mcrudd Posted October 1, 2010 Report Share Posted October 1, 2010 I had a fishy die today, it was my longfin zebra danio (only one left of six that I had) this one deffinetly died of dropsy, he looked like a little puffer fish it was so bad. I tested my water and had a lower ph than usual. My ph is usually 7.0 exactly but today it was 6.6. Could that have caused his death. I added two more bogwood which probably caused this. I will remove my bigger one and leave the two smaller ones in there. Hopefully it will go up again naturally, I want to try and avoid using the ph up. Am I doing right or could you rather suggest something else for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted October 1, 2010 Report Share Posted October 1, 2010 Your fish died because of dropsy, not a pH swing There is nothing wrong with pH 6.6; it in fact is a lot better than pH 7. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcrudd Posted October 1, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2010 Your fish died because of dropsy, not a pH swing There is nothing wrong with pH 6.6; it in fact is a lot better than pH 7. Should I leave it at that then? Yeah poor little guy looked bad. So you think he must have just died of age, he was about two years old and goodness knows how old he was when I got him. He was the same size now as when I got him. edited to add While I am on here, I wonder if you would know what is wrong with my biggest bogwood, had it for about three years now and it looks like it has tiny little flecks of white powder on it? My husband said its probably my noodles that needs replacing but they are only about six months old now. That brings me to another question how often should I replace them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DennisP Posted October 1, 2010 Report Share Posted October 1, 2010 Shouldn't fish be able to handle such a pH swing in the wild? So why not in a tank??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcrudd Posted October 1, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2010 thought I would add some pics of the two bogwoods, the big one is worse than the other one. :-? This is the big one This is the small one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DennisP Posted October 1, 2010 Report Share Posted October 1, 2010 Sand??? If it was out of the tank, then its a mixture of the crust peeling/contracting, dust and all those other things floating in the air. My driftwood looked like that for a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcrudd Posted October 1, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2010 Sand??? If it was out of the tank, then its a mixture of the crust peeling/contracting, dust and all those other things floating in the air. My driftwood looked like that for a while. I don't have sand in my tank, only black midnight fine gravel. I think it could be the peeling thing, I will go and buy a good scrub brush from hammer hardware and scrub it down under running water and see how it goes. I need to do a waterchange today anyways so can just as well do a thorough clean. How often do you replace noodles? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted October 1, 2010 Report Share Posted October 1, 2010 How often do you replace noodles? Never. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamH Posted October 2, 2010 Report Share Posted October 2, 2010 Never. +1. Biomedia never needs to be replaced, just rinsed when it gets too clogged. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcrudd Posted October 2, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2010 That is what I thought Ira and Sam, so its not that breaking down then, Aw well, I bought some scrubbing brushes and now I will take them out and scrub then under running water and see what happens. Might just give them a good old boil afterwards as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcrudd Posted October 2, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2010 I scrubbed the living daylights out of it and its busy boiling now. I added a little bit of the tonic salt as well. There did come a lot of wood off it while scrubbing, so it might have been that the crust was peeling. Lets hope so, I have two very angry choccies swimming around looking for their hidey holes LOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted October 2, 2010 Report Share Posted October 2, 2010 I have just started CO2 on a tank and the pH starts at about 7.2 to 7.4 in the morning and ends at about 6.2 to 6.4 by the time the lights go off and all is well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella Posted October 2, 2010 Report Share Posted October 2, 2010 Wood can often 'absorb' sand or silt if it has been sitting dead in that sort of environment for a while, then it slowly comes out when you put it in your tank. A piece of wood in my tank slowly 'grows' little pockets of silt where it is migrating out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcrudd Posted October 4, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2010 Thanks alanmin, I feel much better now. Stella I think you might be right, it was a big mess while scrubbing and I really scubbed very hard. I will keep an eye on it and just keep scrubbing everytime it gets like that, strange things seem to happen in my tank these days LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted October 6, 2010 Report Share Posted October 6, 2010 Just for your information - the more bogwood you add the lower the pH is likely to go. Fish can handle changing pH, but they can not handle sudden dips and rises which are ongoing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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