i want to cry :( my clownfish died .. AND I DONT KNOW WHY

[jimwat]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9352469#post9352469 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by benray4fun
When it's your time, "it's your time, " all your parameters may have been fine and maybe nothing happened at all. Life is like that ox, the fish could have died of natural causes and no fault of your own or anything else..."take your time picking out a new one."

I agree.

I lost a butterfly a couple of days ago for no "apparent" reason. I've had the fish since last summer. Good eater, very healthy, no problems with other inhabitants. Sunday I noticed that it was not eating, Monday it died. No changes to the tank, all parameters look good, and all of the other fish are looking/acting normally...Who knows??

Anyway, it always sucks when you loose a fish. It just makes it worse when you can not figure out why

 

[oxkisses12ox]

i dont know what a topoff is???? sorry!

 

[JokerGirl]

Don't freak out too badly. My Gold Striped Maroon died about a month ago for reasons unknown. I had it for a couple months, then one night it flipped out, was then spinning upside down in circles, and died shortly thereafter. No one else in my tank has died or gotten sick. It's just one of those things I guess.

A top off is what you do to keep the water level in your tank proper. You need to add FRESH water every so often depending on your lighting and other factors because the water evaporates out of your tank. You DO NOT want to top off your water level with saltwater. When your water level gets low, it is because water it evaporating. The actual water in your tank evaporates, but salt doesn't. If you continuously top off with saltwater, it will make the salt level in your tank rise to unsafe proportions and things will die.

If you do not know what a top off is, then you shouldn't be adding anymore fish/coral until you research this hobby a little more.

 

[oxkisses12ox]

i know what it means to do a water change and add water to your tank when it evaporates but i didnt know it was called topping off... and of COURSE i add RO water to make tank as it evaporates..... but i do water changes frequently so no as much water evaporates