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03-01-2008, 03:33 PM
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#1 | | Fry
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Aliquippa, PA.
Posts: 10
| Tang has a funk.
Hello, I am new to the forum. Have had a saltwater tank for 6 years, with very little deaths or diseases. I have tried a few things with no luck on this one. I have also tested all of my levels, everything is within range. The fishes behavior has not changed at all, it just looks like hell. This problem has been like this for about the last 4 months. Any help would be great, thanks.  | 
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03-01-2008, 03:35 PM
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#2 | | Fry
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Aliquippa, PA.
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| Re: Tang has a funk.
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Originally Posted by racerx47  Hello, I am new to the forum. Have had a saltwater tank for 6 years, with very little deaths or diseases. I have tried a few things with no luck on this one. I have also tested all of my levels, everything is within range. The fishes behavior has not changed at all, it just looks like hell. This problem has been like this for about the last 4 months. Any help would be great, thanks. | Sorry forgot to attach file. | |
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03-01-2008, 05:36 PM
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#3 | | Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Toledo, Ohio
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| Re: Tang has a funk.
That's head and latteral line erosion "HLLE". I believe it is caused by nutrition, but some sources say it is unknown. Google it. | |
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03-01-2008, 06:14 PM
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#4 | | Fry
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Aliquippa, PA.
Posts: 10
| Re: Tang has a funk.
Thanks, I will check it out. Doesn't sound real promising though, we'll see.
Here is what I found. http://saltaquarium.about.com/cs/hea...a/aa040901.htm
I think I will start with the diet. It seems like now that I think about it this may have started shortly after I changed the brand of food.
Thanks again for pointing me in the right direction.
Last edited by racerx47 : 03-01-2008 at 06:23 PM.
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03-19-2008, 07:50 AM
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#5 | | Fry
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Aliquippa, PA.
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| Re: Tang has a funk.
UPDATE
I changed the diet, but it seemed not to have an effect. If anything its was getting worse. On a whim I tested the water for any electric current with a electronic multimeter. I think this may be the problem, the voltage dropped to 0 when I unplugged the heater and pump. I am going out to the LFS to purchase a new heater and pump today.
Should I have any reading at all, or is a reading like .002 millivolts ok? I was at .005. I am going to change them anyway because the heater is like 6 years old. The pump is like 3 years old and starting to get a little loud. | |
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03-19-2008, 01:39 PM
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#6 | | Rainbow
Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Georgia
Posts: 282
| Re: Tang has a funk.
You will most likely get a similar or same reading when you get new equipment. I just don't want you to be mad if it happens. Any time an electronic device is on it will shed current to it's surrounding. Rapid water movement can also create current. Tanks will have some sort of base and acids at different levels at different times. This can create current also.
There is also a magnetic field around electrical cord, motors, etc. that can induce current.
I would change a six year old heater but not a three year old pump.
Disclaimer: I'm not a rocket scientist or an electrical engineer. However, I'm a huge fan of Tesla and build 1/4 million volt devices for fun and show. This other hobby has also taught me many things about electricity. Bottom line IMO, the readings you are took are not significant enough and most likely is not your problem.
I have lost one fish to HLLE and tried all the things in the world to correct it. It still died. It may be they are just doomed from the start.
Last edited by las4444 : 03-19-2008 at 01:42 PM.
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03-20-2008, 08:23 AM
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#7 | | Fry
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Aliquippa, PA.
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| Re: Tang has a funk.
How do you know if you have stray voltage then? | |
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