Another One Died

[Roan Art]

Maybe he runs it thru the scanner first so he can photoshop it into a giant sasquatch pleco with a string or something ...

Someone woke up on the evil side of the bed this morning

Roan

 

[jasonskillz]

ill go buy a test kit today or somethin n give u guys some results
the filteration thing, about tat my inlet tube has nothin to cover it up
but i dont think the pleco would have any trouble swimmin away from it
but for now wut other kinds of algae eaters r there???
i might consider something else tat sucks my tank clean :laugh:

 

[graphicdesign_r]

Why don't we figure out what is killing your plecos before you go toss another algae eater to it's death.

I have an idea, someone else will have to let me know how much sense it makes. You have no substrate in your tank, it is bare glass. Is it possible that the toxins that would normally be trapped in a substrate (heavy metals, excess waste, etc.) are instead trapped in algae that your pleco eats from the bottom of the tank? It is just a hypothesis, but maybe it could explain your problem...

 

[Roan Art]

Actually, from what I gather in another message it sounds like Jason is keeping his fish in salt. Perhaps all the time.

Jason, how much salt is in your tank and is it there all the time?

Roan

 

[graphicdesign_r]

Has anyone noticed it's been an exceptionally salty day here at AC? :joke:

Roan what's up with the purple string? Clue me in I'm lost and it's everywhere...

 

[jasonskillz]

i put like the recommended amount in every water change
i could explain y they all died
my other fishes seem to b fine in the water
so how do i take the salt out?
a 30% water change would not take out all of it so then wut?

 

[Roan Art]

i put like the recommended amount in every water change
i could explain y they all died
my other fishes seem to b fine in the water
so how do i take the salt out?
a 30% water change would not take out all of it so then wut?

So, you succumbed to the salt myth, eh?

Do you even know how much salt is in your tank? How much have you been adding and how often?

The only way to remove it is to change the water 100%, but don't do that all at once. Salt never leaves the tank unless you physically remove it.

It is *not* good for long term use with freshwater fish.

Roan

 

[jasonskillz]

i put salt everytime i change water which is like every few weeks
but a lil salt probably wont hurt the fishes
my gourami is doin fine, i hope

 

[jasonskillz]

i just thought of something, i have another tank tat is exactly the same wit salt and some different fishes, y did this pleco die yet. i had this pleco for like 2 months, the plecos in my main tank die in a few weeks. the one i bought last week died in 5 days . tats a new record

and also my friends tank which is also the same, also has plecos, he pours so much salt in there also, y r they not dead??? i think he has more salt than me, way more

 

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