mysterious death

[big_bubba_B]

i recently lost my snowball pleco lda 33 he was doing fine eating well full stomach and eyes were good not sunken in . my water peremeters are good only thing is my ph is 8.3 and dkh is over 11. now is that to hard on him he has been in the tank for over a year now with no problems i checked him out when i found him there was no sores or abrasions he simpley just died , so only thin i can think of is maybe the ph was to high for him once he got bigger ? therewas no amonia or nitrates showing when i got test done right after i found him any thoughts from anyone else and my temp is right on 79

[anessa]

I have had a seemingly perfectly healthy pleco die suddenly as well. It was very sad because he was an amazing BN specimen. I am sure that fish can die of sudden illnesses, the same as people can. Maybe there isn't always something we did wrong.

Sorry for your loss.

[big_bubba_B]

weird i just found a dead tropheus no marks or bloat or anything no one is acting weird so i dont have a clue what is going on , i just did my water change yesturday 50% like i always do

[bingerz]

how long has your tank been running for w/o any problems? what was the last thing you've done...as in adding chemicals, rocks...shoot, anything you could think of. was your tank new? or used?? u think it was cleaned w/ chemicals that r leaching into the water? i hate when mysterious stuff happen....i gotta wrack my brain over it till i figure it out.

i'd say keep a close eye on them all. i hope there'll be no more casulties. From your signature....sounds like you've gotta real nice tank!! id really hate to see more get lost. keep us up to date....i've subscribed to this thread.

[anessa]

Maybe something is up with the water!

[big_bubba_B]

nothing out of the ordinary tank has been up and running for a year been i would say has been 9 months since i got into tropheus has there been a death . all i add is prime when i do a water change . i hope there wont be another death the pleco died a month ago and now this guy .

[bingerz]

damn...that's a brain teaser there. i do the same thing too with my water changes. you're water quality looks about right....im by no means an expert. were the dead pleco and tropheus found in the same area?

[`GhostDogg´]

How about doing 2 25% WC's instead of 1 large 50%.
@ 50% they could have experienced some sort of shock.
Are you on well water? Could be some runoff from fertilizers or something like that.
Do you ever test the water before you treat it with prime?
Do the temps match when you refill?
What kind of decorations do you have in this tank, maybe something is leaching out from them?

I hate loosing fish, sorry for your loss.

[`GhostDogg´]

I was going to take a "low blow" in my 1st post, but loosing fish sux.
I'm glad the fish lost today tho.


@ Juice & Cheifwonton
You guys are brutal!!!
I know you're E.Van Juice but this is totally "Hood".

[bonsai dave]

How has the weather in your area been the past few days. Has it rained alot lately? Has there been any water work been done by the city. I had issues last year when the city up the cholrine levels after they completed the work they were doing on the water pipes. but they didn't tell any one . I lost a lot of discus.