Pup tanks and drips?

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Does anyone run a drip system on their pup tanks? IS this frowned upon?

I woke up to my 6 week old pup dead today. Died within about 36 hours of it's last meal. Wondering IF I could have been the cause.

Checked water, had a bit of ammonia but it seems like all my water tests out to have a slight bit of ammonia to it. Thought this may be a byproduct of the carbon block filters used in the drip system? I do have high PH. I realize this is more deadly, but I don't understand IF this to be an issue why was the first month and a half so troublefree?

The thing was a maniac when it came to food. Just don't understand how it could go from so active and healthy to dead in a weekend.

Talk about making you sick to your stomach...... I feel like a complete failure. Just about sold all my rays last time this happened. You set out to watch pups grow up. Having to watch them die never crosses your mind till the time comes. When it does the highs don't seem to make up for the lows. :(

It never fails. Everytime I list or even think about selling a ray problems immediately follow. It's like they know they may be leaving and just decide to check out early. Someone asked about one of my nice Marbles, I thought long and hard about it. Shot them a price and it quit eating within 2 days. Swore to myself if she started eating again she'd never go anywhere. Started eating again in 2 days.
 
Sorry for your loss, that sucks. I don't see why a drip system would be a bad thing for pups. Clean water I think is the best thing we can do for our fish. Whats your ph? Most fish can adapt to a high ph as long as its constant, its the fluctuating ph thats seems to be the killer. Hang in there
 
U need to find out why there is ammonia in your tank.

My pups appetite will slow down if i drip crazy amounts. As long as i keep my 450 gal under 150 gal per day they are good
 
vamptrev;5151600; said:
U need to find out why there is ammonia in your tank.

My pups appetite will slow down if i drip crazy amounts. As long as i keep my 450 gal under 150 gal per day they are good
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Like I said there's trace .25 or under in every tank at my place. Since it's always been that way I thought it was normal.

Is small amounts of ammonia not the by product of the chlorine being removed by the carbon filters?

Sounds like another arguement for killing the drip and going w RO and weekely WCs.

IF my PH is so high that it makes trace amounts of amonia, from the chlorine being removed, lethal then I guess it's time for a change. :irked:
 
SOrry for your loss bud.

I drip my pup tank, 2 blackies and a hystrix in a 75 gallon. I am about to add 2 - leo/hen/leo to the tank as well

I drip 24 gallons per day. I feed them twice per day with nightcrawlers....

They're fat and happy !!
 
So this means u hav ammonia comming right out of your drip?
Where is it comming from?
I didnt know u always had traces of ammonia. This is deff an extra stress u dont need.
 
So am I really the only one that experiences small amounts of ammonia from removing chlorine?

WTF?

Guess maybe it's time to go take a class on water chemistry. So I can actually learn what some of this stuff means. That way I can actually get some answers I can understand without killing anymore rays.

I feel like a broken record asking the same questions over and over again year after year.

PH this, TDS that. Can't RO, have to RO, drip good for pups, drip bad for pups. No meds needed, use meds as preventative. Frustration really doesn't even begin to describe it at this point. Seems the more I learn the more frustrated I get at the lack of or difficulty involved in getting answers.

Obviously if I'm the only person that sees this ammonia obviously something is wrong with my water, and this is NOT a byproduct of chlorine removal.
 
Where u hear this was normal?

Even if u were getting a little ammo out of your tap, your filters should be eating it just as fast...
 
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