Ornamental Fish

[four king power]

My long nose butterfly fish snuffed it after starving itself to death, i tried frozen food, dry food, live food, but it stuck its nose up at the lot, it occasionally nibbled at the soft coral but not very often, only had it 2 weeks and it died.

I want to get another one but at 40 quid a fish dont want to have the same results.

its a mature tank with no deaths in over 2 years.

Am i doing anything wrong?

 

[Melton Fox]

Can't you just add some Activia to get the bateria back up? You'd have some unblocked fish for sure :icon_wink

Depends if contains Nitrosomonas and Nitrobacter.

Adding milk isn't the best idea.

 

[Melton Fox]

My long nose butterfly fish snuffed it after starving itself to death, i tried frozen food, dry food, live food, but it stuck its nose up at the lot, it occasionally nibbled at the soft coral but not very often, only had it 2 weeks and it died.

I want to get another one but at 40 quid a fish dont want to have the same results.

its a mature tank with no deaths in over 2 years.

Am i doing anything wrong?

In this case I'd look at the behaviour of the rest of the inhabitants. Are they all feeding OK?

 

[Melton Fox]

Newts:

I spoke to a marine expert today. Would you like to know what they said about your problem?

 

[Singth]

Newts:

I spoke to a marine expert today. Would you like to know what they said about your problem?

Keep it to yourself you two

 

[Melton Fox]

Keep it to yourself you two

I'm sure Newts would like to now the answer, it will explain a lot.

 

[Matt_B]

I'm sure Newts would like to now the answer, it will explain a lot.

Please tell us, it sounds like he's being an idiot! Is it condensation on the tank?!

 

[Durham Fox]

Please tell us, it sounds like he's being an idiot! Is it condensation on the tank?!

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[Matt_B]

Though I look a bit like an idiot with that condensation joke, I though his tank was cloudy. Then realised that was Duzza!

 

[Melton Fox]

OK, well I'll type it now in case I don't get chance later.

We went through all the possibilities:

It is not biologically or chemically possible to raise the pH that high from anything you will find in an aquatic shop, which we knew.

"So Melton, we have two options: 1) The test kit is faulty, or 2) Your mate is a thicko? If the test kit isn't faulty, tell him to hand all his fish back"

I then found myself trying to correct the situation, Newts. And that you weren't my mate, just somebody who I knew through circumstance.

I now have a trade reputation to rebuild :icon_lol:

 

[Brauny Blue]

OK, well I'll type it now in case I don't get chance later.

We went through all the possibilities:

It is not biologically or chemically possible to raise the pH that high from anything you will find in an aquatic shop, which we knew.

"So Melton, we have two options: 1) The test kit is faulty, or 2) Your mate is a thicko? If the test kit isn't faulty, tell him to hand all his fish back"

I then found myself trying to correct the situation, Newts. And that you weren't my mate, just somebody who I knew through circumstance.

I now have a trade reputation to rebuild :icon_lol:

:icon_lol:

 

[Brauny Blue]

My long nose butterfly fish snuffed it after starving itself to death,

Oh dear:icon_conf

 

[bocadillo]

Though I look a bit like an idiot with that condensation joke, I though his tank was cloudy. Then realised that was Duzza!

What's Duzza doing in Newton's tank?

 

[four king power]

Oh dear:icon_conf

Thats right, kick a man while he's down while dont you :icon_cry: :icon_wink

 

[four king power]

In this case I'd look at the behaviour of the rest of the inhabitants. Are they all feeding OK?

Greedy little feckers the lot of them, 2 clown fish, koran angel, purple tang, and a spotty one that name escapes me at the moment.

240 litre tank so not over stocked i dont think.

 

[Brauny Blue]

Thats right, kick a man while he's down while dont you :icon_cry: :icon_wink

 

[Macky]

Greedy little feckers the lot of them, 2 clown fish, koran angel, purple tang, and a spotty one that name escapes me at the moment.

240 litre tank so not over stocked i dont think.

It's impossible to over stock a tank, fish love to be in close contact, it makes them happy.
I've even seen them at the fishmongers huddling together to keep warm when they are laid out on the ice.

 

[Melton Fox]

Greedy little feckers the lot of them, 2 clown fish, koran angel, purple tang, and a spotty one that name escapes me at the moment.

240 litre tank so not over stocked i dont think.

Def not overstocked. It sounds like you might have bought a sick or shy fish.

Did it hide a lot? Was its behaviour unusual in any way?

 

[highland fox]

It's impossible to over stock a tank, fish love to be in close contact, it makes them happy.
I've even seen them at the fishmongers huddling together to keep warm when they are laid out on the ice.

Indeed,I had a couple of Haddock Fillets in my Freezer for weeks.Got them out and you couldn't prize them apart

 

[Macky]

Indeed,I had a couple of Haddock Fillets in my Freezer for weeks.Got them out and you couldn't prize them apart

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