fish keep dying

[adamman]

over the last 3 days i have lost all my smaller fish damsels and a small beeny all dead. my daughter closed up here ref tank an i took all her corals. 2 things i got the mantis from them in one of the corals and also 1 rock is covered with those bad things cant remeber then name of them but they look like a feather duster

you think the mantis could be at work or those bad things that are a pain to get rid of unless you toss the rock prettty much . btw what is the name of those bad things again

[oyam123]

if you dont see the bodys.....its the mantis!

[Matt_b]

Originally Posted by adamman

also 1 rock is covered with those bad things cant remeber then name of them but they look like a feather duster

btw what is the name of those bad things again

Sounds like Aiptasia to me

MAtt

[adamman]

well i shot them with lemon jucie then broke of that part of the rock thats cool huh

[JennM]

Lemon juice can drop your pH which can kill your fish. If you aren't finding bodies, the mantis is being well fed. Remove the mantis - take all your rocks out and set them in bins - when the mantis is feeling a bit dry he'll drop out of the rocks into the water pooling in the bins... then you can do with it as you please - some hobbyists keep mantis tanks so that's a humane disposal for him if you can find a suitable home for him.

Kalkwasser paste or Joe's Juice will chemically kill aiptasia, or you can buy 2 or 4 peppermint shrimp and they'll clean those up for you naturally.

Before you add any livestock, make sure your parameters are stable.

HTH

Jenn

[Loverotties]

Originally Posted by JennM

Before you add any livestock, make sure your parameters are stable.

Make shure all ars stable and temp is ok too!

[adamman]

no i leomn juiced them and then broke that part of the rock off and tossed it.

find the bodies but have seen him take them also so it may be a 2 fold thing going on here