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MightyMouse · 05-15-2007, 05:22 PM

Thanks for the info..
I talked to a guy at the LFS and he said the way I described the last fish's behavior it sounds like he was starved for air. Then I described what the cloud looked like when I added the clarifier and he said that's more than likely what killed my fish.. He went on to use more technical terms than I care to attempt to butcher, but it sounded good.. not sure if it meant anything..
The damsel .. the last little damsel.. what to do what to do.. he surely won't survive in the 2 gal. bucket. The pep. shrimp died between the last call with my wife and now. One of the emerald crabs managed to climb out of the water onto the towel I had everything on.. he is still A.O.K..
I hooked up a water pump I had sitting around and ran the tube down the center of my tank. This is an attempt to keep more O2 at the bottom. I changed my foam filters, rinsed the carbon thoroughly and added more as well and hooked it all back up. I let it sit for about 15 minutes and put the damsel in.. I will watch him until I go to bed and at the first sign of stress I will make a new batch of saltwater to keep him going while the tank does it's thing.. I'm also workiing on a location for a small 10g HT.
I'll let you know if the damsel makes it.. I'm thinking I filtered out a good portion of the clarifier.. Not all of it though.. I'm also stuck needing a new filter now as well.. Since the Fluval is so old they don't sell anything for it I'm kinda stuck .. I have the last two foam filters I could find in the can right now. They aren't really supposed to be changed, so I'm good for a while, but I better start looking for a replacement filter just in case. The Fluval was free from a coworker, so there won't be too much heartache ..
Thanks again for any info.. I appreciate it a lot.

05-15-2007, 05:22 PM	#9
MightyMouse Fishy Member Join Date: May 2007 Age: 33 Posts: 16	Thanks for the info.. I talked to a guy at the LFS and he said the way I described the last fish's behavior it sounds like he was starved for air. Then I described what the cloud looked like when I added the clarifier and he said that's more than likely what killed my fish.. He went on to use more technical terms than I care to attempt to butcher, but it sounded good.. not sure if it meant anything.. The damsel .. the last little damsel.. what to do what to do.. he surely won't survive in the 2 gal. bucket. The pep. shrimp died between the last call with my wife and now. One of the emerald crabs managed to climb out of the water onto the towel I had everything on.. he is still A.O.K.. I hooked up a water pump I had sitting around and ran the tube down the center of my tank. This is an attempt to keep more O2 at the bottom. I changed my foam filters, rinsed the carbon thoroughly and added more as well and hooked it all back up. I let it sit for about 15 minutes and put the damsel in.. I will watch him until I go to bed and at the first sign of stress I will make a new batch of saltwater to keep him going while the tank does it's thing.. I'm also workiing on a location for a small 10g HT. I'll let you know if the damsel makes it.. I'm thinking I filtered out a good portion of the clarifier.. Not all of it though.. I'm also stuck needing a new filter now as well.. Since the Fluval is so old they don't sell anything for it I'm kinda stuck .. I have the last two foam filters I could find in the can right now. They aren't really supposed to be changed, so I'm good for a while, but I better start looking for a replacement filter just in case. The Fluval was free from a coworker, so there won't be too much heartache .. Thanks again for any info.. I appreciate it a lot.