My f8 puffer died suddenly? :(
Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2014 11:09 pm
So I found my f8 dead this morning. I am pretty bummed out and kind of puzzled why he died. I
had him in the tank for about a month. I had increased the salinity of the water to 1.002, and was due to bump it up to 1.004 this last Tuesday but I have been really sick so I put it off. I also put off the daily water changes I have been doing to get the parameters under control. The last time I did a water change was about a week ago and I was really close to having my nitrates under control.
After finding him dead this morning I tested my water. The perameters were :
Temp - 79 degrees (according to my lcd thermometer)
SG - 1.002
pH - 7.4 ( it was 7.8 the last time I checked a week ago)
Ammonia - 0
Nitrites - 0
Nitrates - 40 ( had them down to 20 last week before I got sick and put off my tank maintenance)
I know my parameters were not the greatest, is this the reason for his sudden death? Last night he seemed to he acting fine, but I thought something was fishy when I crushed a Ramshorn snail for him and he waited about 20 mins before he ate it. When usually he dive bombs them as soon as I drop them in the tank.
As far as his diet went, I fed him freeze dried brine shrimp once every day, a ramshorn snail 2 or 3 times a week, and occasionally I would substitute a snail for a shrimp tail. I would just rip off the tip of the tail that has the shell on the outside and give him that bit to chew on and eat.
I want to get another, but I want to know what I did wrong so I can correct the problem and have a healthy environment before I buy another one.
had him in the tank for about a month. I had increased the salinity of the water to 1.002, and was due to bump it up to 1.004 this last Tuesday but I have been really sick so I put it off. I also put off the daily water changes I have been doing to get the parameters under control. The last time I did a water change was about a week ago and I was really close to having my nitrates under control.
After finding him dead this morning I tested my water. The perameters were :
Temp - 79 degrees (according to my lcd thermometer)
SG - 1.002
pH - 7.4 ( it was 7.8 the last time I checked a week ago)
Ammonia - 0
Nitrites - 0
Nitrates - 40 ( had them down to 20 last week before I got sick and put off my tank maintenance)
I know my parameters were not the greatest, is this the reason for his sudden death? Last night he seemed to he acting fine, but I thought something was fishy when I crushed a Ramshorn snail for him and he waited about 20 mins before he ate it. When usually he dive bombs them as soon as I drop them in the tank.
As far as his diet went, I fed him freeze dried brine shrimp once every day, a ramshorn snail 2 or 3 times a week, and occasionally I would substitute a snail for a shrimp tail. I would just rip off the tip of the tail that has the shell on the outside and give him that bit to chew on and eat.
I want to get another, but I want to know what I did wrong so I can correct the problem and have a healthy environment before I buy another one.