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03-13-2007, 09:56 PM
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You need to give us a bit more information. And don't always trust a test kit. Borrow or buy a different brand for ammonia and try that. What kind of water are you using. What sort of symptoms do the fish show before they die.
Check your RO filters. Are they clogged and letting chlorine and other chemicals in. Do a chlorine test. Hope some of this helps 
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03-13-2007, 11:52 PM
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Is it just new fish that die or all fish in the tank? Also what other livestock is in there? As this is in the reef forum, I was curious if you had corals ect that were doing better than your fish stock.
Edit #1 Hey, I just read apost of yours in this thread http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/sho...575#post240575 where you did a expanding styrofoam backdrop using krylon paint. As far as I know none of this stuff isn't made for marine use and who knows if it's safe for your livestock. You could be poisoning your fish. Edit #2 I very highly suspect this is killing your fish. Just looked up the ingredients of kylon fusion paint. Here see for yourself. http://www.paintdocs.com/webmsds/web...C=724504025184 Last edited by Scavenger; 03-14-2007 at 03:01 AM. Reason: fixed link
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03-14-2007, 01:26 AM
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03-14-2007, 01:35 AM
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One other thing to look at.......when the fish "die" are they still in the tank (meaning can you see the dead body) or do they just disappear? (here one day, gone the next) If the latter is the case, maybe you have a mantis shrimp????
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03-14-2007, 01:46 AM
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03-14-2007, 01:50 AM
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krylons proven itself to be safe in reef tanks... there are hundreds of tanks out there with significant amounts of painted material... Including mine; never had unexplainable deaths (fish or coral).
I notice most of those carcinogens etc are part of the propellant & thinners (things which once dry are gone). MSDS requires some skill in interpreting - doesn't tell you everything. Should we dig out the MSDS on de-ionized water - I've got a copy at work!
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03-14-2007, 01:51 AM
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tell us about your tank. dimensions, filtration, livestock, powereheads, heaters? parameters, livestock, LR, sand?
Are the fish you're trying out just the kind of fish that don't do well, like moorish idols? yeah i agree that the foam might definitely be a cause.
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03-14-2007, 01:40 PM
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Scary - the foam back was the thread I started. I think I'll stick with the natural look.
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03-14-2007, 03:41 PM
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there was one guy who said he worked with the expanding foam a lot and he recommended using it only as a mold. So get the shape you want, cover it in resin/sand, w/e and then remove the foam because over time it degrades. I wouldn't want that myself. but hey i got no experience with the stuff, this is just someone elses opinion.
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03-15-2007, 03:47 PM
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Wow what a response.....
first off... it is only the new fish that seem to have issues and not all of them... I had a school of chromises gradualy dissapear but that seems to be the way with chromises I did a bunch of research on the foam and Krylon method and there are a number of people who are doing this without a problem The major issue seems to be letting things cure. My backdrop sat for at least a month before being added. I have lost these fish within 24 hrs In all cases they were eating and swiming around fine one day and gone the next. I only ever found 1 body 1 - flame angel 2 - fox faces I had a single clown fish that is doing fine and have added a second clown that seems to be doing well I also lost a wrasse that I added but I suspect he jumped as when I first was setting up he made the journy down to my sump and lived there for at least 6 months untill I found him....he then lasted another 2-3 months in the tank so I don't count him as one of the "mistry" deaths. I have had all of this rock for quite a while so I doubt that it is a mantis...I have not heard any clicking either. Zoos and other corals seem to do ok....almost lost some stuff when my calcium & alk got out of whack and due to heat but other than that things seem fine
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