Fish dying

[Tom]

HI,

I have a 27 gallon marine tank. It's been set up for about a year. I
recently had 3 fish die in 2 days. The water tested fine, right in
the correct ranges for everything I can test for. There is no sign of
slime, hardly any algae, and my remaining fish, anenome, lobster, and
shrimp and snails seem just fine.

Is there anything else I should look for?

I haven't added anything to the tank in about 6 weeks, and I do
regulare water changes. Not sure what to do. Please help.


thanks

[Fishnut]

On 11 Jan 2004 07:03:20 -0800, (Tom) wrote:

>HI,
>
>I have a 27 gallon marine tank. It's been set up for about a year. I
>recently had 3 fish die in 2 days. The water tested fine, right in
>the correct ranges for everything I can test for. There is no sign of
>slime, hardly any algae, and my remaining fish, anenome, lobster, and
>shrimp and snails seem just fine.
>
>Is there anything else I should look for?
>
>I haven't added anything to the tank in about 6 weeks, and I do
>regulare water changes. Not sure what to do. Please help.
>
>
>thanks

If 3 fish died in a 27 gallon, how many fish are remaining ? Was
overcrowding the cause ?

Regards, Fishnut.

[BiG_Orange]

> >recently had 3 fish die in 2 days.

Water problem or disease. Three fish don't suddenly kill off and a lobster
does not suddenly become a killer overnight.

[reefman MC]

what kind of fish were they? How big were they? What kind of lobster is
it and how big is he?


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[Tom]

All the fish were relativley small, added up, they were about 11
inches, the shrimp is about 3 inches, maybe less, and the lobster is
probably 4 inches head to tail maybe less. The fish that died were a
pseudo chromis (sp?), clown, and an angel. I have a small yellow tank
left, a cleaner shrimp, and anenome, and the purple lobster.

reefman MC > wrote in message >...
> what kind of fish were they? How big were they? What kind of lobster is
> it and how big is he?

[reefman MC]

I'm still not sure what to tell you. Could have been water quality. Fish
fighting each other. There's a chance it was the lobster, and maybe it
was the quality of the fish when you got them. Just keep trying.


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[Fishnut]

On 12 Jan 2004 12:32:47 -0800, (Tom) wrote:

>All the fish were relativley small, added up, they were about 11
>inches, the shrimp is about 3 inches, maybe less, and the lobster is
>probably 4 inches head to tail maybe less. The fish that died were a
>pseudo chromis (sp?), clown, and an angel. I have a small yellow tank
>left, a cleaner shrimp, and anenome, and the purple lobster.
>
Didn't you say in the original post that it was a 27 gallon-tank ? It
seems massively overcrowded to me.

Regards, Fishnut.

[Kelly]

27 gallon is pretty small for all those fish and the Tang needs something
bigger itself.
"reefman MC" > wrote in message
...
>
> I'm still not sure what to tell you. Could have been water quality. Fish
> fighting each other. There's a chance it was the lobster, and maybe it
> was the quality of the fish when you got them. Just keep trying.
>
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