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[yankit3@hotmail]

Had a coral beauty died of ICH during the quarantine priod in March. Tried a Banggai Cardinal on Thursday. Used the display tank water for acclimation for hour+ and Q her in a 10 g using the same water. No feeding & eating since then. Changed 1/4 of water this morning. Returned home this afternoon and the animal was gone. Measured the water with PH & ammonia OK but the NO3 was noticeably high (tested with HAGEN kits showing deep pink/purple color). Tested the display tank water to confirm its accurracy which showed light and unnoticed pink. Just like to seek your experts why the level of NO3 was so high. I don.t think 1 little dead fish could shoot the NO3 skyhigh. The display tank water & the small water change could not be the cause either. Could someone tell me why and give m som advice on quarantine methods/procedures?

Best Regards,

Jimmy WONG
from Hong Kong.

 

[reefnetworth]

sounds like stress related ick, i had a CB that did the same thing. perfect acclimation was acting fine in display and next morning ick covered 30% Q-T and died fallowing day. it ate only with garlic guard 1 time, it nibbled. i suspect cianide or rough trip to LFS.

 

[yankit3@hotmail]

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Thanks nano4brains. Possibly the "Cianide"!

Best Regards,

Jimmy

 

[DgenR8]

Cyanide use is actually on the decline thanks to the tireless efforts of certain groups. That's not to say that your problem could not have been Cyanide related, only that it's less likely now than a few years ago.
I do not trust Hagen test kits. I think Hagen makes great powerheads, and I'm sure they put out other fine products, but I think their test kits are worthless.
When you set up your QT, I see you are using tank water. That's fine, as long as your water quality is good. Do you also use something in your Q tank for biological filtration? I keep a small foam bubble filter in my sump. When I buy a new fish, I remove water from my tank, and I put the foam filter in the Q tank. After the QT session, when I put the tank away, I toss the foam block, and put a new one on the bubble filter, and put it back in my sump for next time.

 

[yankit3@hotmail]

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Thanks Larry. Actually I'd put a small bag (about 50 nos) of bio-rings that had been kept in my sump in the Q-tank although guys on the internet said it was not necessary. May be in future I'll put my blue damsel who is living in my sump in the Q-tank for a week or 2 for building up the good bacteria prior to the arrival of the new guy(s). Other than that I can't think of anything that's safe. Anyway, thanks for your input.

Best wishes,

Jimmy