Bought new fish today

[Big Den]

Here it is Anita http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/Species ... p?ID=22928 Weird one, looks like it will need a big tank.

[Anita]

Nice fish the common lengths not too bad is it, unless you end up with a whopper
Anyway I thought you were cutting down

[malakye]

4am this morning I woke up thinking about your fish, it was a friend up in the West Lothians who had them.

[Big Den]

[Big Den]

Had a disaster with the tank I put this fish in. Went in the garage this morning at 10am, when the lights come on, to find most of the fish were dead including this new one.
I took the airstone out yesterday afternoon, but didn't think it would make much difference as there are 2 Fluval 303's running on it, but evidently it did. I am totally gutted, my lovely blue discus, royal plec, congo tetra's I was hoping to breed. I am definitely going to thin down on the tanks, I couldn't stand this happening again.

[Anita]

What a flipping shame... Den we've all done it, it happens!
I'm so sorry about your fish, I loved that discus he was the one with the steamer wasn't he?

In the past an airstone hasn't come on in my tank during the night and I've come down in the morning with the discus on their side at the surface gasping like hell. Now the damn thing is set to come on before I go to bed.
Was that the tank with the CO2? - if so the gas is pretty unforgiving. It takes hours to dissipate and that's with using airstone. If you want to remove it quickly you need to do a water change.

[Mick]

What a shame, I can sympathise with you, it always leaves a sinking feeling in the stomach

[Big Den]

Thanks everyone. I know these things happen but I can't get over losing that discus. I've had him since he was the size of a 50p. And the royal plec!, I have one that survived, don't make sense.

[malakye]

So sorry for your loss Den.

[Anita]