why did it happen?

eurospage · Post by **eurospage** » 19 Oct 2007, 19:56

hey guys i know this is nothing to do with catfish but i had 6 clown loaches for a few weeks now and they all seemed to be fine untill i cam home today and all six were dead. water conditions ph 7, ammonia 0, nitrite 0 and nitrate around 20/30. does anybody know what could have caused this. many thanks

eurospage · Post by **eurospage** » 19 Oct 2007, 20:09

sorry the ph 6.4 and nitrate is ten. cheers

Post by **Marc van Arc** » 19 Oct 2007, 20:46

Sudden temperature drop?

rahendricks · Post by **rahendricks** » 19 Oct 2007, 22:39

You might try http://www.loaches.com.

Post by **Barbie** » 20 Oct 2007, 07:58

If the tank was set up within the last 6 weeks, the odds are good the nitrites might have spiked and just dropped off. If not, a sudden death like that is usually the fault of a contaminant of some kind. Was there anything else in the tank? Cleaners used in the room today or anything?

Barbie

eurospage · Post by **eurospage** » 20 Oct 2007, 18:56

i was at work all day. temp was around 24 when i left and come home. The tank is a few months old now and ive got a plec, clown plec 2 x upside down catfish, 2 humbug catfish and spotted catfish, panda and peperred cories. All the other fish seem fine. Any clues

apistomaster · Post by **apistomaster** » 20 Oct 2007, 20:08

I lean toward Barbie's thoughts; did you use any malachite green based Ich meds?

eurospage · Post by **eurospage** » 21 Oct 2007, 19:38

No i didnt use any treatments in the tank at all. Could they just die?? Or another fish stress them out too much.?