:( New fish just died...wtf

[milkman407]

I ordered a M.irwini 3-4" from fish room plus
and I Dripped him and the jur into a 5gallon bucket, i had an air bubler in there and every 20 mins i put 1 shotglass full of my tank water in the bucket. After 1 hour I put them into the tank with the lights off and dropped 2 black worms in

my ammonia = 0
my nitrite = 0
my nitrate = 0

This is my readings on all my tanks, i do 40% w/c every week and have never had a problem with keeping fish.

the jur is doing fine and so are the royal plecos and Pbass

any idea on what happend?

forgot to add theres an air bubler in the tank along with a filter built for 2x the tank,

 

[Nic]

might have just been the fish i have had it happen to me

 

[milkman407]

I got the fish 2 hours after i did my w/c i treated the water with prime and and air bubler and left it there for 20mins than i put it in. Forgot to add that also

R.i.P LIL m.IRWINI

 

[eh1421]

whenever doing a slow acclimation like that the goal is to double the water that you start with
sorry bro

mike

 

[milkman407]

They came in only about 1 gallon or less of water, I doubled it easy.

 

[WyldFya]

If you are going to acclimate slowly, I would do it one of two ways. Either a constant drip, or just a temp acclimation. By adding in water in batches like that you actually are putting more stress on the fish IME, if the water qualities are very different. Each time you are adding, you are causing stress to the fish. Also, after 1 hour your water temp in the bucket will be dramatically lower than that of the tank. Did you test temps before putting them in?

What are you using to remove nitrates? A rating of 0 ppms suggests either chemical filtration, live plants or bad test kit. You should never be able to get a 0 ppm reading without plants, or chemical filtration, or 100% water changes.

 

[milkman407]

I have java fern in there, i also tested the water temps the fish came with a heating pad and the water temp was around 78-80 while my water is 82

 

[Nic]

sucks dude i have alot of plants in my tank and still have readings of nitrates

 

[milkman407]

Heres a pic of the jur already swimming around trying to eat my Pbass. Looks no different than when he came out the bag.

 

[cichlaguapote]

If you are going to acclimate slowly, I would do it one of two ways. Either a constant drip, or just a temp acclimation. By adding in water in batches like that you actually are putting more stress on the fish IME, if the water qualities are very different. Each time you are adding, you are causing stress to the fish. Also, after 1 hour your water temp in the bucket will be dramatically lower than that of the tank. Did you test temps before putting them in?

I agree... That has to be the most weird way of acclimating I've heard of.

Sorry for your loss though.