I'm extremely bum lost all seven of my yoyo loaches. Four days ago I did my normal weekly 60% water change but decided to change out my powerhead aquaclear 70(400 gallon a hour) to a marineland(290 a gallon a hour) power head should have notice something is up when I notice a lot flake food on top the gravel. I feed even less then normal with aquaclear 70 it pretty turbulent but gravel water is always clear, with marineland at a lower rate there was lot flake on gravel top. Woke up this morning foond one loach dead and upon looking around whole tank I found all seven dead!! Did quick 60% water change, everyone else is doing great so far! The survivors are four blood parrots, three spotted raphael,three stripe raphael, two feather fin catfish, two warmouth sunfish, and two blue spot gourami. Could a sudden ammonia spike from lower circulation seal my loaches fate?
lost seven yoyo loaches
- Thread starter gulperfan220
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when weather gets warmer I know the water plant down in texas dump chloramines into the water supply
Did you happen to check your water conditions? Chances are if you do that much of a water change every week and you didn't do anything differently this week then your ammonia level shouldn't have been out of the ordinary. I know that the water departments in so cal add chloramines to the water when it warms up (like eklikewhoa mentioned) so I will use stored water for a month for water changes. Did you have the tank set up last year and experience something similar. Since the loaches are scale-less they would be the first to go if water quality drops.
Loaches are sensitive buggers. 60% water change in So-Cal may mean high levels of chlormine may have done it. Hearing it too often for certain cities doing this. Just a guess, but adding more Prime to your water changes may assist a great deal or storing water in barrels may be the solution. Sorry for your loss. Good luck!