All fish DEAD! Why?!

[Aquarist007]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15358373#post15358373 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Rae C.
Jim, I kept on a Koralia 3 and a maxijet, as well as the skimmer. Plenty of circulation in the tank. How long after you recoverd from Ike did yo u wait until adding fish? How did you bring that pH back up?

Todays readings were

80 degrees
pH 8.0
alkalinity 5 degrees
ammonia 0
nitrite 0
nitrate 0
phosphate 0

Still haven't found the missing three fish. I plan on continuing the water changes everyday for at least a week, testing pH, nitrites and nitrates for several weeks.

The skimmer is skimming like crazy, it used to fill in 3 days, now it's filled in one. I'm skimming a little wetter, but the skimmate smells more than it used to, so I think it's really taking out the nasties.

Should I put a bubbler in the fuge? Would that help stabilize the pH? Or should I go buy some buffer?

are you running carbon too?

 

[Rae C.]

I've got a fiber pouch with charcoal in it, sitting in the fuge. Not sure how carbon would help pH.

 

[Aquarist007]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15359076#post15359076 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Rae C.
I've got a fiber pouch with charcoal in it, sitting in the fuge. Not sure how carbon would help pH.

not for helping pH--more cleaning the water up after the deaths that have occured and possible poisons/toxins.

Do you have a sump Rae--and is that where your fuge is?

 

[Aquarist007]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15358516#post15358516 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by WaterKeeper
Aquaph,

We do try to have no missing fish/dead fish on this forum. I know stuff happens but I hate to see it.

I try to instill the fact on this forum that our fish are pets, the same as cats and dogs, and, we should do everything in our power to insure their well being.

Most of us have named our fish--or our kids or grandkids have--just like are other pets.
A death of a fish in our family would be like the death of a member

 

[Rae C.]

Cap'n, I have no sump. Just a hang-on-back fuge of maybe 5 gallons and a HOB skimmer.

 

[Rae C.]

Oh Yeah, do i need to feed the tank if there are no fish in it?

 

[Aquarist007]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15359651#post15359651 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Rae C.
Oh Yeah, do i need to feed the tank if there are no fish in it?

No not for the present time.