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Old 11-03-2009, 06:26 PM   #11
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ya i was thinking the same thing i must have bought unhealthy fish i have a marine land bio wheel 200 but im keepin my old 10g filter running on the back aswell till i sell it so its intake holes are a bit bigger and its a aqua clear 20..... looseing fish is part of the learning process so .. thanks tho
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Old 11-03-2009, 09:20 PM   #12
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I had a similar situation recently, i put a half dozen tetras in a tank of adult tiger barbs, big mistake, the next morning there was only one left.
lapse of judgement on my part!, I wonder if Petsmart's 14 day garauntee covers this?
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Old 11-04-2009, 04:38 PM   #13
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ROFL

i feel so bad for the fish, but the petmart guarantee comment made me laugh.

We'll dying fish dont HAVE to be part of the learning process, but hardly anyone does everything perfect the first time =/ I tried hard to get my tank going correctly off my first try, and i lost my platy due to it eating too many live blackworms and getting bloat. may it rest in peace...
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Old 11-05-2009, 02:55 AM   #14
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dang...your tetras must be unhealthy in some way, to be weak enough to get into the filter like that. make sure the water is clean. if you must, then put a sponge/foam cutout on the filter intake (not sure what kind of filter you have) to prevent fish from getting in. but if they were healthy, they shouldnt be winding up there... sorry for your losses dude.
My guess would be that they were sucked into the filter intake after they died or as they were dying. Probably just a bad batch.
A pantyhose cut then placed on the intake with a rubber band should work fine. Thats what I do in my breeding tanks for the fry.
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Old 11-05-2009, 04:37 PM   #15
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Only problem i find with that is that pnatyhose gets clogged with crap instantly. not a lot of filtration going on then. I've used that method, and ill have to say the sponge method is better. get a medium-coarse sponge.
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Old 11-07-2009, 10:19 AM   #16
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ya i just turned the filter on its lowest setting because it the second filter on there so it doesnt really matter how much it filters so that worked for far i picked up another 6 neons bringing the total to 9 and its been at 9 for 4 days so thats good lol. i looked at the LFS they didnt have the sponge in stock so ill get it another time.
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Old 11-07-2009, 02:24 PM   #17
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Tetras seem to do better in softer water maybe your water is too soft or when they are caught with nets at the LPS they could be getting crushed i noticed that at first with mine. went with a friend and i was like i gurantee that one of these fish is going to die because it got smashed and it did of course. they are very sensitive fish but once you get a good group they will last for a long time. so dont get discouraged!
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