restock after unknown fish death

windowlicker · 03/04/2007, 05:45 PM

last week i had my only fish which was a cowfish die now i am led to belive it could of let off a toxin depending on the cause of death but i have no idea why he died.

what i want to do is keep just a couple of sea horses and a couple of pipe fish so what i want to know is how do i know if or when its safe to add them?

currently i have
2x cleaner shrimp
2x tiger tail cucumbers although i havnt seen one for a week
1x spiney blue lobster
1x large hermit
7 or 8x small various hermits
2x what i think are comensel shrimp?
1x sea urchin
and a few snails which the lobster hasnt caught yet

would it even be possible to keep pipe fish with the above?

cheers
kev

bertoni · 03/06/2007, 01:02 AM

The lobster might well eat the pipefish. I wouldn't risk it, but it might work. If the other animals are okay, there's probably no box fish toxin in the water.

03/04/2007, 05:45 PM	#1
windowlicker Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: cromer uk Posts: 44	restock after unknown fish death last week i had my only fish which was a cowfish die now i am led to belive it could of let off a toxin depending on the cause of death but i have no idea why he died. what i want to do is keep just a couple of sea horses and a couple of pipe fish so what i want to know is how do i know if or when its safe to add them? currently i have 2x cleaner shrimp 2x tiger tail cucumbers although i havnt seen one for a week 1x spiney blue lobster 1x large hermit 7 or 8x small various hermits 2x what i think are comensel shrimp? 1x sea urchin and a few snails which the lobster hasnt caught yet would it even be possible to keep pipe fish with the above? cheers kev

03/06/2007, 01:02 AM	#2
bertoni RC Mod Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mountain View, CA, USA Posts: 88,616	The lobster might well eat the pipefish. I wouldn't risk it, but it might work. If the other animals are okay, there's probably no box fish toxin in the water. __________________ Jonathan Bertoni