bristlenosejohn Posted March 15, 2012 Report Share Posted March 15, 2012 Gday all, Well what a shocker of a day, I sold some fish today and had thought this was a great chance to re scape one of my display tanks. When I lefted out all plants and DW I was shocked to my core to see one of my rares L 's dead in the corner and then to top it off there where another 3 vampires dead and covered in substrate. So to say the wind was taken out of me was a under statement and had to try and keep composure as kids where near by and also had the guy who was picking up other fish there too. I did all the usual tests and everything came back spot on (near too) and even disected fish to find "anything" and nothing out of the ordernary showed up. there where other L's in the tank and they are fine and saved 1 vamp and 3 201's but this still does not seem to fix the pain of loosing any fish let alone ones that I have raised from fry for so dam long and to not know WHY... I guess this is just 1 up for nature and 1 loss for the hobbiest again. Thanks for listening to my rant Cheers John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matmatmat Posted March 15, 2012 Report Share Posted March 15, 2012 Sorry to hear that mate bad day for sure.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyfish Posted March 15, 2012 Report Share Posted March 15, 2012 sorry to hear mate its heart breaking to find your fish dead, even more so not knowing why. were they very big? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve6610 Posted March 15, 2012 Report Share Posted March 15, 2012 that really sucks johno, never good when something dies, let alone something special, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daydream Posted March 15, 2012 Report Share Posted March 15, 2012 I feel for you mate I hate it when that happens.I know the were your pride and joy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bristlenosejohn Posted March 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2012 sorry to hear mate its heart breaking to find your fish dead, even more so not knowing why. were they very big? all fish where breeding size and where about to come out of "resting tank" into there breeding tanks, so yeah a bit of blow to the back pocket however even a larger blow that I lost fish with no answers. But as we are all aware that what we try to do in a "micro" environmet to replicate what nature perfected for eions well these things do happen but never the less it always feels like a huge kick in the guts when it does. Thank you all for your kind thoughts Regards John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjn5188 Posted March 15, 2012 Report Share Posted March 15, 2012 That sucks mate, I thought i was having a bad day when i found one off my l numbers dead. Best of luck with the rest off them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suttsie Posted March 15, 2012 Report Share Posted March 15, 2012 Mate sorry for your lost. Nothing worse them waiting all that time to reach breeding size only to have them die for an unknown reason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
relle Posted March 15, 2012 Report Share Posted March 15, 2012 that sucks john sorry to hear that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldenswimmers Posted March 15, 2012 Report Share Posted March 15, 2012 not cool...feeling ya pain mate..and even in nature some of these guys would die for unknown reasons....its sucks losing any fish let alone prized parts of your collection and when you dont know the reason why....you feel pretty ripped off by big mother nature... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashleigh_g Posted March 15, 2012 Report Share Posted March 15, 2012 did you move the substrate much / what substrate are you using?. I've heard if you have ada soil, moving it around a lot can cause an anmonia spike. Also heard moving the substrate can cause the bad gasses that have been locked and built up in the soil to come up. sorry for you loss mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noiesmo Posted March 15, 2012 Report Share Posted March 15, 2012 sorry for your loss.... A warning to all to keep a daily check on our prized fish. Just my two cents worth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liljohn_83 Posted March 15, 2012 Report Share Posted March 15, 2012 shoot bad run mate i wonder if the geos stird the substrate to mutch . sorry not mutch more i can say Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VegasMick Posted March 15, 2012 Report Share Posted March 15, 2012 Thats rough John ... It happens to all of us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadFishFloating Posted March 15, 2012 Report Share Posted March 15, 2012 brutal. I dunno if theres a person on this thread that hasnt lost cool fish before that they had become attached to. But these were some special fish you had put a lot of time into. Always hard when they are snatched away in an instant. Take it easy man, hopefully you shall get some good spawns to even everything out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest andy01 Posted March 15, 2012 Report Share Posted March 15, 2012 john sorry to here about your loss i had the same sort of experiance not long ago with my female l202 i was devistated and i can only emagin how much it hit home for you mate im sorry to here about your loss and wish you all the best mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brengun Posted March 16, 2012 Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 Sorry for your loss. Is it possible they ran out of oxygen in the dead of nite or ate some bad-off frozen food? Be careful with the feeding for a while and watch them. If it makes you feel any better I have over the years lost 35% of all plecos I have purchased. Most of them were zebs and queen arabesque though. Don't think I have ever lost a L201 and only lost a little 3cm vampire once. They are usually quite hardy. They got to be to live in my tanks lol. Remedy to lost fish, get scheming and go buy some more. Makes me feel better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malawifish Posted April 21, 2012 Report Share Posted April 21, 2012 I did the water change yesterday and discovered one of my L002s is dead.........it was very sad day for me....I can't imagine how sad you felt when you had a few died in one shot like that...take it easy John... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRISSY Posted April 22, 2012 Report Share Posted April 22, 2012 yes, I know how you feel (parcialy) because I just caught out 'all' of my L002s to take pics and measure and I can only fine 5, there were 6 he isnt in the tank, I have searched every where and taken most things out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supercobwe Posted April 22, 2012 Report Share Posted April 22, 2012 yes, I know how you feel (parcialy) because I just caught out 'all' of my L002s to take pics and measure and I can only fine 5, there were 6 he isnt in the tank, I have searched every where and taken most things out Sometime they hide inside the log or driftwood so look carefully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supercobwe Posted April 22, 2012 Report Share Posted April 22, 2012 Gday all,Well what a shocker of a day, I sold some fish today and had thought this was a great chance to re scape one of my display tanks. When I lefted out all plants and DW I was shocked to my core to see one of my rares L 's dead in the corner and then to top it off there where another 3 vampires dead and covered in substrate. So to say the wind was taken out of me was a under statement and had to try and keep composure as kids where near by and also had the guy who was picking up other fish there too. I did all the usual tests and everything came back spot on (near too) and even disected fish to find "anything" and nothing out of the ordernary showed up. there where other L's in the tank and they are fine and saved 1 vamp and 3 201's but this still does not seem to fix the pain of loosing any fish let alone ones that I have raised from fry for so dam long and to not know WHY... I guess this is just 1 up for nature and 1 loss for the hobbiest again. Thanks for listening to my rant Cheers John Sorry, to hear that Johnno, I can understand your feeling because one of my L202 also died last week with all water test result are fine with all others L333, 2x L202, 3x Peppermint and 5x Marble BN appear to be ok. I did the water change yesterday and discovered one of my L002s is dead.........it was very sad day for me....I can't imagine how sad you felt when you had a few died in one shot like that...take it easy John... For my brother, you need to move on because sometime fish do die. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bristlenosejohn Posted April 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2012 Thank you all for your kind words and thoughts and yes it is always the bad when we loose any fish that has some kind of attachment, But as I said it always a good reminder that no matter how much we think we know there is always more too learn and to realise that somethings just happen and this is more so relivent in our hobby/ industry, as we are trying to replicate millions of years of experience into a little tinny space with the same amount of knowledge. Cheers again all John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodie03 Posted April 23, 2012 Report Share Posted April 23, 2012 Gee mate, you're the bn king. If they're dropping like flies in your tank, what hope is there for the rest of us. Mate I am sorry. I know how you feel. I might not have fish as rare but fish are fish to me and if they're in my tank, I care for all fish the same. No matter if they're common bn or the most expensive L number. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
