All my fishes died

[shivram]

Hello everyone , i dont know what happned all of a sudden my fishes died, can u see the pics and tell my why ? And what should i do next. Very dissapointed

 

[Marine Hobby]

Test you water.... how long has the tank been working?

 

[Kudos]

Have you still been having issues with your nitrates?

 

[ndrwater]

Going to need quite a few more details to make an educated guess.
Where are your Ammonia, Nitrite and Nitrate levels?
How old is the tank? Where do you source your water etc.

 

[Kudos]

Also did your inverts and clean up crew die as well?

 

[Butuz]

Hello everyone , i dont know what happned all of a sudden my fishes died, can u see the pics and tell my why ? And what should i do next. Very dissapointed

People on this forum are really good, but don’t think they are that good to tell you why your fishes died without any additional information on water parameters, have you added new livestock, maturity of the tank etc etc.

 

[pdisner]

Yes, we will need more info and see if u can get pics of the fish. This had happened to me and never did find out the reason why it happened, though I have my suspicions about some things.
So I woke up early one morning to find my very large, very gentle Spotcinctus clownfish pair laying dead on the floor of aquarium, near where they slept. When I put my glasses on, I realized that all the fish in the 50 gallon jbj were dead. The snails and crabs were still alive&kicking and are still alive to this day. I just figured it was poor oxygenation as everything else was within normal limits. I only changed the water, filters and replaced everything that was replaceable. Basically everything but the sand. It took care of the problem, but now impossible to find out exactly what it was that killed just the fish. Since then I’ve added another power head. I wish I could afford another MP40 or a couple of mp10s.

 

[vetteguy53081]

What is tank size and age?
What us the salinity and tank temperature as well as ammonia and nitrate levels?
Lastly, how were the fish behaving ( eating, swimming, breathing) the last 2 days?

 

[drivingmecrazy]

Don't forget about testing your oxygen levels. I had this happen last year and it was because I did not have good airflow in the house even with my Octo skimmer now, I have a tube running outside sucking in air directly into the reef tank. Lack of oxygen will throw your water chemistry off as well.

Hope to hear back from you, what the problem actually was.

 

[shivram]

Test you water.... how long has the tank been working?

Ammonia - 0
Nitrate - 50ppm
Nitrite - 0ppm

Tank working from 4 months

 

[shivram]

Have you still been having issues with your nitrates?

Ammonia - 0
Nitrate - 50ppm
Nitrite - 0ppm

As of now

 

[shivram]

Going to need quite a few more details to make an educated guess.
Where are your Ammonia, Nitrite and Nitrate levels?
How old is the tank? Where do you source your water etc.

Ammonia - 0
Nitrate - 50ppm
Nitrite - 0ppm

4 months old tank... water sourced from RO plant

 

[shivram]

Also did your inverts and clean up crew die as well?

No inverts are doing fine no issues with them

 

[shivram]

Don't forget about testing your oxygen levels. I had this happen last year and it was because I did not have good airflow in the house even with my Octo skimmer now, I have a tube running outside sucking in air directly into the reef tank. Lack of oxygen will throw your water chemistry off as well.

Hope to hear back from you, what the problem actually was.

Ammonia - 0
Nitrate - 50ppm
Nitrite - 0ppm

This is my report .. how do i know if its lack of oxygen ?

 

[Krzydmnd]

Anyone spray any aerosols recently? Anything that could have gotten into the tank?

 

[shivram]

No inverts are doing fine no issues with them

But one of my hermit crab died 5 days back

 

[Marine Hobby]

How long was the fish in your tank and were they quarantine and eating in the tank..

 

[shivram]

How long was the fish in your tank and were they quarantine and eating in the tank..

The fox face and big fish was in tank from 3 months and lion fish came into tank before a month,

 

[Marine Hobby]

The big sailfin fish the tang is that ok...

 

[mtdaly85]

How big is the tank?
Did you quarantine the newest fish (lion fish I believe) before adding?
Do you have adequate surface agitation for O2 / gas exchange?
It is hard to tell from the pictures, but did the fish show any signs of disease prior to dying (spots, abnormal swimming, lethargic, etc.)?

We need more information.