At a loss!

[acolotto]

Hey guys so I woke up this morning to see my longnose hawkfish dead and my hermits eating him. All my other fish and corals seem perfectly normal. He has been acting a lil wired this past week not really swimming around and eating as much as usual. Now I have two questions any ideas of what could of happened? Also he's in the back of the tank behind all the rock I can just see it through a hole in the rocks should I take it out or just let my cuc do there job? Also my parameters are all 0 and no signs of any diseases or infections

 

[Krista]

How is your pH? The only time I had fish die, it was a pH problem. Started with one fish, then the rest started to get sick. Lost 4 fish before I knew it. I would take him out. Could start a nitrogen problem.

 

[acolotto]

I don't have a pH test...how should I test for that? Should I just take my water to my lfs?

 

[Krista]

I always just take it in to my lfs. We have a testing kit, but it is not very accurate. I would just take a sample in to the store and let them know that a fish bit the dust and you are trying to figure out why.

 

[circus clowns]

I use test strips, a little pricey but pretty accurate, and they also test for nitrite, nitrate,and alkalinity .

 

[circus clowns]

Or invest in a p. h. Monitor

 

[acolotto]

Yea I'm currently saving up to get a RKE or a Neptune Apex

 

[mr_X]

I use test strips, a little pricey but pretty accurate, and they also test for nitrite, nitrate,and alkalinity .

Test strips are very inaccurate actually. Liquid test kits are much better.

 

[acolotto]

Yea I have liquid test for ammonia nitrites nitrates calcium KH phosphates but haven't got the ph test yet...I use all API testing products

 

[circus clowns]

Usually on point or close to my p h monitor ,

 

[circus clowns]

Works for me