Thank you so much Jason for doing this and those are my sentiments exactly. I'm late for work right now, but I will get back tonight.Jason01 said:
There all dead omg
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nursie said:If you have a spring or well that is not a public water supply, you should be able to go to your local county health department and take a sample in for water testing. Here in Illinois you could anyway.
Of even find a private lab to do it.
If there are bad thengs in there that killed your fish and you are drinking the same water...it may not be good for you either!
my neijborhood has a natural spring in it i just bought 5 hoses and walk over there turn it on and pump it into bucketsits a pump in the ground. i will test it ill have my father do it is a chemist for the navy im sure he can
BGK - I'm so sorry about your tank!
I remember seeing a Washington Post article about water problems (toxins in the water) in the DC area this fall (I think your alias says you are in DC?). I don't know if this is applicable but I found some references. I understand you are on a spring but maybe this is related? Although, it think it's unlikely to cause such an acute incident. Seems like the deaths would be more chronic and occurring of the long term. But obviously DC is having water issues.:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61555-2004Nov18.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A404-2004Oct26.html
Are you near argriculture? Hope you figure out what caused it! That would drive me nuts. :sad
PS I'm an epidemiologist (although not in enivornmental epid)- the health dept usually will test the water for free...but you may have to submit a complaint officially.
I remember seeing a Washington Post article about water problems (toxins in the water) in the DC area this fall (I think your alias says you are in DC?). I don't know if this is applicable but I found some references. I understand you are on a spring but maybe this is related? Although, it think it's unlikely to cause such an acute incident. Seems like the deaths would be more chronic and occurring of the long term. But obviously DC is having water issues.:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61555-2004Nov18.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A404-2004Oct26.html
Are you near argriculture? Hope you figure out what caused it! That would drive me nuts. :sad
PS I'm an epidemiologist (although not in enivornmental epid)- the health dept usually will test the water for free...but you may have to submit a complaint officially.
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Swimfins
This is as good as it gets.
one thing i left out off my last post. i left out the LIGHTING this is EXTREAMLY important if you want too keep more then one in a tank witch is vital for the female's too remain unstressed enof too lay there eggs NEVER turn out the lights i know you think this will hurt your fish but hear me out i have a regular light bulb that says on 10 hours a day usally when im asleep. then for the rest off the day im not sure what works best but i have my 10Gallon with a black light for my little male but my big tank was rigged with actinic BLUE lighting its dark enof that it doesn't affect there eyes in a painfull way and its bright enof too keep there playfullness at a controled level. if you turn the lights out all the way its like fireing the police dept in downtown newyork.
Maybe that's how we get the teens to behave? Leave the lights on all night???? :laugh:
Super information, blackghost, yes testing the well water is your first start I'd think to find out if it was a toxin. All the best.
Maybe that's how we get the teens to behave? Leave the lights on all night???? :laugh:
Super information, blackghost, yes testing the well water is your first start I'd think to find out if it was a toxin. All the best.
I feel for you. Your aquarium water and even your source of water may need to be thoroughly analyzed to isolate any potential problems. Otherwise, the classic overfeeding or overstocking may be the culprit.
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Marc
Suggestion: simplify your posts
keep your sentences short
use proper punctuation
make a reasonable effort to spell properly
read your post before posting
take an effective writing course...
Otherwise, your posts are painful to read and likely will not be read entirely. Remember, we cannot read your mind, so state your thoughts clearly.
Marc
sorry
I am sorry for the incomplete thoughts but i tried to give the basic idea too everything that i had found worked. there is soo many details that even i left out of those long posts. as for my spelling i never learned how too not bulk read and thats when you take in the hole sentance at one time rather then each word and are able too comprehend the information thus i have a verry large vocab but no way off rember how too spell any off the words when i was in school they told me it was the way my mind made up for my ADHD. i will try too do a little better. well back too work for now
I am sorry for the incomplete thoughts but i tried to give the basic idea too everything that i had found worked. there is soo many details that even i left out of those long posts. as for my spelling i never learned how too not bulk read and thats when you take in the hole sentance at one time rather then each word and are able too comprehend the information thus i have a verry large vocab but no way off rember how too spell any off the words when i was in school they told me it was the way my mind made up for my ADHD. i will try too do a little better. well back too work for now
illiswiller said:
the hole neijborhood uses that for there drinking water source due too the fact that all the houseing is well water noone has been sick nor have either of my 2 friends who are also keeping BGK's we are all starting too try too do it together so we will have more mature fish at the same time more mates for them too choose from
Swimfins
This is as good as it gets.
If the whole neighborhood is tapping into the same well water, it should be monitored and is probably ok. I wonder if something has been added to the well water by the municipality? Then again, if your friends fish are ok, on the same water as yourself, I would look elsewhere. Has anyone had access to your tank besides yourself? Just a thought.
Some times municipalities will superdose with chlorine or chloramine (you can smell the bleach coming out of my tap some months) to correct for raised bacteria levels. Could this, combined with the practice I quoted in my last thread be responsible?Swimfins said:
