STEWARDSONS
Fishaholic
a month in on my puffer tank and i had a bit of a disaster, well total disaster.
the first lot of puffers i got had white spot so i treated the tank, occupied by 1 knight goby and 3 figure 8 puffers.
two weeks later the fish started dying one by one. water peramiters were 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite, 20 nitrates.
after taking one of the dead puffers to my LFS and having it and the water examined under the microscope it appears that there were no parasites or obvious reasons for the deaths.
the only possibility is that i overdosed the white spot treatment which stressed the fish causing them to not eat for a week and suddenly die off.
The last fish died last thursday and since then i have done a 30% water change and left the tank for the last 5 days fishless as advised by the LFS.
the water paramiters are still stable so i was wondering when i should start restocking with new fish.
the first lot of puffers i got had white spot so i treated the tank, occupied by 1 knight goby and 3 figure 8 puffers.
two weeks later the fish started dying one by one. water peramiters were 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite, 20 nitrates.
after taking one of the dead puffers to my LFS and having it and the water examined under the microscope it appears that there were no parasites or obvious reasons for the deaths.
the only possibility is that i overdosed the white spot treatment which stressed the fish causing them to not eat for a week and suddenly die off.
The last fish died last thursday and since then i have done a 30% water change and left the tank for the last 5 days fishless as advised by the LFS.
the water paramiters are still stable so i was wondering when i should start restocking with new fish.
