My 180 Gal Brackish Tank
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The Beananimal SILENT! drain
Note the caps, only the middle one has a hole drilled in the top, the other two are siphons. The lowest and nearest has the valve and manages nearly all of the flow, and the middle handles the balance. The third is an emergency.
Note the caps, only the middle one has a hole drilled in the top, the other two are siphons. The lowest and nearest has the valve and manages nearly all of the flow, and the middle handles the balance. The third is an emergency.
I put all of the fish into a 55gal blue drum for potable water. I then set up my ehiem canister filter (their biggest, essentially a 5 gal bucket with a 2212(?) pump on top) that had been running on the main tank, and it moved some water.
not enough, apparently.
The next morning, I had the floaters. The two scats that have survived were floating on their sides as well.
On a hunch, I lifted the return out of the water and thus created more surface agiation. I'd have sworn there was ample sorface motion before, but the two remaining scats perked up quickly and the moray, climbing perch, and fire eel never showed any problem.
So they died a slow death of asphyxiation.
The spotted scat now shows no problem, but the surviving african/tiger/madagasgar scat has a sore on each side at mid length near the top. It looks like they're going to heal, but he ain't gonna be pretty no more. That must be the end-arterial watershed area.
I makes me wonder about the fish I lost in a 5 gal bucket 7yrs ago, also with a well cultured canister filter. Dead the next morn. I always blamed the new store-bought bucket. I don't think so now. I still mourn that big fire eel.
not enough, apparently.
The next morning, I had the floaters. The two scats that have survived were floating on their sides as well.
On a hunch, I lifted the return out of the water and thus created more surface agiation. I'd have sworn there was ample sorface motion before, but the two remaining scats perked up quickly and the moray, climbing perch, and fire eel never showed any problem.
So they died a slow death of asphyxiation.
The spotted scat now shows no problem, but the surviving african/tiger/madagasgar scat has a sore on each side at mid length near the top. It looks like they're going to heal, but he ain't gonna be pretty no more. That must be the end-arterial watershed area.I makes me wonder about the fish I lost in a 5 gal bucket 7yrs ago, also with a well cultured canister filter. Dead the next morn. I always blamed the new store-bought bucket. I don't think so now. I still mourn that big fire eel.
Finished up last night, just need to aquascape after the eriftwood stops floating.
First, some of the survivers:
First, some of the survivers:
And now I rest. I will find a new home for the scats and my G. tile moray, and take my time selecting a new group of fish. I would like to keept he Ctenopoma, but his mouth may limit my choices of other fish.
