Salmon killed my fish?

[MidnightF66]

I woke up to my pair of clownfish dead. . .Only thing I did different that during feeding time. I chopped up some fresh raw salmon for them mixed with the raw shrimp that I normally give them, and this morning they're dead. . All my water parameters are pretty good. My peppermint shrimp is fine as well. My KH is a little high currently sitting at a 10, another thing I did different I put some seachem zooplankton in for the first time. I'm so confused

 

[Lasse]

How old is the aquarium?

There is one guideline when you use own food from fish - freeze it at least for 24 hours prior to feeding. This will kill all parasites. I do not think it is a parasite this time - things happen to fast for that.

Sincerely Lasse

 

[MidnightF66]

How old is the aquarium?

There is one guideline when you use own food from fish - freeze it at least for 24 hours prior to feeding. This will kill all parasites. I don not think it is a parasite this time - things happen to fast for that.

Sincerely Lasse

Just over 6 months. Everyone was fine they didnt show any signs of distress. They were just swimming in they're rock corner like the normally do.

 

[Yakashka]

What kind of salmon?

 

[MidnightF66]

What kind of salmon?

Pink salmon

 

[Paul B]

Salmon did not kill your fish. I can't tell from here what did, but it wasn't salmon.

 

[Uncle99]

I have never had any issues with Seachem zooplankton in 25 years.

Could you have overdosed a bit and created an ammonia spike?

Ammonia kills quick.

 

[MidnightF66]

Thats why I'm confused. my water parameters were before they died

PH: 7.8-8PH 7.8
Ammonia: 0.25
Nitrite. 0.25
Nitrate. 0.0
KH. 10

 

[MidnightF66]

I have never had any issues with Seachem zooplankton in 25 years.

Could you have overdosed a bit and created an ammonia spike?

Ammonia kills quick.

Thats what I'm leaning towards now. Thats the only logical thing I can think of

 

[MidnightF66]

Thats what I'm leaning towards now. Thats the only logical thing I can think of

I have never had any issues with Seachem zooplankton in 25 years.

Could you have overdosed a bit and created an ammonia spike?

Ammonia kills quick.

You know what. I probably did overdoes the tank. . .I did a full cap full. dang it. . .

 

[andrewey]

My guess is either an ammonia spike or oxygen depletion secondary to a bacterial bloom or a similar mechanism. Can't explain the peppermint, though.

 

[Lasse]

Was it fresh and not smoked or in other ways treated salmon? Have you eaten of the salmon? Farmed or wild?

Salmon did not kill your fish. I can't tell from here what did, but it wasn't salmon.

I´m very close to say the same - but there could have been something coming with the salmon.

I have never had any issues with Seachem zooplankton in 25 years.

Could you have overdosed a bit and created an ammonia spike?

Ammonia kills quick.

I was leaning to that too - but the shrimp managed to survive

Pink salmon

Do you eat pink salmon ? Living in Sweden (near Norway) we call this type of salmon near spawning for "vrak lax" (wreck salmon) and we do not eat them

Thats why I'm confused. my water parameters were before they died

PH: 7.8-8PH 7.8
Ammonia: 0.25
Nitrite. 0.25
Nitrate. 0.0
KH. 10

With pH around 8 and a reported total ammonia of 0.25 - that´s kill nothing - it correspond to around 0.02 ppm toxic NH3 (ammoniac or not ionized ammonia ) and that does not kill anything. Here is a good tool to evaluate measurements of total ammonia.

My guess is either an ammonia spike or oxygen depletion secondary to a bacterial bloom or a similar mechanism. Can't explain the peppermint, though.

Yes - oxygen depletion is next to come up for me too. It has happen to me in a skimmerless tank with a lot of soft corals.

Sincerely Lasse

 

[MidnightF66]

Was it fresh and not smoked or in other ways treated salmon? Have you eaten of the salmon? Farmed or wild?



I´m very close to say the same - but there could have been something coming with the salmon.

Do you eat pink salmon ? Living in Sweden (near Norway) we call this type of salmon near spawning for "vrak lax" (wreck salmon) and we do not eat them

Yeah I eat pink salmon. Makes good salmon patties. Supposedly it was wild caught, but that could just be a market ploy for customers