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Sadly, one of my origional Tiger Barbs was found deceased yesterday. I hadn't checked my parameters in awhile so I took samples and all was well. 78 F temp, 0 Amm, 0 Nitrites, 8.2 pH and 40 Nitrates.

I know the Nitrates are a little high but 40ppm shouldn't cause any trouble. I catch water changes (20-25%) weekly or every other week, including a gravel vac.

My last Oto finally passed this week as well. They just didn't do well, one by one they dropped. So, I am giving the algae eater thing a break for now. Maybe some SAE to take care of my brown diatoms?

I haven't noticed any spots, fuzz, slime, eye pops, cuts, scrapes, finrot, disoloration, red gills or anything with the TB's. So, maybe it was just his time. I will be watching closely.
Wierd.... bummer

Sorry Scotty =[ Maybe it was jsut his time.. fish dont least 4ever btw.. get back into cfhat u wierdo!!!

Scott, I sympatise . I lost one of my original females this week as well. No apparent reason that I could tell same as yours . Life can be very tough in the TB world what with little battles being fought all the time . Sometimes they just succumb to the wear and tear .

Anyway life goes on , add a few new ones like I did , it will cheer you up .

Garry

lol, oh I will be adding more, believe me :-)

Sorry to hear that. Was the tiger one of the green ones? They apparently do not do as well due to deformations to breed them that way.

ottos are really a hit or miss. I have had a batch that lasted years and another batch that lasted only about a month.

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Scott

Sorry to hear about your TB, However i can help on the ottos. Ottos are very sensitive to the nitrates and so if they are high which you may not conside 40ppm to be high it could still affect the ottos.

Again sorry to hear about your losses.

Shane

Thanks for your input as always, Shane
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