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**Fishfirst** · 01-26-2005, 02:33 PM

it depends on what other fish you have in the tank... as they tend to eat the carcass... Also the "mass" dying of fish tends to mean that you have water quality issues... did your tank cycle at all??? test for ammonia nitrite and nitrate... other than that... if the body is still there it will probably be almost all the way decomposed... usually after a week the body tends to start to fall apart and your filter may have taken up the parts of the body. Why didn't you immediately take out the dead fish??? were you away? if so you shoud get a sitter

01-26-2005, 02:33 PM	#2
Fishfirst Fish Guru Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Northern Wisconsin Age: 24 Posts: 3,546	it depends on what other fish you have in the tank... as they tend to eat the carcass... Also the "mass" dying of fish tends to mean that you have water quality issues... did your tank cycle at all??? test for ammonia nitrite and nitrate... other than that... if the body is still there it will probably be almost all the way decomposed... usually after a week the body tends to start to fall apart and your filter may have taken up the parts of the body. Why didn't you immediately take out the dead fish??? were you away? if so you shoud get a sitter __________________ 210 Gal Reef w/ 55 Gallon Sump/Fuge, 125 Gal Fish Only, 65 Gal Seahorse-29 Gallon Sump, 55 Gal FOWLR, 54 Gal Corner FW Community, 20 Gal Nano FOWLR, 55 Gal Piranha, 29 gallon QT "All the yellow tangs and clownfish in the world can't save you now! hahahah" Peter from Family Guy