added some water to the tank to replace evaporation, and I noticed
the odor was from the tank. I changed the filters which were unusually
gross. This is when I noticed the barb was gone.

I plan to check the water tonight, and will probably do a mass cleaning
and
update to the tank this weekend. I plan to add a lot of plants, which I
could not do with the barb.

Anyway, my barbs were like family members, as weird as that is, so I
thought
I'd share.

BV.

"Jim and Phyllis Hurley" wrote in message
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Sorry to hear about the loss, BV. We sympathize.

Jim lost a 10 year old Oscar this spring...hole-in-the-head. Sad end to
an
old friend.
snip

Yeah it sucks, but I am going to look on the bright side. I have wanted to
do some fun stuff with this tank for awhile, but have not been able to do so
because of the barbs. After Halloween, when I have some time, I will be
re-doing the tank with real plants, etc.

BV.

"Jim and Phyllis Hurley" wrote in message
. ..
Sorry to hear about the loss, BV. We sympathize.

Jim lost a 10 year old Oscar this spring...hole-in-the-head. Sad end to
an
old friend.
snip

Yeah it sucks, but I am going to look on the bright side. I have wanted to
do some fun stuff with this tank for awhile, but have not been able to do so
because of the barbs. After Halloween, when I have some time, I will be
re-doing the tank with real plants, etc.

BV.