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nicholas76
Sun May 06, 2007, 12:57 AM
Guys,


my fish are absolutely sick as dogs in light of the recent rains. Currently suspecting an increase in chlorine in our tap water.

fish go stunned belly up after a w/c straight away!


anyone else experiencing the same problem? Im aware of two others
WinnY
Sun May 06, 2007, 02:19 AM
hmmm my fish seem to be doing ok...

i just added more dechlorinator (Seachem) when i was doing the W/C.
ashley
Sun May 06, 2007, 03:27 AM
Hi Nick,

I noticed when I was doing my weekly water change yesterday that there was a definite smell of chlorine.
Ive never been able to smell it before.

Ashley
seecuta
Sun May 06, 2007, 12:12 PM
nick, ive had a problem with this not long ago. refer to samir's post.
Ben
Sun May 06, 2007, 12:24 PM
Prime, Prime and Prime!
samir
Sun May 06, 2007, 12:30 PM
i've been using 4 times the prime since my episode and so far no problems. hope you didn't lose any fish Nick.
Ben
Mon May 07, 2007, 10:06 AM
any updates nick?
Merrilyn
Wed May 09, 2007, 01:46 PM
Sadly Nick lost 2 juveniles. The rest seem to have recovered.
nicholas76
Wed May 09, 2007, 02:18 PM
Lost 3 in total!

running 3 bio zorb bags and I use seachem prime ,,, all did nothing.

fish are full of colour and display no disease symptoms. I cannot explain why they act in this behaviour.

Strangley next day the other fish are totally fine.

all parameters are DEAD SPOT on as you would expect.

NO water changes for the mean time.

all i can say is ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH %^&*()_$%^@#!@#!@#$%^&* and some
nicholas76
Wed May 09, 2007, 02:26 PM
aaah Read your post Samir , thanks for the link Seecuta!!


sorry to hear about your issues too!!

yep the more I look into it the more it reads like a chlorine issue.

It makes you wonder what are water companys do to make our water so Nice to drink!!


actually rather scary, :?
DIY
Thu May 10, 2007, 07:33 AM
Sorry to hear about the 3 you lost Nick, wierd thing is I've noticed the opposite.

Snce my last 2 water changes I'm seeing signs of spawning interest in a couple of pairs in my community tank that I'd given up on.. including a so called RGD pair from an ex sponsor that cost me some $$

I do age my water in a barrell for at least 3 days though so I guess if it's chlorine it'll be all gassed off