So I'm trying to figure out where I went wrong. I bought them (6 @ 1 inch) at a local B.A.P. auction a little over a month ago without having any experience with them or even knowing where I was going to put them. (1st 2 mistakes) They ended up going into quarantine with 20 or so Limia perugiae fry and 6 Cyprichromis leptosoma Mpimbwe. The Cyprichromis were also 1 inch.
They've been eating flake and live baby brine 4 times a day. They cruised through quarantine and were moved to their grow out tank 3 days ago with the sponge filter that was in their quarantine tank. About noon yesterday, 2 of them drop dead out of nowhere within minutes of each other. Then, about midnight, I was finishing up a water change and the other 4 are dead within minutes of each other. The water in the tank and tap is 8.4, 78°, 0 ammonia, 0 Nitrite and 10 Nitrate. I don't know my KH and GH but our water is liquid rock.
The water goes through a carbon filter and gets hit with Seachem Safe in a 55 gallon barrel that I use for water changes before getting pumped into the tank. They all died with their gills flared and mouths wide open. The only thing I can think of is that they are sensitive to the Safe that I used but they've never had a problem before. Any ideas what went wrong?
They've been eating flake and live baby brine 4 times a day. They cruised through quarantine and were moved to their grow out tank 3 days ago with the sponge filter that was in their quarantine tank. About noon yesterday, 2 of them drop dead out of nowhere within minutes of each other. Then, about midnight, I was finishing up a water change and the other 4 are dead within minutes of each other. The water in the tank and tap is 8.4, 78°, 0 ammonia, 0 Nitrite and 10 Nitrate. I don't know my KH and GH but our water is liquid rock.
The water goes through a carbon filter and gets hit with Seachem Safe in a 55 gallon barrel that I use for water changes before getting pumped into the tank. They all died with their gills flared and mouths wide open. The only thing I can think of is that they are sensitive to the Safe that I used but they've never had a problem before. Any ideas what went wrong?