Hi guys, just wanting a few thoughts on causes.
Fry were 3cm when he purchased them from me in Jan. That particular batch of pep fry were a great batch, none had died.
Thanks.
Fry were 3cm when he purchased them from me in Jan. That particular batch of pep fry were a great batch, none had died.
I have 2 things that are crossing my mind, 1 is the rain water and 2nd is the sump clean. But would really like some other opinions.I started with 16 on the 14/1/2010 lost 3 in the 1st month 2 due to standpipe cap came loose and they went down into the sump, i fixed the prob straight away. but in the last month i have lost another 8 of them.
After the 5th one died i removed all the baby cichlids that were in with them as i suspected they might have been getting big enough to pick on the peps. So they are in with cherry shrimp and lf albinos, The water temp was about 27 when they entered the tank but is now at 25.5. It has been a gradual drop
I have 5 left atm they all look healthy, but they don't go for the food like a normal bn they seem to just get the scraps should i remove all other fish?
500ltrs setup 4 tanks and sump(The one i got off u).
i vacuum 5ltrs of debries of the bottom of the tanks each day and refill 20 lts of rain or tap water every 2 days.allows for evaporation.
Once a month i clean the sump wool, pump and derbies from bottom of sump. Once a month i change 150ltrs, this water is aerated and heated to tank temp in a small plastic water tank 1 or 2 days b4 going into the setup.
No other fish are dying in the setup
Any ideas? I'm stuck
Thanks.