catfish BARF!!!

[sterling_mcdaniel]

I had quiet the adventure on Saturday morning about 5:30. while I was sleeping something woke me up like the smell of rotting fish. so i wandered around and finally noticed that all the fish were at the top of the tank in my 125. so i turned on the lights and noticed that there was chunks of half eaten food floating around. and the culprit my 14 inch RTCXTSN!!! I know the ammonia was high as my 2 10 inch tinfoil barbs flipped upside down and were gasping for air. so after a 90% water change the ammonia is down to 1 ppm!!!!!!!! did a water change later that day and got it down to .25 PPM.

 

[Weylin]

Damn.. So no fish died right ?

 

[Mystus Redtail]

What did you feed the RTCxTSN? They are known to puke if over-fed. I would say you did the right thing tho. Big water changes immediately. Good work.

 

[fishman646]

good save!

 

[sterling_mcdaniel]

didn't lose any fish....
and i fed him a couple fish fillets. no more that his usual food.

 

[Chromobotia]

That is severly messed up. I'm trying my best to hold down my lunch after reading that.

 

[oscar n redtail cat]

i have it offten with my perruno cat its horrible

 

[sterling_mcdaniel]

i wonder what the ammonia reading was before the WC im thinking 6-7+PPM range!!

 

[Chromobotia]

i wonder what the ammonia reading was before the WC im thinking 6-7+PPM range!!

If that was the case, then you should do some work on your Biological Filtration, especially with those bigger cats. The level should always be at Zero.

 

[sterling_mcdaniel]

If that was the case, then you should do some work on your Biological Filtration, especially with those bigger cats. The level should always be at Zero.

i had just done a WC on Thursday, and its filtered by a marineland c-360, rena XP4 , 2 powerheads and a HOB.
oh, and it was 0 till my cat felt like barfing.....