Fish died when i added a new power head???

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Brd.ginter

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Has anyone else experienced this? I am assuming the new power head was too much and stressed him out. I only added a hydor koralia 1050 in the center of my 125g tank.
 
Has anyone else experienced this? I am assuming the new power head was too much and stressed him out. I only added a hydor koralia 1050 in the center of my 125g tank.

That's a big tank, not sure that would effect it. I have a 1050 on my cichlid tank. And a MP10 at 70% on my Bio Cube 29.
 
Your tank was majorly under powered in circulation. Maybe the new pump kicked up a lot of debris buildup which could cause an ammo and nitrIte spike which can/will kill your fish.
 
Your tank was majorly under powered in circulation. Maybe the new pump kicked up a lot of debris buildup which could cause an ammo and nitrIte spike which can/will kill your fish.

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This makes more sense then "flow" killing your fish.
 
Your tank was majorly under powered in circulation. Maybe the new pump kicked up a lot of debris buildup which could cause an ammo and nitrIte spike which can/will kill your fish.

Ahhhh that would make sense.
 
If it was only one affected fish out of the rest of your fish, it could be pure coincidence.
 
when i changed powerheads my xenia tips turned white, but other than my ph dropping nothing else changed

i switched a 750 for 2x425
 
That's more of a redistribution of flow than a noticeable increase in flow. I'm not convinced a nutrient spike large enough to kill a fish could be caused by that. Sorry you lost a fish.
 
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