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Old 11-18-2006, 11:25 AM   #1
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fish death????

I had just bought 6 baby rummynoses 2 days ago and when i got home from work yesterday 2 had died off it's a 29 gallon with two roseytipped tetra's and two drawf rainbows and then the 4 remaining rummynoses is there any thing i need to do to the tank erveryone else seems to be doing fine

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First a bit more information will be needed to help your fish. What are your water parameters? Any physical signs on them at all?
How did you acclimate them?

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First a bit more information will be needed to help your fish. What are your water parameters?
if you do not mind i will expand on this..in case the op does not know what exactly you are asking for
Ammonia ppm?
Nitrite ppm?
Nitrate ppm?
PH?
Temp?
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also how long has the tank been up and running?
have you added anything new?
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well before they were introduced my tests ran 0ppm for all amd ph of 7 temp 78F
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Is your nitrate zero as well? How old is the tank?
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and did a drip acclimate for 50 min
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Are your nitrates 0ppm like Rich asked? Cycled tanks have some nitrates showing.
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Are your nitrates 0ppm like Rich asked? Cycled tanks have some nitrates showing.
it's reading less then 5ppm
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How old is the tank?
this is important to know..also how and if you cycled the tank... if the tank is new and you have no idea what it means to cycle the tank...let us know that is the root of your problem
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