Dead Fish
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Sandy
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Dead Fish
When a fish in my tank dies, why is it not a good idea to leave it in there for the clean up crew to eat?
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Gerwin
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Re: Dead Fish
simple.. its decomposing faster than they eat so it can effect ammonia, nitrite, nitrate levels. remove , dispose and look over tank for any issues and would not be a bad idea to consider partial water change.
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bluwtr
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Re: Dead Fish
LOL! By the time I've discovered one has died my cleanup crew has stepped up to the buffet and are chowing down! When my copper-band died it got lost in the rocks (so I thought) a week or two later I was playing in my tank and was blasting rocks etc. There is one spot in my tank that doesn't have great flow so I gave it a small blast of water--what do I see? Fish bones fly up into the water. I desecrated my fish grave yard! 