Moo

Ruth · #1 09-08-2006, 03:49 AM

Holy Cow Deb - I'm really sorry this is happening to you. Is there any chance of lack of oxygen? I am quite sure that both of those fish are somewhat sensitive to low oxygen and IIRC you recently bought a new skimmer so just wondering if there is any chance it is not putting enough oxygen into the water. I know shot in the dark but ..................

EmilyB · #2 09-08-2006, 03:59 AM

Thanks Ruth, but no, we haven't received the new skimmer yet and the Euro is still on there working fine. I have to rule out coral starvation as well, as it wouldn't happen that fast, both fish were healthy a few days ago.

EmilyB · #3 09-08-2006, 05:38 AM

The Kent salt tested out fine.

Willito · #4 09-08-2006, 03:53 PM

That's very sad to hear Deb, and at the same time frustrating not knowing what the cause is. Can you explained in details the changes that your tank has gone through so perhaps the many minds on here can poke at some ideas. I hope we can find the cause before another bites the dust.

christyf5 · #5 09-08-2006, 07:21 PM

OMG thats awful!!

Are you running carbon? Do you think it could be residual from removing the sandbed? The fish looked so good after all that messing around we did a couple of weeks ago.

EmilyB · #6 09-09-2006, 03:33 AM

Here's the timeline.

We changed over tanks August 12th. Within the next week we removed the remaining sandbed, some each nite accompanied by a large water change.

Fish fine, eating well, etc.

The weekend Kari broke his wrists...we powerwashed the rock. (Three weeks ago? ) The corals, anemone, etc. remaining in the tank, and the fish fine.

About a week ago, the fish quit eating nori. I have since ditched it. It was cheap, but I had used it before.

Both fish literally dropped dead. I saw Moo. Didn't see Apu, but the fact he was laying on top of the rock, already seriously decomposed, and not disturbed would indicate that to me.

Missing in the picture, two tiger cukes, small. Can't remember where they ended up, and haven't found.

Carbon is in, although I don't have an optimum place to place it.

Thinking Butters may be next.

SeaHorse_Fanatic · #7 09-09-2006, 06:18 AM

I heard that if a cuke dies in your tank, it can also do a bad number on your tank. I had a friend who bought a large cuke from the LFS, & his crab attacked & cut it up that night. Lost almost everything overnight. Possible culprit?

Deb, glad I had the chance to meet your famous Moo this summer with Chin. So sorry about your loss.

Anthony

EmilyB · #8 09-09-2006, 08:03 AM

I had an incident with a pink Hawaiian cuke before, and lost my anthias, the other fish were unaffected. I guess I went on the fact that the turd cukes aren't that toxic and kept them. Maybe they are to play in this, maybe not. They could very well turn up as they have before, inside holes in the rock.

I moved Butters (the Red Sea Butterfly) to the reef tank tonite. Did another large water change as well.