Backyard Aquaponics
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tonight brings the total to 14
I believe 3 were milky enough to have been there a couple of days and be the source of the problem. 5 looked newly dead, and 3 were just alive but died later in hospital.
I hope this stops.
I have done a 100% water change, got the water down to less than 300mm depth, check all fish in the tank were alive, then filled with water that's not upsetting the browns or silvers.
F***! I'm so peeved I didn't notice the dead earlier. The smell is ever so subtle.
I guess I should have changed the water yesterday
and no, I haven't done tests yet.

Gees Kuda havent you learnt anything the first thing you do when you think something is wrong is TEST

TEST

I haven't had TIME!!!!
I just found all the browns up at the surface!
After some digging I found 1 dead brown measuring 220mm
weighing in at 100g

I don't know what to do.
pH is good
I can't find my ammonia kit
Everything seems find, but there's 3 more dead rainbows and now two browns!!!!

I'm about to give up and get drunk, I dnon't know what to do.

Did you have a look at their gills Kuda??

With your water change.... if the cause was ammo or nitrite poisoning... then you should be covered... similarly if it was a problem with suspended solids...

If it was a DO problem...then your new air... that'll be taken care of... although it's possible you could lose a few more if they've been oxygen starved...or weakened...

Hopefully, by salting to lower stress, and/or combat any pathogens... the rest should be OK...

Fingers crossed for ya mate...

Crank the air... and pump continuously Kuda..

air is on continuous
pump is on continuous
losing still
15 rainbows
2 browns
they're dropping like flies

Sorry i think the damage is done

Sorry to here it KP....but I wound change more water out...using a hose to fan the water into the tank......more water more salt....your going for broke now so go for it

I have the hose in there, they're not gasping at the surface, just cruising calmly
I put a whole 25kgs bag of salt in.
I have the biggest stones I have in each tank.
I fear the stirring up of shit. by the air.
The brown tank is quite well brown
Lost 1 more rainbow last check

What do you mean the brown tank is brown you shouldent have sludge in there
I think if you loose the lot its time to look at the whole system and maybe do a bit of re piping
Chift pist all the way

My system is Chift Pist
there seems some particulate come from somewhere in the browns tank

Are you home the week end pm me your phone no

yeah I'm home... not much planned now. I had planned an investigation into how big the fish were and how they were doing.
I guess I know now.