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All fish removed from barracks to bare bottom jars. Just found my yellow dragon female dead. Same as the others - no symptoms, water parameters perfect. Although they are in barracks, the water is not filtered via a sump, so they don't share water
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Oh Shadoh! That is such.. so horrible. Was the sand in with her?? If so.. you should take it OUT. Good they don't share water. I wonder what it is.
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All the fish have been in with the sand for the past couple of months, so I had assumed it was safe. Last couple of weeks I have had a brown algae appear in the barracks and have been scrubbing that off every couple of days. All my fish are now safely in jars until I can empty, clean and sterilize the barracks. Going to keep the floor bare from now on. Easier to keep clean anyway.
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Yeah, bare bottom is easier to clean. I would blame that brown algae. Good luck, I hope it won't strike again.
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Eric, the father of my current spawn died sometime today. Same as my crowntail earlier this week. No symptoms, water parameters fine. I'm getting worried. I've never used sand as a substrate before and i'm starting to worry it has something to do with it...
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Not that it should make a difference in this warmer weather, but I discovered I had left the heater off after yesterdays water change...
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Go with your gut. If you suspect the sand, remove it.
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I go with bettarazzi on this..The quality of sand being River or Ocean., has a lot of undesirable elements that can not be tested for. Including some forms of algae that are toxic. Case in point is the Brown Algae bloom that remains dormant in a dry state and has devastated NZ rivers.
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Ahhh! My black lace crowntail male died today... :(
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That's good. Can you get a male without another female, or are you going to buy a new pair, and have a backup female?
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That is lucky... do you have a replacement partner for the female?
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No, not yet. Keeping an eye out though.