Halloween Party Turns into Fish Massacre

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KellyRRoberts4

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Well, threw a Halloween party with the boyfriend Saturday night. Two rules of the evening: 1.Don't be a dumb **** and 2.If you touch the tanks, you will die.

Sadly, even with the threat of death my 4 discus are dead. One solo in a 40gal breeder (with an assortment of tetras and 3 cories) and the other three in the 75 with the angels, cories, and clown loaches. All other fish are alive and well. I can only assume it was too stressful of an environment (loud music, beer pong, etc) and they freaked out.

:irked::(

After a very sad, sad Sunday I made my way to the lone fish store in Tyler that sells Discus regularly and stared at their stock for just about 45 minutes. And then walked right back out, no new Discus in hand. Too soon, too sad............
 
sorry to hear that thats horrible, are you sure no one broke both rules and poured beer or something in the tanks?
 
I have had fish "die" after a party before. Even when the aquarium was in a back bed room. I can only assume that "something" happened. Some fish are much more susceptible to water conditions than others which could explain why some live and some do not. Very sorry for your losses.
 
I wlda put dark covers over the tanks and kept music low.
 
I used to throw trash bags over my tanks when we had parties at the house. I never had discus or angles though, I never lost a fish.
 
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