Dead Fish & Water Parameters ...

specialk · Oct 3, 2016

Hey All -

So I lost 2 lyretail anthias over the weekend (I am assuming because there were 6 in, and now there are just 4) and I am concerned what that will do to my water parameters ... I am currently running GFO to get my phosphates down and now I am worried since they appeared to have died, if that will really make things spike in a bad way.

I have looked all over for them and I can't seem to find them -- so they are for sure tucked into some rock or the meal of some of the other critters I have in there.

Myka · Oct 3, 2016

How many gallons is the system?

specialk · Oct 3, 2016

Myka said:
How many gallons is the system?

145 total including sump

Lilly45nano · Oct 3, 2016

Did you look in the overflow and sump?

Myka · Oct 3, 2016

specialk said:
145 total including sump

Two little Anthias rotting in 145 gallons won't even show up as a blip in the nutrient radar.

specialk · Oct 4, 2016

Myka said:
Two little Anthias rotting in 145 gallons won't even show up as a blip in the nutrient radar.

Oh sweet ... this is what I wanted to hear. I was afraid it would spike the phosphates, nitrates or something like that

slipknotgrrl83 · Oct 4, 2016

I lost a wrasse and a gramma both within about a month of each other. Also disappeared in the rockwork. I tested every daily worried my parameters would go haywire. They never changed at all and this was in my 29 gallon with 10 gallon sump. I have lots of filtration and live rock. You should be fine