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OT Slightly: Aquarium Loss
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. |
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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. Too bad. Sounds like Nitrates or Ammonia. I'm always battling Nitrates with the indoor GF. How big's your tank? What plants are you considering? 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. Anyway, my barbs were like family members, as weird as that is, so I thought I'd share. BV. |
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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. Too bad. Sounds like Nitrates or Ammonia. I'm always battling Nitrates with the indoor GF. How big's your tank? What plants are you considering? 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. Anyway, my barbs were like family members, as weird as that is, so I thought I'd share. BV. |
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"Bill Stock" wrote in message ... "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. Too bad. Sounds like Nitrates or Ammonia. I'm always battling Nitrates with the indoor GF. How big's your tank? What plants are you considering? 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. Anyway, my barbs were like family members, as weird as that is, so I thought I'd share. BV. Not so weird... I recently lost 3 clown loaches. They were some of the first fish I bought when I stared keeping an aquarium about 2.5 years ago. I was devastated when they died. They had funny little personalities & were my favourites. I still miss them cause the tank's just not the same without them. J. |
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"Bill Stock" wrote in message ... "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. Too bad. Sounds like Nitrates or Ammonia. I'm always battling Nitrates with the indoor GF. How big's your tank? What plants are you considering? 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. Anyway, my barbs were like family members, as weird as that is, so I thought I'd share. BV. Not so weird... I recently lost 3 clown loaches. They were some of the first fish I bought when I stared keeping an aquarium about 2.5 years ago. I was devastated when they died. They had funny little personalities & were my favourites. I still miss them cause the tank's just not the same without them. J. |
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BV, I do understand how we get so attached to our pets - fish or otherwise.
That is one reason I refuse to buy additional fish. Adding another Koi to the pond just isn't in the cards - not for me, anyway. I'm so sorry you lost your buddy Nedra "axemanchris" wrote in message ... "Bill Stock" wrote in message ... "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. Too bad. Sounds like Nitrates or Ammonia. I'm always battling Nitrates with the indoor GF. How big's your tank? What plants are you considering? 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. Anyway, my barbs were like family members, as weird as that is, so I thought I'd share. BV. Not so weird... I recently lost 3 clown loaches. They were some of the first fish I bought when I stared keeping an aquarium about 2.5 years ago. I was devastated when they died. They had funny little personalities & were my favourites. I still miss them cause the tank's just not the same without them. J. |
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BV, I do understand how we get so attached to our pets - fish or otherwise.
That is one reason I refuse to buy additional fish. Adding another Koi to the pond just isn't in the cards - not for me, anyway. I'm so sorry you lost your buddy Nedra "axemanchris" wrote in message ... "Bill Stock" wrote in message ... "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. Too bad. Sounds like Nitrates or Ammonia. I'm always battling Nitrates with the indoor GF. How big's your tank? What plants are you considering? 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. Anyway, my barbs were like family members, as weird as that is, so I thought I'd share. BV. Not so weird... I recently lost 3 clown loaches. They were some of the first fish I bought when I stared keeping an aquarium about 2.5 years ago. I was devastated when they died. They had funny little personalities & were my favourites. I still miss them cause the tank's just not the same without them. J. |
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"axemanchris" wrote in message ... "Bill Stock" wrote in message ... "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. Too bad. Sounds like Nitrates or Ammonia. I'm always battling Nitrates with the indoor GF. How big's your tank? What plants are you considering? 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. Anyway, my barbs were like family members, as weird as that is, so I thought I'd share. BV. Not so weird... I recently lost 3 clown loaches. They were some of the first fish I bought when I stared keeping an aquarium about 2.5 years ago. I was devastated when they died. They had funny little personalities & were my favourites. I still miss them cause the tank's just not the same without them. J. Not to drag us back on topic or anything, but we recently had the feeling re visited on us, when we lost three koi overnight, about a week ago. I didn't mention it on the group because there was no mystery to it. They bailed from the temporary tank that was their home while we poured the patio around their new pond home. It had been so long since we lost any fish due to disease or jumping, or just anything, that it felt weird to lose fish again. And, two of these were nice fish, one because he was big - we had him since 2000 - and the other one, who was new, because he was so pretty. It's just sad to lose so many at once. It occurs to me that there is a message here that bears giving it its own thread. Sorry BV, to hear of your loss. Ann |
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"axemanchris" wrote in message ... "Bill Stock" wrote in message ... "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. Too bad. Sounds like Nitrates or Ammonia. I'm always battling Nitrates with the indoor GF. How big's your tank? What plants are you considering? 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. Anyway, my barbs were like family members, as weird as that is, so I thought I'd share. BV. Not so weird... I recently lost 3 clown loaches. They were some of the first fish I bought when I stared keeping an aquarium about 2.5 years ago. I was devastated when they died. They had funny little personalities & were my favourites. I still miss them cause the tank's just not the same without them. J. Not to drag us back on topic or anything, but we recently had the feeling re visited on us, when we lost three koi overnight, about a week ago. I didn't mention it on the group because there was no mystery to it. They bailed from the temporary tank that was their home while we poured the patio around their new pond home. It had been so long since we lost any fish due to disease or jumping, or just anything, that it felt weird to lose fish again. And, two of these were nice fish, one because he was big - we had him since 2000 - and the other one, who was new, because he was so pretty. It's just sad to lose so many at once. It occurs to me that there is a message here that bears giving it its own thread. Sorry BV, to hear of your loss. Ann |
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"Bill Stock" wrote in message ...
"Benign Vanilla" wrote in message ... The last of the Fish Tank Mafia has died. My last tin foil barb died recently. snip .. sorry to hear that You may want to break the tank down completely and bleach it. If you ever have need to Sterilize a tank I would recomend a super concentrated salt solution rather than bleach.. it is a little more difficult to do the work but it is far less worrying when it comes to the rinse stage.. |
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"Bill Stock" wrote in message ...
"Benign Vanilla" wrote in message ... The last of the Fish Tank Mafia has died. My last tin foil barb died recently. snip .. sorry to hear that You may want to break the tank down completely and bleach it. If you ever have need to Sterilize a tank I would recomend a super concentrated salt solution rather than bleach.. it is a little more difficult to do the work but it is far less worrying when it comes to the rinse stage.. |
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"Bill Stock" wrote in message
... "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. 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. BV. |
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"Bill Stock" wrote in message
... "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. 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. BV. |
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"Nedra" wrote in message nk.net... BV, I do understand how we get so attached to our pets - fish or otherwise. That is one reason I refuse to buy additional fish. Adding another Koi to the pond just isn't in the cards - not for me, anyway. I'm so sorry you lost your buddy Nedra snip If my pond pig continue on their current path, I will never need to add fish again. LOL. As for the aquarium, my SO and kids have always loved neon tetras. We can have them now, that the barbs are all gone. So that may be an idea. BV. |
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"Nedra" wrote in message nk.net... BV, I do understand how we get so attached to our pets - fish or otherwise. That is one reason I refuse to buy additional fish. Adding another Koi to the pond just isn't in the cards - not for me, anyway. I'm so sorry you lost your buddy Nedra snip If my pond pig continue on their current path, I will never need to add fish again. LOL. As for the aquarium, my SO and kids have always loved neon tetras. We can have them now, that the barbs are all gone. So that may be an idea. BV. |
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