Here is a short update just because not much has changed until the lab tests everything. Tuesday the company sent a guy out to get more water samples. Yesterday he came back and got a bag of frozen dead fish to be tested and today he is coming to get samples from the tanks. I tested the water yesterday myself and the pH stayed the same at 8.0, and the ammonia level stayed the same at 0mg/l. The general hardness reading has doubled, the carbonate hardness has tripled and I went from no nitrites to .3mg/l for nitrites. So they definately did something to change the chemistry of the water that much. My buddy that's a chemist said the presence of nitrites proves the presence of halogenic acids/gases(methane) which the DEC(Department of Environmental Conservation) also said nitrites can come from fertilizer runoff. Funny how I never had a problem with "fertilizer runoff" until they came in and started drilling. They also told me that the carbonate hardness tripled from the concrete the company used in the hole. I think I am on my way to at least some reimbursement. But I don't know for sure yet. I have lost the following fish as a result:
Wild Breeder Male Placidochromis Jalo Reef
Wild Aulonacara Maleri Breeding group
Breeder Aul. Ngara Flametail Albino Male
Wild Breeder Aul. Ethylwynnae Females x 3
Wild Aul. Lemon Jake Breeding group
F1 Aul. Kandeense Male sub adult
Albino Lab. Caer. Male Breeder
Oto. Lithobates juvies - lost 53 juvies and sub adults so far
Uganda Fire Reds - total loss
Zebra Obliquidens - total loss
Ruby Greens - total loss
Albino Blue Eyed Bristlenose plecos - 28 dead(total loss)
Albino Long Fin Bristlenose Plecos - 9 dead(total loss)
Yellow lab juvies - total loss
White Lab juvies - total loss
Wild Breeders Copad Borleyi Kadango Pair
Aul. Flavescents Breeder females all dead
Aul Eureka Red Albino female
Aulonocara Otter Point Breeding Colony Dead
P. Demasoni F1 colony starting to die off
There are more I just feel sick thinking about it all dying off so I am stopping there but at least you get the picture. I have over 150 dead and counting. I guess there is one upside to all this. I have 15 tanks that don't run on this system that don't get well water that are uneffected. But that is little comfort to 80 tanks of african cichlids slowly being wiped out and all I can do is sit back and keep a tally of everything that has died.
Wild Breeder Male Placidochromis Jalo Reef
Wild Aulonacara Maleri Breeding group
Breeder Aul. Ngara Flametail Albino Male
Wild Breeder Aul. Ethylwynnae Females x 3
Wild Aul. Lemon Jake Breeding group
F1 Aul. Kandeense Male sub adult
Albino Lab. Caer. Male Breeder
Oto. Lithobates juvies - lost 53 juvies and sub adults so far
Uganda Fire Reds - total loss
Zebra Obliquidens - total loss
Ruby Greens - total loss
Albino Blue Eyed Bristlenose plecos - 28 dead(total loss)
Albino Long Fin Bristlenose Plecos - 9 dead(total loss)
Yellow lab juvies - total loss
White Lab juvies - total loss
Wild Breeders Copad Borleyi Kadango Pair
Aul. Flavescents Breeder females all dead
Aul Eureka Red Albino female
Aulonocara Otter Point Breeding Colony Dead
P. Demasoni F1 colony starting to die off
There are more I just feel sick thinking about it all dying off so I am stopping there but at least you get the picture. I have over 150 dead and counting. I guess there is one upside to all this. I have 15 tanks that don't run on this system that don't get well water that are uneffected. But that is little comfort to 80 tanks of african cichlids slowly being wiped out and all I can do is sit back and keep a tally of everything that has died.
