Sorry for your loss

@SSBisboy

Жыл бұрын

Thanks

Jo 😢 ❤

It happens. 🐠. Happen to me. And im sure plenty of people……. Its a part of the hobby tht sucks. But the positives of the hobby. Outweight the negative

@SSBisboy

Жыл бұрын

Definitely does! Applys to all those statements lol

If you're on city water and use that to fill. The city sometimes flushes the system with massive amounts of chlorine. They're supposed to notify all residents that will be impacted. Then you have to turn on all water sources to purge the chlorine from your system. If you don't that all ends up in your tanks! And yes it will kill African cichlids very fast.

@SSBisboy

Жыл бұрын

Yeah thats proboly what happened

Wow…sorry my G I lost my entire tank of African before I KNOW what ur going through

@SSBisboy

Жыл бұрын

Thanks man! Definitely isn't fun

I been there man. had an air pump quit on me that killed all my big beautiful piranhas in 1 night. fully planted deep substrate tanks. all my tanks are deep substrate even my Africans. I have tanks that havent had a water change in over a 1.5 yrs. but my african I will do a partial water change almost every 2 months but even then it's not necessary bc I use tons of floaters and the 6 inches of deep substrate is the filter. I never get spikes of any kind. and it makes my life so much easier. all my breeder tanks and show tanks have 1 inch of nutrient rich mud capped with at least 2 inches of pool filter sand and tons of plants. completely balances everything out the plants are starving they're doing such a good job. father fish on YT chamged my whole life. yup the city is full of crap luckily I got good Michigan well water. much love man love ya learn

@SSBisboy

Жыл бұрын

That's never fun! And my life would be so much easier if I didn't have to do water changes so much 😂 I may have to try that out one of these days lol

@Boogerboys1990

Жыл бұрын

@@SSBisboy man it's a beautiful thing when ur water is happy and ur fish are happy. I got some older shorts on YT u can get a glimpse of some my tanks

Two many WC maybe Sorry for the losses

@SSBisboy

Жыл бұрын

Thanks

I'd lose my mind if I lost that many fish at 1 time just from a water change, that's crazy, glad I don't do water changes & do water top offs instead. Sorry for the loss, it really sucks, but it happens I hope things get better soon, I'm rooting for you.

@raisinggoldfishonabudget7058

Жыл бұрын

Did you unplug the heater B-4 you drained the tank ? that may have been the case, cause when you filled it back up the heater killed them, that sounds about right.

@SSBisboy

Жыл бұрын

Yeah it's definitely not fun.. but keeping this fish and stocked the way they are they need bigger water changes and yes everything was unplugged besides the pump. And thank you I appreciate that! 🙌🙌

@raisinggoldfishonabudget7058

Жыл бұрын

@@SSBisboy I know it knocks you back, I know it would me, specially with the breed of fish you had, I've seen people not think about the heaters INCLUDING me, & that's why I went with fish that didn't need heaters, So don't take it too hard.

Damn bro, that tank was dope. I hate that happened homie

@SSBisboy

Жыл бұрын

Appreciate that! Its definitely the ugly side of the hobby 💯

@Byron4343

Жыл бұрын

@@SSBisboy dose anybody have an idea how this happened? Also are those start nights the same thing as a Texas cichlid?

Sorry for your lost but I learn to have water put aside for my tanks. Tap water is not always clear to used for your tanks right away so have a small tank with water that was there 2days or more.

@SSBisboy

Жыл бұрын

Thank you

if you didn’t unplug your heater doing a 75% water change then it’s probably electric fault, sorry for loss i’ll check that out

@SSBisboy

Жыл бұрын

Yes, it was unplugged.

I’m sorry that this happened to you. I feel your pain. The same thing happened to me. I just moved to my new house and I lost 28 fish. I think they went into shock. I went from city water and well water. I thought I acclimated them long enough. I used stability, prime, and stress guard. I cried over my angles. They were my second favorite fish. I have a lot of live bearer fry in a breeder box. Once they get of size I can restock my community tank, but I will have to come out of pocket yo restock my other tank. Again, I’m sorry that happened and I hope you get to replenish what you lost. 💛💛💛💛

@SSBisboy

Жыл бұрын

Oh no! im sorry to hear that, Losing fish is never fun 😪 definitely the worst part of the hobby and atleast you still have some fry to grow out, hope you get everything figured out as well 🙌

I had the same issue as well & traced it to the municipal water seemed to have something that was amiss. I have since bought a 50 gal. plastic garbage can that I keep water in for water changes (with a running air stone & APT/Prime chorine remover). No issues since.

@SSBisboy

Жыл бұрын

Yes that's what I believed happened here

Sorry for the lost now let dem Polleni/starry nite cichlids have dat aquarium 2 demselves ,or do u want to ship dem to me ?

@SSBisboy

Жыл бұрын

That was always the plan. Only had the cichlids in their till they got some size to them

@bayou504ctcL9

Жыл бұрын

@@SSBisboy if u dont plan on keeping dem whenever or if u ready to ship dem let me know I will take dem off your hands

Damn bro sorry to see this man!! always tough losing fish.. keep ya head up and move foward!!Love those stary nights!!

@SSBisboy

Жыл бұрын

Definitely is never fun and thank you, I appreciate that!

It can be electric current cause all of them would've been bugging out, it has to be your conditioner you used when refilling, ammonia or temp

@SSBisboy

Жыл бұрын

It should've been too many things I'm thinking something with the water

Thanks for sharing your experience. Even though it happens that's horrible. Sorry for your lost. Hang in there bruh your very inspiring we need you to keep the videos coming. Salute 👊🏿

@SSBisboy

Жыл бұрын

Thanks man! ima try to keep up on my end 🤟🙌

So sorry for your loss. I'm just getting over an aggressive case of columnaris with a major fish loss. I felt down and ready to give up but we can't, love this hobby. Good luck

@SSBisboy

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! & that's never fun, but always gotta keep keep pushing. Good luck to you as well 🙌

Same , I use to do large water changes . Now I just stick with 50% , even if it’s 2 times a week

@SSBisboy

Жыл бұрын

That's almost what I'm thinking

@juanriverajr5183

Жыл бұрын

@@SSBisboy don’t feel bad , it happen to me a month ago . Same exact thing , lost 8 fish . We mean well but fish pass and we can’t ask them how or why

@SSBisboy

Жыл бұрын

@@juanriverajr5183 that's the truth! Just gotta keep pushing appreciate the encouragement 🤟 sorry for your loss as well it's definitely not a fun time

@Boogerboys1990

Жыл бұрын

I dont do water changes thank god I mean thank father fish

Oh boy, I have to re-think of my WEEKLY 90% WC. I may need to consider doing 75-80% now. Sorry for your losses!

@SSBisboy

Жыл бұрын

That's what I'm thinking as well! I just did some more water changes and I was nervous the whole time 😅

I am so sorry you had so very losses man. I hope you dont have any more loses sir. God bless you and your whole family....🙏❤🙏❤🙏🙂😊😀

@SSBisboy

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! & you as well 🙌

It has to be chlorine but even that doesn't make sense. Temp unless it's a huge difference doesn't usually kill them that fast. I've accidentally filled a tank at 93° when it was supposed to be 80 and they didn't even care. I do 80% water changes weekly. The city messed up. And the amount of dechlorinator you used wasn't enough to handle it. If you could smell chlorine they messed up.

@SSBisboy

Жыл бұрын

That's what I'm thinking as well

@SG-Cichlids

Жыл бұрын

@SS Bisboy this happened to me also but nowhere near as severely as you. I did the water change and came back about twenty minutes later to check on the tank and one fish had passed and a couple others weren't doing well. I added another dose of dechlorinator and they recovered. Since then I started over dosing every water change to be safe. Don't beat yourself up about it or let it discourage you. It's just one of those things that's out of your control. Your tanks are very clean. Those are some lucky fish.

Damn man. Sorry for your lose.❤

@SSBisboy

Жыл бұрын

Thank you 🙌

Did you use safe ?

@SSBisboy

Жыл бұрын

I use prime

Sorry for your loss man.

@SSBisboy

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!🙌

Did you age your water for a day or to before you do water change? Or you just use it straight from the tap?

@SSBisboy

Жыл бұрын

Straight from the tap

Wow, sooo very, very sorry about that ! I've had issues with city water before & lost fish. Never easy to witness & go thru. Again, so sorry. 💔

@SSBisboy

Жыл бұрын

I appreciate that 🙌

Same thing happened to me, mine was too large of a water change.

@SSBisboy

Жыл бұрын

Never fun

If you can, install a whole house water filter canister and use the carbon filters. I actually have a 3 stage, 1 sediment and 2 carbon filters. They will help absorb any nasty chemicals if the city bombs the water with any chemicals. It costs about 200 per filter canister if you do the install yourself.

@SSBisboy

Жыл бұрын

I might have to look into that, thanks for the recommendation

Follow-up comment... it may be your water supply. Test your water if you smell chlorine. That's a clue. It may be that the water company added more chlorine due to something they saw in the water. I've been in the hobby 45 years, so chin bro up, it may not be something you did or your equipment. This is a great hobby, but sometimes it's very difficult to deal with. P.s. i do large water changes, too, so you're not alone.

@SSBisboy

Жыл бұрын

Yeah thats what I'm thinking it was as well. I appreciate it 🤟

If u sand vacuumed and u moved sand violently it can have a ammonia dune I killed four loaches instantly,

@SSBisboy

Жыл бұрын

Yeah that's possible ammonia was under control but I didn't test it until the water was back 100% full

I feel you pain man, 😞

@SSBisboy

Жыл бұрын

🥲😪

Are you on City Water or Well? Maybe the city changed up their chemicals and over did it? Keep Grinding 🙏🏽💪🏽

@SSBisboy

Жыл бұрын

City water and thats also what somebody local to me was possibly thinking

I do 75% every 2 weeks, I have reduced it to 50% as. My nitrates are good, I ensure the temp is close to same with python before sending water to the tank, I put the prime in before sending the water I do not add stability till after as the bacteria will be killed off by the tap water, there is too many different variables that could have caused this the only way to figure it out is you sometimes u can't

@SSBisboy

Жыл бұрын

Yes i agree 100%

Sorry about your losses brotha ! Stay motivated as you said things happen ! And with this hobby sometimes you can’t predict when they might ! Small setback for major comeback 💯💯💪🏾

@SSBisboy

Жыл бұрын

Thats the truth! I appreciate that, thanks for the motivation 🤟

Sorry Bro keep pushing love your video keep them coming👊

@SSBisboy

Жыл бұрын

Appreciate that! Ima do the best i can 🤟

Keep pushing bro Things happen We do our best for the fish but sometimes it just happens

@SSBisboy

Жыл бұрын

Yes it does, thanks man🤟

Look when u doin 50%plus water changes get u some seachem stability it keep the water stable then add u some seachem prime water conditioner as u are filling aquarium back up n everything will be ok

@SSBisboy

Жыл бұрын

Yes I do

@bayou504ctcL9

Жыл бұрын

@@SSBisboy kool

Same thing happens to me if I change more than 40% of the water at once . I learned the hard way to bro .

@SSBisboy

Жыл бұрын

Lesson learned

😥😥😥😥 so sad bro

@SSBisboy

Жыл бұрын

Man 😪

Don't give up, but u have to find out what went wrong!!

@SSBisboy

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, ima keep going 🙌

Same thing happen to me last night I did a watch change and I saw my fish breathing heavy so I test my water and the ammonia was so high I couldn’t believe it

@SSBisboy

Жыл бұрын

That's never fun!

Damn sorry to see this……

@SSBisboy

Жыл бұрын

🙌

Never do a water change the same time you are cleaning your filters.

@SSBisboy

Жыл бұрын

I didn't clean my filters

@dissent6812

Жыл бұрын

@@SSBisboy Sorry about your loss I know how it feels loosing fish. I am just given out general information as many hobbyist are unaware of this.

@SSBisboy

Жыл бұрын

@@dissent6812 thank you!

You have to speak with Seachem. Seachem states Seachem safe or prime must be left in the water a total of 4-5 minutes before you add sink or tap water. In addition to that I also add beneficial bacteria in a bottle too. I learned by my faults it’s best to put more cold water in the tank that hot water. If you using run the water to replace the water you had taken out of is 78 degrees. 73 is doable. Colder water actually sparks breeding. Do 50% water changes every two to three weeks. Another important piece of advice is. Use lava rock for your deco in your take. It never expires.

@ericag.4212

Жыл бұрын

Add two hob with filter floss and media in them. That way anything that has to be removed will be accessible instead of breaking sumps and filters down. Beneficial bacteria in the bottle can be Api or fritz. Too much safe or prime can kill fish. When u add safe or prime, keep a wave maker on to circulate the safe or the prime - that way the fish still get oxygen. Safe or prime measured incorrectly without circulation or oxygen can take their air away. Good luck! I learned these things on my own thru my faults. For the ones that survived use Api milafex and sea salts every other day to restore them. Qt them for two weeks.

@SSBisboy

Жыл бұрын

@ericag.4212 thanks for the advice 👌

Check out Adam C vid on this it happened to him as well he was crushed but kept pushing.

@SSBisboy

Жыл бұрын

I'll have to check him out

If it kills fish so quickly what is the long term effect of us drinking this water over a lifetime

Do you use prime or safe to condition your water?? Looks like chlorine poisoning. Also, check ur heaters. One may be faulty and could be a small amount of electricity in the water.

@SSBisboy

Жыл бұрын

I use prime also what I'm considering and the heater was unplugged at the time this happened

@corrieharris774

Жыл бұрын

@SS Bisboy yeah may need to have use more prime. When I do my waterchanges I triple dose.

Was there a boil order or anything? City water does strange things in the winter.... sucks man I feel the pain

@SSBisboy

Жыл бұрын

Definitely does.. i seen there was a water main break on the other side of my city but didn't see anything about a boil order I have had that happen as well before, sadly 🤦

Maybe a chemical was in the water from the water treatment plant

@SSBisboy

Жыл бұрын

Yeah who knows 🤦

Sucks bud!! My guess is city water changed something up on ya?? 🤷🏼‍♂️

@SSBisboy

Жыл бұрын

That's what I was thinking, as well as a few others I spoke with

Low dissolved oxygen?

@SSBisboy

Жыл бұрын

Possible but unlikely I didn't have everything off for to long

same thing happened to me i loss 15 and saved 3 and they was the smallest ones in tank im still mad about it

@SSBisboy

Жыл бұрын

Yeah man it sucks but can happen to anybody

@RocsAquatic

Жыл бұрын

@@SSBisboy facts

I think your chlorine conditioner expired

I can see gasping

Sounds like electrocution to me

@SSBisboy

Жыл бұрын

Possibly I'm ganna check my pump before next water changes

I’m sorry about that bro I’ve lost a few fish this week myself I know the feeling,it could have been an ammonia spark

@SSBisboy

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, it's definitely never fun

Water changes are extremely dangerous I don't care what anybody says it can be a death tank after the change I lost 20 fish a few weeks ago after a water change which were discus fish pissed me off

@SSBisboy

Жыл бұрын

Yeah definitely sucks

Sorry to see, brother. Years ago, i did the same thing. In my case, it was water change due to temperature. I accidentally bumped my temp control, and it made the water way too cold. I watched 25 fish show specimens die one by one and couldn't do anything whatsoever. I was gutted. At that time, i had one tank. i now have 10 tanks. because it destroyed me so bad that i literally kept the tank empty for one year. When i finally got over it i started again now like i said i have 10 tanks and many aficans, so all i can say first you must figure it out before you move on on what went wrong. Good luck brother take care.

@SSBisboy

Жыл бұрын

Yeah it happened so fast there was really nothing I could do but I appreciate it! 🙌