Was it a sick fish?

[Director12]

Dammit.<
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>I bought a clown loach and a female
istlenose for my tank on Monday and the
istly went fins-up yesterday.  I''ve had no other fishy deaths at all.  Just a sick fish?  She seemed OK up till yesterday. <
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>Cheers

[nemo1981]

ph? temp?<
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istlies are pretty hardy, so it''d have to be something substantial wouldn''t ya think?? Steven & Amy<
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do you have any electric yellows in there, i have had some that are
istlenose killers.

[Dyce]

Were they baby bn''s? or under 5cm, because I know from experiences that they are pretty iffy when young.<
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>ANd make sure you really acclimitise them well, such as over a period of well over multiple hours. fish fish fish fish turkey fish fish gobble

[Director12]

Temp is around 26.5 PH a little on the alkaline side ATM but not hugely. No aggressive in there either. Bristly was about 4cm. :-(

[here fishie fishie]

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>What about nitriite, ammonia levels??  <
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>Frenchy  "A house full of people is a house full of different points of view"<
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What abt checking the tank it came from, ever thought the PH differences were too gr8 for comfort?<
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>Cheers Dave "I believe that sex is a beautiful thing between two people. Between five, it''s fantastic."

[ashhhh]

could be from 101 reasons but,<
>maybe you should have checked all your parameters and then posted your results so as everyone knows something about your tank rather than nothing.Have you got kids?check your panadol pkt, kids have been known to ''help the fishies'', no thanks to that add that was on tv that was pulled of air due to that very reason...... Cheers<
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>Ash.....<
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>Edited by: ashhhh at: 7/7/05 17:42<
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[cosmotiger1]

istle nose hardy?????<
>what fairy tale is that in???<
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>maybe once they are 6cm or so 1 out of 4 people have a mental dissability!<
>think of your 3 best mates if there fine..... IT MUST BE YOU!!!

[nemo1981]

well cosmo, <
>they never mentioned the size.<
>and i''ve hardly ever had probs with bn dying for no apparent reason. Steven & Amy<
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[Director12]

Thanks for the replies all.<
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>Nitrites and ammonia levels ''should'' be fine.  NO the kids didn''t chuck anything else in the tank.  As I said before ALL the other fish in the tank are happy and thriving as is the clown loach I got from the same LFS as the
istly.  It''s a 4'' community tank with no agressive fishies (save one male betta, but he''s in a betta tank.).  Next time I think I''ll get some
istlies from the ''trader'' section here instead. :-)<
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>Cheers

[Dyce]

ohh and make sure your
istlies have some driftwood to chew on. fish fish fish fish turkey fish fish gobble