Re: NANFA-L-- Fish Kill- Anyone have any ideas?

Marxxx (marxxx-in-earthlink.net)
Mon, 16 May 2005 10:32:08 -0400

I have stopped using carbon all together! Carbon can only absorb so much. At
some point I understand it can actually start leaching chemicals back into
the water!

It has it's uses for removing medicine from the water and such.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Irate Mormon" <archimedes-in-bayspringstel.net>
To: <nanfa-l-in-nanfa.org>
Sent: Monday, May 16, 2005 10:25 AM
Subject: Re: NANFA-L-- Fish Kill- Anyone have any ideas?

> Quoting Jeff Grabarkiewicz <threehorn_wartyback-in-yahoo.com>:
>
>
> > When trying to diagnose the problem, I'm really-in-a loss. The water
> > chemistry was fine. The tank has heated up slightly due to the changing
> > weather and heat kicked out by my dehumidifier in the basement,
however, it
> > never did reach over 72 degrees. I had added a 2nd outside power filter
> > about three days ago, so the thought was stray voltage might have been
an
> > issue...however, I shut everything down and didn't see any
recovery...Perhaps
> > they were too far gone-in-the point. I had also added three, what
appeared
> > to be healthy fish on Sunday.
>
> I have seen this happen when adding fresh activated carbon - for some
reason, it
> takes about 2-3 days before the toxin, whatever it is, kicks in. Did your
new
> OPF have fresh carbon in it? Did you notice any discoloration of the
water,
> esp, a milky white discoloration?
>
> --Irate
>
> "(A democracy) can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote
> themselves money from the public treasure. From that moment on the
majority
> always votes for the candidates promising the most money from
> the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over
loose
> fiscal policy followed by a dictatorship."
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