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Unread 11/16/2011, 10:35 AM   #7
MrTuskfish
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Originally Posted by deneed4spd View Post
fish is RIP. I used a refractometer to keep it at 1.009. used prime. fish just stopped eating and done. i kept ammonia pretty low. have one of those ammonia alert badges and tried to change it before it got to alert.

One thing I saw is that the fish had sucken cheeks when i got it. maybe it was doom from the start?
Sorry to hear it. I think you may be right; when a new fish just doesn't acclimate, it can be impossible to bring them back. it happens. If I lose a fish in my QT; I usually can predict it within a day or two.


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