breakaway Posted July 2, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2010 Overnight, we've lost 2 more. The Remaining 2 two look like they're circling the drain. Water parameters are good as gold. Any ideas on what could be causing this? I noticed no behavioural changes last night when feeding them brine shrimp. All of them ate to their fill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
breakaway Posted July 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2010 Lost all of them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted July 3, 2010 Report Share Posted July 3, 2010 what! That's terrible! So sorry to hear this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zev Posted July 3, 2010 Report Share Posted July 3, 2010 Found this - the english is, um... well - it makes for an interesting read in some places http://www.zwergkugelfisch.de/Report1.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nymox Posted July 3, 2010 Report Share Posted July 3, 2010 Hard luck Im sure you did you best. Let us know what may have caused it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
breakaway Posted July 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2010 The water in the tank is contaminated. Ammonia, nitrate, nitrite were all 0, but it's still contaminated. I put my "canary in a gold mine" guppy into it, and it was dead inside 12 hours. I don't know what could have possibly caused this.. just the other day, I drained 99% of the water out and replaced it with 'good' water from my 40L tank. Perhaps there is a contaminant in the filter? Or the heater? But that doesn't make any sense because the fry lived there happily for many days. The last thing I added to the tank was the heater. I obviously washed it thoroughly before placing it into the tank. Is there any way the heater can cause this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zev Posted July 4, 2010 Report Share Posted July 4, 2010 What about ph? I had a tub floating in a tank with gourami fry in it that I swapped water out of the main tank with get up to a ph of 8 - the main tank was 6.5 Was feeding BBS that was drained and put into tank water and fed out with a pipette, and do not know the cause of the rise in ph. I had to very slowly get it back down because a large water change would cause a huge swing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
breakaway Posted July 4, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 4, 2010 pH was normal, I checked the pH after the death of the puffers and it was 7.2. I then put the guppy in, which died in under 12 hours. This leads me to believe there's some sort of contaminant in the water that isn't nitrate, nitrite or pH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Whip Posted July 4, 2010 Report Share Posted July 4, 2010 Gutted. On a brighter note my puffer tank replant started today should have it finished buy the end of the week. Moss wall and more star grass to come plus a few terracotta pots. There are 5 puffers 1-2 males they are still small, The betta is just there to eat the left over worms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted July 4, 2010 Report Share Posted July 4, 2010 wow! that's beautiful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Whip Posted July 4, 2010 Report Share Posted July 4, 2010 wow! that's beautiful! Cheers. There is heaps more to do the nice t&g background is all class. can you see the Java moss on the drift wood with the wendolov stuff. I still want to find more Java fern for the other log. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted July 4, 2010 Report Share Posted July 4, 2010 can you see the Java moss on the drift wood with the wendolov stuff. Yeah, that'll be it :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer Posted July 4, 2010 Report Share Posted July 4, 2010 On a brighter note my puffer tank replant started today should have it finished buy the end of the week. Moss wall and more star grass to come plus a few terracotta pots. Looks even better (and bigger) in person. 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
breakaway Posted August 1, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2010 Alright have just had these fish breed again. Did a water change (I have 3 males, 3 females in my 200L heavily planted CO2 rich tank) and 4 of them paired up and started breeding. Syphoned out 3 eggs. Also have 1 fry that is 2 months old, and doing well. Has anyone else had any luck at breeding these fish? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nymox Posted August 1, 2010 Report Share Posted August 1, 2010 I've been wanting to try but I'm trouble finding some females. Congratulations on more fry :bounce: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatito Posted August 1, 2010 Report Share Posted August 1, 2010 i have 2f 1 m adults but no time to breed. considering rehoming them to get a ghost knife so will let you guys know if i end up wanting to move them on (not allowed another tank) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
breakaway Posted August 1, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2010 Yeah ok gatito, will take em if you need to find them a new home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatito Posted August 1, 2010 Report Share Posted August 1, 2010 Yeah ok gatito, will take em if you need to find them a new home. thanks, but "need" would be very figurative indeed, as in "i NEED to get that ghost knife but the puffs will eat him!". Working on hubby, i'm sure just one more tank will be the go eventually, but every now and then i think about moving them on to avoid flaring up the MTS :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
breakaway Posted August 2, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2010 Puffers do have their own personality, I'd try getting both to co-exist. I released a tiny guppy fry into my puffer tank thinking it'd be a quick meal for them, but they weren't even interested in it. It grew to a huge size before I removed it from the tank. They didn't seem bothered by it at. Definitely worth setting up a species tank for them, they're such great fish to watch (especially when they pick their sleeping spot at night!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nymox Posted August 2, 2010 Report Share Posted August 2, 2010 Your right there, personality a plenty. Mines fine with his bumble bee gobies too, its as if they dont even see each other, though hes partial to their eggs when he finds them. I cant wait till I find him a couple of girls! then Ill get the gobies their own tank so I can save the fry when they hatch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatito Posted August 2, 2010 Report Share Posted August 2, 2010 Yes i love hunting for them at night when they've gone to rest somewhere! Very cute. Mine live with loaches (golden zebra, angelicus, another variety similar to the angelicus, and one i have no clue on), and some oto's. They pay no notice to them, but went nuts over a betta i placed in a cage inside their tank briefly. Maybe I could get another tank ready, and try the ghost, but be ready to rescue him if they have a go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatito Posted September 2, 2010 Report Share Posted September 2, 2010 Yes i love hunting for them at night when they've gone to rest somewhere! Very cute. Mine live with loaches (golden zebra, angelicus, another variety similar to the angelicus, and one i have no clue on), and some oto's. They pay no notice to them, but went nuts over a betta i placed in a cage inside their tank briefly. Maybe I could get another tank ready, and try the ghost, but be ready to rescue him if they have a go. A bit of an update for whoever's interested. You'll never guess who's living happily with these guys now. Tank has golden zebra, angelicus and tiger loaches, 3 adult dwarf puffers, 2 gba's, oto's, 2 black line flying fox and.... (drumroll)... 12 tiger barbs. I couldn't believe it, took a lot of deliberation before we tried it, but they're fine, hang out together and everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
breakaway Posted September 2, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2010 Good stuff. On the other end of the scale, I'm having terrible luck with puffer fry, and have lost 3 batches so far. They still breed very often, but if I lose my current batch completely (down from 5 to 3) I'm going to give up attempting to raise them I think :-? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatito Posted September 3, 2010 Report Share Posted September 3, 2010 Good stuff. On the other end of the scale, I'm having terrible luck with puffer fry, and have lost 3 batches so far. They still breed very often, but if I lose my current batch completely (down from 5 to 3) I'm going to give up attempting to raise them I think :-? or at least give yourself a bit of a break before trying again . Have you looked at the gh/kh of the water and whether that could be a factor? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nativelover Posted September 3, 2010 Report Share Posted September 3, 2010 i soooo want to get some now :bounce: :bounce: would a tank this size be fine for two http://www.trademe.co.nz/Home-living/Pe ... 212192.htm thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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