I can’t sympathize with you enough, sometimes there are unpredictable things that happen seemingly overnight in an aquarium and then I’m in crisis mode! It’s so important to share the good, bad, and the ugly so people new (or even experienced) in the hobby know they are NOT alone. Keeping fish (especially when you have multiple aquariums like myself) is not always easy, but we do what we can to act when there’s a crisis. It’s the joy they bring me that makes it worth it ❤
Thank you for sharing a hard day with us. It's honestly refreshing to see since we all go through it and sometimes we just don't have all the answers! If it was easy and without struggle, everyone would be doing it.
One of the many things i love about your videos is your transparency, your authentic experience as a fish keeper.... its a real man who can show his trials,as well as his achievements... I'm so very sorry for your loss😢 this sucks, i wish tou had a way to replace those purps! What a loss..... Of all fish! Why those
Just came across your page. I live in UK I small flat and wow what a fantastic way to live for you to have all that land outside the amazing wildlife then I look at me stuck in my little shoe box haha. No wonder mental health in UK is so poor your fish room is amazing can see all the work you put in to it. Ive a 5ft community tank plan on getting another after Xmas. Look forward to watching some of your other videos now
That’s so very nice of you to say and I really appreciate you letting me know. I’m stoked You have at least one tank and you should definitely definitely get a second. Lol maybe some plants growing out the top and some didgeridoo music. Lol I really appreciate support.🙏❤️👍🏻🐶
Despite your dilemma at this time your fishroom is absolutely inspiring and one of the best i have seen. Good luck to you and have a joyous holiday. Keep the videos coming !
I lost 100 percent of my lake Tanganyika cichlids but other fish such as Siamese algae eaters , Cory's and one old Gold tetra. It is my belief I was working in the yard and I had sun block on my arms. I ad forgotten to wash my arms when I wanted to make a couple of changes to my aquascape. With a couple of days all the Tanganyika fish were dead. I have been keeping fish since 1966. This was the worst event I experienced. Needless to say I won't stick my arms in any of my tanks unless my hands/arms are washed to remove sun block! Good luck!
I’m no bloody help with any detective work I’m scratching my head with you. Props for sharing the ups and the shitty downs, hopefully many more ups than downs.
Aw Adrian so sorry you lost in those tanks, must be the weather for it! I had a disaster here too but my own fault 😢😢😢 but your video always cheers me up! Huge snogs for Brutus and Zig ❤ oh I have the same sea shepherd t shirt😊 all love from Scotland 🏴
Gday bro, So nice to hear from u again and no stress here mate…. Hope you enjoy the vids and have a wonderful break. Much love to you and yours 🙏❤️🐶👍🏻🙌🏻🇦🇺💪🏻
I'm so sorry for the mass loss in your fish room. I was watching this last night and I started drifting into sleepy thoughts. I was thinking, the wildlife sounds are so cool in your area...but then I realized something...your tanks are exposed to outdoor air. I was curious so I asked ChatGPT if any spores in Australia could affect indoor aquariums and it gave me a long lengthy answer which pointed to yes and why. I think the spores may have wiped out the species that are not resilient to it, which may explain why the bonsai also got affected. Other plants in your area may be immune to it. There could be changes in your local area that may have affected your water through microscopic spores! Just a theory, but might be worth looking into!
I'm sorry you lost fish but thank you for sharing. It's honestly nice to see everyone loses fish occasionally. Hopefully you've solved whatever went wrong!
So sorry for your loss of fish and all of the extra work involved. Your set up is interesting how everything flows. I am wondering if aphids come to the inside plants because of the cold. You are a busy man. Everything looks beautiful. Hello Ziggy.
I just had to redo a couple of tanks where I lost fish to an unknown cause too. Then last night we had a huge snow and wind storm that took our power out and I’m dealing with the sad results of that today. Fish keeping is fun and rewarding but it’s absolutely not without its failures and upsets. But we learn and press on!
I have had similar at the start of summer before and it is worth contacting the Waterworks department and see if they've changed anything in the water .eg added something
I love your humor and the ability to learn from a horrible event with a small positive note🎉 keep going mate❤❤ I'm so sorry for your losses...water pets hurt your heart as well i was always super sad lossing a lil platy or guppy babies even neons.....i tried. To name everyone in the tank and take notes on my app they are all special to me.....and sorry about your bonzi tree I really love plants too....I've been babying a lil pink purple orchid for over a year and she is finally showing growth over here in the dead of Americas winter time... stays inside of course but we even had snow ❄️🌨️❄️❄️ yesterday.... 🎉 It's crazy😂 best wishes mate I know you will figure it out 😁
An love your beer jokes makes you human like me ❤❤❤ its been a long hard day of dog keeping and fish.keeping if you are not stressed out you crazy i groom pups. They bougie and so needy but your fish easy? I think not one measure of chance caused death you can give your pup a m$m and they won't get sick but dogs can't have chocolate.....give your finned baby the wrong thing 20 seconds they are gone.. Me personally I hand pick every finned child who comes with me home they are just like dogs or cats and I love them as such....
And I'm sorry from the bottom of my heart.i hope it's one big boy and some fine lasses..... I'm projecting to the greatest of creators that your guys blossom back again 😊
Also I know I'm crazy 4 comments in but I really need to wait until the end but can't help my self I wish the old man would let me count my beers like that lol 😂
Hi, I love how real your channel 😊 is. Can you please do a video on any Synodontis Catfish you have. I a bought a multipunctatus & a Petricola recently. Not a lot of recent info on them. My 2 are not great mates unfortunately. Thanks - hopefully you do a video - they’re very interesting catfish.
Im checking in...how is it going? Please dont beat up on yourself.... you are an amazing fish/ animal plant keeper and good neighbor to all. Anything anyone is are blessed to be in your care.......❤️
Also do you happen to know... should could I feed my rabbit snail nori? Dried seaweed? I mean maybe I need to get ni KS green stuff, bUT she's not digging her algae wafers....
Thanks so much. I really appreciate your support and good luck with your aquarium. It’s an amazing hobby to get into and I’m stoked that if I’ve been able to inspire you on someway that is truly special. Much appreciated 🙏👍🏻❤️🐶💪🏻
I’m really sorry you have lost some fish, it’s gutting! But thanks for keeping it real and showing that it isn’t all sunshine and rainbows when it comes to fish keeping 😊 I hope the issue is now solved! Your tanks and fish all still look amazing 😊
Sorry you lost your Tanganyikans. I've had a similar situation just days ago. Turned out to be a few cockle shells I put in a tank that kept dropping pH down to 4.5. I had them for ages, washed and brushed them. 36h later - 22 dead corys. Removed the shells, and they stank, just a tiny amount of tissue in the hinge grooves that had escaped cleaning. My opinion on yours. It sounds to me like a localised, one-off toxic event that probably started off in the upper tank before it cascaded down to the sump, being diluted along the way. Maybe that's why some fish survived. Thing is, insecticides (if any had been used) tend to be totally effective, and even small amounts are lethal. So I could be trashing my own explanation. Every parameter you tested for checked out. So it was none of the usual suspects. Neighbouring rows of tanks were unaffected. I am presuming the electrics in the tank were in order. The water flow was running, and the air wasn't completely cut off to the filters. No toxic metals, eg, Cu, Pb, Hg, Cd, Zn, Fe, As, or other substances in the tank (these often take time to act, giving you adequate warning from the fishes behaviour). So we can rule them out. Food: feeding contaminated foods that have been stored incorrectly and may have developed glycoalkaloids, these often give off a distinctive smell, so you would have noticed. Frozen shellfish have been a cause of major fish deaths; not often picked up unless you know what you are looking for. But you used Nick's Green Cuisine. Others would have been affected. These are some of the scenarios that have cropped up in my experience, but it's difficult to diagnose such incidents without examining the bodies immediately afterwards. Give the doggies a stroke from me.
Thank you so much. I truly appreciate that and in fact, you could very well be correct if the toxin was airborne, got into the tank at the top killing those guys, but was more diluted as it went down through the system.🙏🙏🙏
But isn't it also a clue that 2 other Australians lost tanganyika s in same time period? Here where I live Bay area, California our water system is really old, and now when we get alot of rain it affects our water and changes both the water parameters... AND THEY INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF CLORAMINEs they add ,but don't warn us.... lost whole giant fish store once........
Hi, Colleen. Wasn't aware of these other deaths. Simultaneous Tanganyikan deaths sounds like an endemic condition from a common source rather than a localised incident. Chloramines, if not removed, affect all the fish in each tank that receives a water change at the same time. I have investigated incidents of chloramine poisoning and suffered losses myself, and can say that very few fish survive major chloramine exposure. Plus, the post mortem symptoms are quite obvious. Adrian didn't give us a description of the bodies. I don't recall if his tw is chloraminated or not, but as I said, the effects would be widespread and fairly rapid. More so in soft water than hard, and chloramines linger a long time in the absence of iron oxide or organic sequestration.
I haven’t seen a lot or of your videos but have you checking your ph in your tanganyikan tanks? I have no idea how long your tanks have been set up but maybe oh is dropping. CO2 is one cause, low buffer capacity is another, or excessive amounts of detritus buildup. Unsure about your local water, but I heard you mention you have had a lot of rain in your area. Could be cause for hardness drop or more chemicals in the water like chlorine and chloramines. Good luck
Love to meet your dad in a video sometime. I often hear you mention him when contemplating stuff. I’m sure he’s a wealth of knowledge. Sorry to hear about the fish
This is the problem with this new craze of "dirted deep substrate tanks", long term this is what you get, typically within a year, sometimes two. Rule of thumb when you can't detect it, everything seems as usual, and fish start dying off like this, it's free-floating bacteria(FFB) in your water column. FFB replicates quickly, many varieties can reproduce every few minutes, overwhelming your water column, even shortly after a water change without issue. Beneficial bacterium's (BB) typically take 3 days to reproduce, so the FFB outcompetes the BB, and starves it out of existence. Now your cycle is depending on out of control FFB/bacteria blooms, and that means instability, and resulting fish death. My suggestion is get a 13 watt or higher UV and start running it/them 24/7 in the affected tanks, not 4 hrs a day, that won't help you here. You can medicate and water change till the sun goes down, it won't solve this problem for you. Your deep substrate will not allow it.... You need to strip it out of your column and allow the BB to retake the resource load to regain stability. I am not here to insult anyone, I am offering you a solution to this problem, and telling you why it's occured. Best of luck, I just subbed. You can get pond grade UV sterilizer units for a low as 20$ now days. It's not the 500 to 1000$ problem it used to me to acquire.
I don't have as huge a fishroom but I totally understand the frustration of having fish die and being unable to figure out why. Often asking the internet, especially forums, as someone who is a breeder can be quite annoying as they always assume its something basic like Ammonia spike even when you have tested 10 times and it is not. A lot of online forums just can't go any deeper than, Is there ammonia? Is your fish showing obvious signs of being sick. And if neither of those killed the fish they are no help in figuring it out. I'm going to spitball a couple things that might have caused this issue given you say the common denominator is the same sump. Electrical failure on some pump or filter causing a slight charge in the water? High amounts of some other element like Iron, Phosphorus, potassium?
Thanks so much. I truly appreciate your support and there’s some good things that I can investigate in there as well. Good luck with your Fish And. Hope that you keep enjoying mine for 2025.
Sorry to hear, never fun. About 3 years ago lost about 20-24 discus, everything else in that 120gal. And about 50%of the rest of tanks. Looks like it was columnaris bacteria. Rushed quarantine on some small fish i had received . Hope yo get to the bottom of it. Greeting from my channel in New York.
Do you use a carbon block for the tap water? When was the last time you changed it if so? Time for some lady bugs in the fish room. They can be purchased locally in the U.S. don’t know if it’s the same in Australia
I've had something similar happen to me in the past with my Tanganyikans in my fish room all separate systems. I live north side of the GC. I lost a alot of my Calvus, Xenos and Shellies (mainly Occys). Almost made me leave the hobby, was shattered considering they were very rare variants. I am alot more conservative with water changes now essentially I blamed the tap water. Since doing fewer water changes I've had no more issues. I have some of your Similis still if you need any replacements.👍
Sorry about your fish. I have used pothos in my fish tanks too for 13 years now, two walls and the entire ceiling in my living room is filled lol. But my pothos has killed fish for me a few times, because pothos have a poison. And I have had problem when leaves are forming under the water. And I can see that you have pothos leaves under the water in many tanks. Usually there is no problem, but if just a tiny piece of a leaf goes bad they can create a huge problem in that tank. Specially shrimps are sensitive to this. Im not saying that this is the reason for your problems, but check all the pothos leaves that are under water and see if they are ok. I always cut off all underwater leaves nowadays to prevent problems
@@BadlydrawnBen Yes I have had an underwater leaf turning yellow and killed hundreds of shrimp. But most of the time nothing happens. But it can happen, and its no way to know when
Winter here in New York. My heater died and I didn’t notice in time. Lost my beautiful marbled breeding pair of angels and about a dozen rummy nose tetras and all of my khuli loaches. Only survivor was a rescue killy I saved from a neighbors dying tank
Oh, that’s a bummer. I’m really sorry to hear that. It always sucks when things like that happen. I really hope you get back in the saddle and restock with some more beautiful fish that need a home and a good fish keeper. These things happened to all of us And we just have to accept that part of Fish keeping I guess. It still hurts though I agree. Thank you so much for your support. I truly appreciate it.🙏❤️👍🏻🐶
It’s the most frustrating part of the hobby, when you lose fish and you can’t figure out why. I’m sure every fish keeper has had this happen at one stage or another. Sometimes you figure it out, other times you will never know, and it doesn’t matter how much experience you have. It’s annoying but all you can do, is try your best, and accept that it is just part of fish keeping.
It is hard to loose fish for apparently no reason. The only thing you didn’t mention was temperature on those tanks. Might be something to look at. Also, not sure where you get your water, but I use city water, and they will sometimes add something to the water and it usually happens at the beginning of summer. You would think though that if it was either of these issues it would effect all the tanks. So I am inclined to suspect something else, but it might still be something to investigate. The problem points to the sump as that is your common denominator. Are the pipes common to the tanks too? Or are those pipes used by other tanks? Could there be something corroding along the pipes? You have fish and shrimp living in your sump, so that seems to rule out the sump. I would check the piping and connectors to all the tanks that were affected, especially any pipe/connector that is common to all those tanks and going out of the sump and into the tanks. I think what you did should protect those tanks, but it would be nice to know what happened. Thanks for sharing even if it was difficult. Anyone who keeps fish has been there.
It’s hot here at the moment in qld. I d increase aeration and maybe run some activated carbon in any affected tanks just in case of contamination with something.
I am not sure if anyone has suggested this yet, but first thing that came to mind was you had a termite problem not too long ago from my recollection. Were chemicals sprayed, or is there any other possibility from taking care of the termites that might have poisoned the tanks?
Hi Adrian, love your videos. it is just a little hard to watch these videos in their entirety as the microphone makes the audio not great. consider getting a Dji mic 2 or a rode mic, I know they are expensive but I believe it would be a worthwhile investment.
When the water pumps back from the sump, are the tanks losing fish at the start or end of the pipelilne? Some sort of chemical must have gotten into the system. Spill/spray/leak and leaching from a shelf?
Nothing worse I lost my gold nugget pleco few days ago then my little bouliveian ram and now my gold ram the pleco has me stumped but the rams was down to territory I think
If it was me I would also suspect a toxin or bacteria or even some kind of parasite possibly spread by those aphids or even a frog getting in a few fish died initially and it caused a chain reaction. I personally would flush the whole system and run a UVC on it for a few weeks and make up some medicated feed for using seachem metroplex with focus and garlic gaurd and feed them that for a week while running the uvc and extra airstones.
Oh mate it happens to us all I almost quit recently trouble free for years then things started going wrong. I got sick some things got neglected and my upstairs toilet started leaking into the downstairs laundry ceiling which was a big part of my fishroom long story short the day before the plumber came to put a new toilet in the fishroom ceiling collapsed and now most of it is in the tanks and tubs. Luckily most of the fish had been moved out but the mess is huge ive been moving most of my fish outside bit by bit for summer so i can get everything cleaned up and fixed but its a nightmare. I live on disabilty and have had very limited money to do things so its slow. and on top of that I had a 4 foot tank bust and an outbreak of anchorworm in my favorite nano tank no idea how they got there a plant fallen insect frog. Check for stray current too from heaters and pumps Ive had it happen I lost a bunch of fish and traced it to a pump.
I think the reality of having ecosystem setups is it’s constantly going through cycles and changes I’m sure you know this so pests are just another aspect of an ecosystem making room for change. It opens a door for new possibilities in terms of how you want to replace the dead things since you are kinda the keystone species in this case except you are actually aware of the effect you have.
have you tryed to use a microscope and check ur dead fish ? tbh if u have an aquarium room like urs, a microscope is a must for inspecting the fish . it helped alot.
adrians, for your bonsai, this type of bonsai (pin / conifer) do not like water all time. ficus bonsai are well addapted for aquarium, but keep 10 cm between the higher water level and the tronc. (sorry for my english , i'm french). many thanks for your videos (maybe invest in a better sound!)
Oh no…so sad for you. When I had fish and, later, claw toed frogs had losses. One because an unscrupulous store owner sold me a Jack Dempsey as a community fish…he ate everything in my tank…named him fur Jack the Ripper…and once because a frog jumped out while hubby was cleaning and ruptured her organs. While I was very upset, (all the fish had names and my kids and I loved them) Jack turned out to be very intelligent and quite the character. For example, if didn’t feed him exactly on time he spit water at me. The frog was devastating. We got her before them before there was much out on them. Her injury was horrific and we didn’t replace her because it was so heartbreaking. When I moved to Delaware, USA 34 years ago I experienced my first blizzard. We’ve had almost no snow in over a decade. My father was a meteorological scientist and warned me this was coming when I was in my late teens…I’m 73. Governments knew and did nothing.
I lost an entire tank of Brichardis not to long ago, I guessed around 100+ fish. 12 or so adults and 5/6 groups of fry. Well I say entire but 1 fry did survive somehow. Oh also had 2 bristle nose and a batch of 30ish fry so we'll over 100 fish lost. Like you said it's part of this hobby but definitely sucks none the less..
I’m dealing w/my 2yr old grt/grandson pouring a whole cichlid(sm.pellets) into their tank..got fish,rocks,monsteraout..skimming pellets(tough was deep substrate/top of UGF)..long process..tank looks like (piss tank).. my parameters now are:Amonia-2.0/nitrite-(deep purple)/nitrate-beet red..ph7.4/down from 8.2..& they were zero except nitrates..(they always high,but fish fine& let me kno when can tolerate them&I change their H2O.. seems like when I’m finished w/this mess..gotta recycle this tank😡🤬🤬&have me “A Beer”🤪🥴🫢
ANTS?? Hey. As for the aphids. The only way I could get rid of them was to get rid of the ants. The ants often farm them for the larva. Usually ants are living under them controlling the whole thing.
Hi there yep and I agree unfortunately, I don’t have any answers in the fishroom. It’s one of the only animals species that’s not in there and hence I’m sure the aids have run a muck. I truly appreciate your support and taking the time to let me know, thank you very much.🙏❤️👍🏻🐶
The problem is not keeping it simple boring maybe to hear but enjoy what u can afford to watch ect too many different lookes to keep track on keeping the tanks the basic you can I feel will make it obvious what the problem was
Sorry you lost fish/know ur chlorine is (0) but maybe had chlromine(I do in USA/notice Nick said his newest video)tanks well established /will not remove this)…also notice you have a lot cyano bac(snail shells/places in tanks..I kno some my fish can live w/it..others die w/I days once exposed..an ole keeper told me remove/burry it in sand (safe as long fish not exposed/eat it)..just a thought..
As for the fish loss mystery…. In a recent video you had concerns with termites? Any chance you treated Pesticides?? Hopefully things are on the mend. ❤️🩹
Love all the plants in your fish room! And your yard looks like you live in paradise! Gorgeous!!! 😊
Thank your very much, greatly appreciated
I can’t sympathize with you enough, sometimes there are unpredictable things that happen seemingly overnight in an aquarium and then I’m in crisis mode! It’s so important to share the good, bad, and the ugly so people new (or even experienced) in the hobby know they are NOT alone. Keeping fish (especially when you have multiple aquariums like myself) is not always easy, but we do what we can to act when there’s a crisis. It’s the joy they bring me that makes it worth it ❤
Thank you for sharing a hard day with us. It's honestly refreshing to see since we all go through it and sometimes we just don't have all the answers! If it was easy and without struggle, everyone would be doing it.
One of the many things i love about your videos is your transparency, your authentic experience as a fish keeper.... its a real man who can show his trials,as well as his achievements...
I'm so very sorry for your loss😢 this sucks, i wish tou had a way to replace those purps! What a loss.....
Of all fish! Why those
Transparency is so refreshing in this hobby
Just came across your page. I live in UK I small flat and wow what a fantastic way to live for you to have all that land outside the amazing wildlife then I look at me stuck in my little shoe box haha. No wonder mental health in UK is so poor your fish room is amazing can see all the work you put in to it. Ive a 5ft community tank plan on getting another after Xmas. Look forward to watching some of your other videos now
That’s so very nice of you to say and I really appreciate you letting me know. I’m stoked You have at least one tank and you should definitely definitely get a second. Lol maybe some plants growing out the top and some didgeridoo music. Lol I really appreciate support.🙏❤️👍🏻🐶
Despite your dilemma at this time your fishroom is absolutely inspiring and one of the best i have seen.
Good luck to you and have a joyous holiday.
Keep the videos coming !
I absolutely love the beer jokes lmao way to keep your head up Adrian and get the work done! Fish room will always look good 👍
@space_ghost_z941 yes ! I don't know why but the dry delivery, gets me everytime
@hippiecolleen1352 same hahaha
Great video. AB Thanks for sharing the progress your making in the fish room.
Love all the plants beautiful fishroom BTW.
Thank you
I lost 100 percent of my lake Tanganyika cichlids but other fish such as Siamese algae eaters , Cory's and one old Gold tetra. It is my belief I was working in the yard and I had sun block on my arms. I ad forgotten to wash my arms when I wanted to make a couple of changes to my aquascape. With a couple of days all the Tanganyika fish were dead. I have been keeping fish since 1966. This was the worst event I experienced. Needless to say I won't stick my arms in any of my tanks unless my hands/arms are washed to remove sun block! Good luck!
What is sunblock
@@yashtapase3821sun tan lotion
Or use gloves
Sun block is a lotion or spray used to prevent sunburn and/or skin cancer.
@@ROBERTLANTISit causes cancer and kills fish
Oh Adrian I'm so sorry for your tremendous loss. I know you love your babies so much. Sending so much love
I’m no bloody help with any detective work I’m scratching my head with you. Props for sharing the ups and the shitty downs, hopefully many more ups than downs.
Aw Adrian so sorry you lost in those tanks, must be the weather for it! I had a disaster here too but my own fault 😢😢😢 but your video always cheers me up! Huge snogs for Brutus and Zig ❤ oh I have the same sea shepherd t shirt😊 all love from Scotland 🏴
Great vid mate. Apologies for missing a few I’ll catch up over Christmas. Be well and merry Christmas. Thanks for the learnings😜
Regards Duzzy🇦🇺
Gday bro,
So nice to hear from u again and no stress here mate…. Hope you enjoy the vids and have a wonderful break. Much love to you and yours 🙏❤️🐶👍🏻🙌🏻🇦🇺💪🏻
@ did you ever work out what caused the Tanganyikan losses?
I'm so sorry for the mass loss in your fish room. I was watching this last night and I started drifting into sleepy thoughts. I was thinking, the wildlife sounds are so cool in your area...but then I realized something...your tanks are exposed to outdoor air. I was curious so I asked ChatGPT if any spores in Australia could affect indoor aquariums and it gave me a long lengthy answer which pointed to yes and why. I think the spores may have wiped out the species that are not resilient to it, which may explain why the bonsai also got affected. Other plants in your area may be immune to it. There could be changes in your local area that may have affected your water through microscopic spores! Just a theory, but might be worth looking into!
So sorry, it’s so hard especially when you don’t know why. I think your tanks look very cool. Here’s to a new day!
I'm sorry you lost fish but thank you for sharing. It's honestly nice to see everyone loses fish occasionally. Hopefully you've solved whatever went wrong!
Poor you.
An entire day with just One beer 😂😂.
Keep it up!
Greetings from Portugal
So sorry for your loss of fish and all of the extra work involved. Your set up is interesting how everything flows. I am wondering if aphids come to the inside plants because of the cold. You are a busy man. Everything looks beautiful. Hello Ziggy.
I just had to redo a couple of tanks where I lost fish to an unknown cause too. Then last night we had a huge snow and wind storm that took our power out and I’m dealing with the sad results of that today. Fish keeping is fun and rewarding but it’s absolutely not without its failures and upsets. But we learn and press on!
I have had similar at the start of summer before and it is worth contacting the Waterworks department and see if they've changed anything in the water .eg added something
I love your humor and the ability to learn from a horrible event with a small positive note🎉 keep going mate❤❤ I'm so sorry for your losses...water pets hurt your heart as well i was always super sad lossing a lil platy or guppy babies even neons.....i tried. To name everyone in the tank and take notes on my app they are all special to me.....and sorry about your bonzi tree I really love plants too....I've been babying a lil pink purple orchid for over a year and she is finally showing growth over here in the dead of Americas winter time... stays inside of course but we even had snow ❄️🌨️❄️❄️ yesterday.... 🎉 It's crazy😂 best wishes mate I know you will figure it out 😁
Oh and I love Brutus he looks exactly like my Luna
An love your beer jokes makes you human like me ❤❤❤ its been a long hard day of dog keeping and fish.keeping if you are not stressed out you crazy i groom pups. They bougie and so needy but your fish easy? I think not one measure of chance caused death you can give your pup a m$m and they won't get sick but dogs can't have chocolate.....give your finned baby the wrong thing 20 seconds they are gone..
Me personally I hand pick every finned child who comes with me home they are just like dogs or cats and I love them as such....
And I'm sorry from the bottom of my heart.i hope it's one big boy and some fine lasses..... I'm projecting to the greatest of creators that your guys blossom back again 😊
Also I know I'm crazy 4 comments in but I really need to wait until the end but can't help my self I wish the old man would let me count my beers like that lol 😂
Don't worry about the mess. Most fishkeepers live in their own mess. The ones on TH-cam are just better at not showing it!
Hi, I love how real your channel 😊 is. Can you please do a video on any Synodontis Catfish you have. I a bought a multipunctatus & a Petricola recently. Not a lot of recent info on them. My 2 are not great mates unfortunately.
Thanks - hopefully you do a video - they’re very interesting catfish.
It's the dige intro. Bring it back 😂
Im checking in...how is it going? Please dont beat up on yourself.... you are an amazing fish/ animal plant keeper and good neighbor to all. Anything anyone is are blessed to be in your care.......❤️
Also do you happen to know... should could I feed my rabbit snail nori? Dried seaweed? I mean maybe I need to get ni KS green stuff, bUT she's not digging her algae wafers....
Wish I could hop on a plane and come help you....
You’re my inspiration. My future fish room is gonna be inspired by yours.
Amazing room sorry to hear the bad news. I started my first aquarium a couple of days ago and it’s very inspy
Thanks so much. I really appreciate your support and good luck with your aquarium. It’s an amazing hobby to get into and I’m stoked that if I’ve been able to inspire you on someway that is truly special. Much appreciated 🙏👍🏻❤️🐶💪🏻
I’m really sorry you have lost some fish, it’s gutting! But thanks for keeping it real and showing that it isn’t all sunshine and rainbows when it comes to fish keeping 😊 I hope the issue is now solved! Your tanks and fish all still look amazing 😊
Sorry you lost your Tanganyikans. I've had a similar situation just days ago. Turned out to be a few cockle shells I put in a tank that kept dropping pH down to 4.5. I had them for ages, washed and brushed them. 36h later - 22 dead corys. Removed the shells, and they stank, just a tiny amount of tissue in the hinge grooves that had escaped cleaning.
My opinion on yours. It sounds to me like a localised, one-off toxic event that probably started off in the upper tank before it cascaded down to the sump, being diluted along the way. Maybe that's why some fish survived. Thing is, insecticides (if any had been used) tend to be totally effective, and even small amounts are lethal. So I could be trashing my own explanation. Every parameter you tested for checked out. So it was none of the usual suspects. Neighbouring rows of tanks were unaffected. I am presuming the electrics in the tank were in order. The water flow was running, and the air wasn't completely cut off to the filters. No toxic metals, eg, Cu, Pb, Hg, Cd, Zn, Fe, As, or other substances in the tank (these often take time to act, giving you adequate warning from the fishes behaviour). So we can rule them out. Food: feeding contaminated foods that have been stored incorrectly and may have developed glycoalkaloids, these often give off a distinctive smell, so you would have noticed. Frozen shellfish have been a cause of major fish deaths; not often picked up unless you know what you are looking for. But you used Nick's Green Cuisine. Others would have been affected. These are some of the scenarios that have cropped up in my experience, but it's difficult to diagnose such incidents without examining the bodies immediately afterwards. Give the doggies a stroke from me.
Thank you so much. I truly appreciate that and in fact, you could very well be correct if the toxin was airborne, got into the tank at the top killing those guys, but was more diluted as it went down through the system.🙏🙏🙏
But isn't it also a clue that 2 other Australians lost tanganyika s in same time period? Here where I live Bay area, California our water system is really old, and now when we get alot of rain it affects our water and changes both the water parameters... AND THEY INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF CLORAMINEs they add ,but don't warn us.... lost whole giant fish store once........
Hi, Colleen. Wasn't aware of these other deaths. Simultaneous Tanganyikan deaths sounds like an endemic condition from a common source rather than a localised incident. Chloramines, if not removed, affect all the fish in each tank that receives a water change at the same time. I have investigated incidents of chloramine poisoning and suffered losses myself, and can say that very few fish survive major chloramine exposure. Plus, the post mortem symptoms are quite obvious. Adrian didn't give us a description of the bodies. I don't recall if his tw is chloraminated or not, but as I said, the effects would be widespread and fairly rapid. More so in soft water than hard, and chloramines linger a long time in the absence of iron oxide or organic sequestration.
Sorry you lost your fish. It's always a bitter pill to swallow.
I absolutely love watching your videos. Can't wait to see the bonsai transplant video
Sorry for the loss. Like you said, if one door closes another opens. All the best. Cheers
I haven’t seen a lot or of your videos but have you checking your ph in your tanganyikan tanks?
I have no idea how long your tanks have been set up but maybe oh is dropping. CO2 is one cause, low buffer capacity is another, or excessive amounts of detritus buildup.
Unsure about your local water, but I heard you mention you have had a lot of rain in your area. Could be cause for hardness drop or more chemicals in the water like chlorine and chloramines.
Good luck
Thanks so much 🙏
Love to meet your dad in a video sometime. I often hear you mention him when contemplating stuff. I’m sure he’s a wealth of knowledge.
Sorry to hear about the fish
This is the problem with this new craze of "dirted deep substrate tanks", long term this is what you get, typically within a year, sometimes two.
Rule of thumb when you can't detect it, everything seems as usual, and fish start dying off like this, it's free-floating bacteria(FFB) in your water column.
FFB replicates quickly, many varieties can reproduce every few minutes, overwhelming your water column, even shortly after a water change without issue.
Beneficial bacterium's (BB) typically take 3 days to reproduce, so the FFB outcompetes the BB, and starves it out of existence.
Now your cycle is depending on out of control FFB/bacteria blooms, and that means instability, and resulting fish death.
My suggestion is get a 13 watt or higher UV and start running it/them 24/7 in the affected tanks, not 4 hrs a day, that won't help you here.
You can medicate and water change till the sun goes down, it won't solve this problem for you.
Your deep substrate will not allow it.... You need to strip it out of your column and allow the BB to retake the resource load to regain stability.
I am not here to insult anyone, I am offering you a solution to this problem, and telling you why it's occured.
Best of luck, I just subbed.
You can get pond grade UV sterilizer units for a low as 20$ now days.
It's not the 500 to 1000$ problem it used to me to acquire.
Thank you so much… all very valuable and I truly appreciate you taking the time to help. 🙏🙏🙏💪🏻
I don't have as huge a fishroom but I totally understand the frustration of having fish die and being unable to figure out why.
Often asking the internet, especially forums, as someone who is a breeder can be quite annoying as they always assume its something basic like Ammonia spike even when you have tested 10 times and it is not. A lot of online forums just can't go any deeper than, Is there ammonia? Is your fish showing obvious signs of being sick. And if neither of those killed the fish they are no help in figuring it out.
I'm going to spitball a couple things that might have caused this issue given you say the common denominator is the same sump.
Electrical failure on some pump or filter causing a slight charge in the water?
High amounts of some other element like Iron, Phosphorus, potassium?
Thanks so much. I truly appreciate your support and there’s some good things that I can investigate in there as well. Good luck with your Fish And. Hope that you keep enjoying mine for 2025.
Keep on Keeping on 🤙🏼
Would love to visit your fishroom for 1 beer 😎
Ha ha…. Yeah one beer is usually my limit. lol 😂
Sorry to hear, never fun. About 3 years ago lost about 20-24 discus, everything else in that 120gal. And about 50%of the rest of tanks. Looks like it was columnaris bacteria. Rushed quarantine on some small fish i had received . Hope yo get to the bottom of it. Greeting from my channel in New York.
Nailed it ! ^
Do you use a carbon block for the tap water? When was the last time you changed it if so? Time for some lady bugs in the fish room. They can be purchased locally in the U.S. don’t know if it’s the same in Australia
I've had something similar happen to me in the past with my Tanganyikans in my fish room all separate systems. I live north side of the GC. I lost a alot of my Calvus, Xenos and Shellies (mainly Occys). Almost made me leave the hobby, was shattered considering they were very rare variants.
I am alot more conservative with water changes now essentially I blamed the tap water. Since doing fewer water changes I've had no more issues.
I have some of your Similis still if you need any replacements.👍
Perhaps the afeds had some residue pesticide on them, and fish ate them 😮
Sorry about your fish.
I have used pothos in my fish tanks too for 13 years now, two walls and the entire ceiling in my living room is filled lol.
But my pothos has killed fish for me a few times, because pothos have a poison. And I have had problem when leaves are forming under the water. And I can see that you have pothos leaves under the water in many tanks. Usually there is no problem, but if just a tiny piece of a leaf goes bad they can create a huge problem in that tank.
Specially shrimps are sensitive to this.
Im not saying that this is the reason for your problems, but check all the pothos leaves that are under water and see if they are ok.
I always cut off all underwater leaves nowadays to prevent problems
Iv heard about problems with pothos before but no ones ever mentioned the underwater leaves which explains a disaster i had 😮
@@BadlydrawnBen Yes I have had an underwater leaf turning yellow and killed hundreds of shrimp. But most of the time nothing happens. But it can happen, and its no way to know when
Winter here in New York. My heater died and I didn’t notice in time. Lost my beautiful marbled breeding pair of angels and about a dozen rummy nose tetras and all of my khuli loaches. Only survivor was a rescue killy I saved from a neighbors dying tank
Oh, that’s a bummer. I’m really sorry to hear that. It always sucks when things like that happen. I really hope you get back in the saddle and restock with some more beautiful fish that need a home and a good fish keeper. These things happened to all of us And we just have to accept that part of Fish keeping I guess. It still hurts though I agree. Thank you so much for your support. I truly appreciate it.🙏❤️👍🏻🐶
Had similar with a discus tank years ago it was a defective pump putting a small electrical charge into the water, hope you get to the bottom of it 🙏
Just started the video so sorry if dumb...any kind of treatments for the termites going on near that side of the room?
It’s the most frustrating part of the hobby, when you lose fish and you can’t figure out why. I’m sure every fish keeper has had this happen at one stage or another. Sometimes you figure it out, other times you will never know, and it doesn’t matter how much experience you have. It’s annoying but all you can do, is try your best, and accept that it is just part of fish keeping.
It is hard to loose fish for apparently no reason. The only thing you didn’t mention was temperature on those tanks. Might be something to look at. Also, not sure where you get your water, but I use city water, and they will sometimes add something to the water and it usually happens at the beginning of summer. You would think though that if it was either of these issues it would effect all the tanks. So I am inclined to suspect something else, but it might still be something to investigate. The problem points to the sump as that is your common denominator. Are the pipes common to the tanks too? Or are those pipes used by other tanks? Could there be something corroding along the pipes? You have fish and shrimp living in your sump, so that seems to rule out the sump. I would check the piping and connectors to all the tanks that were affected, especially any pipe/connector that is common to all those tanks and going out of the sump and into the tanks.
I think what you did should protect those tanks, but it would be nice to know what happened. Thanks for sharing even if it was difficult. Anyone who keeps fish has been there.
Was it that one side of the fish room or just that tank?
It’s hot here at the moment in qld. I d increase aeration and maybe run some activated carbon in any affected tanks just in case of contamination with something.
I am not sure if anyone has suggested this yet, but first thing that came to mind was you had a termite problem not too long ago from my recollection. Were chemicals sprayed, or is there any other possibility from taking care of the termites that might have poisoned the tanks?
Hi Adrian, love your videos. it is just a little hard to watch these videos in their entirety as the microphone makes the audio not great. consider getting a Dji mic 2 or a rode mic, I know they are expensive but I believe it would be a worthwhile investment.
When the water pumps back from the sump, are the tanks losing fish at the start or end of the pipelilne?
Some sort of chemical must have gotten into the system. Spill/spray/leak and leaching from a shelf?
I wonder if the aphids had something to do with it somehow?
Also recently treated for termites..could that be a culprit??anyway can keep tank H2O separate for now(water changes/etc)
Losing fish sucks, sorry to hear.
Nothing worse I lost my gold nugget pleco few days ago then my little bouliveian ram and now my gold ram the pleco has me stumped but the rams was down to territory I think
Ah bummer ! Sorry to hear that but I guess that’s fishkeeping isn’t it… I tell myself that often… very often !! lol
Metal corroding (pump, magnet) somewhere maybe? Some fish are more sensitive to metals than others.
Good thinking 🤔 🙏🙏🙏 I really appreciate that and your support. I’m going to check that out too.
by chance could it be from termite treatment/location?
Did the snails i the tanganyika tank dye also¿?
If it was me I would also suspect a toxin or bacteria or even some kind of parasite possibly spread by those aphids or even a frog getting in a few fish died initially and it caused a chain reaction. I personally would flush the whole system and run a UVC on it for a few weeks and make up some medicated feed for using seachem metroplex with focus and garlic gaurd and feed them that for a week while running the uvc and extra airstones.
😢 I'm so sorry.
Oh mate it happens to us all I almost quit recently trouble free for years then things started going wrong. I got sick some things got neglected and my upstairs toilet started leaking into the downstairs laundry ceiling which was a big part of my fishroom long story short the day before the plumber came to put a new toilet in the fishroom ceiling collapsed and now most of it is in the tanks and tubs. Luckily most of the fish had been moved out but the mess is huge ive been moving most of my fish outside bit by bit for summer so i can get everything cleaned up and fixed but its a nightmare. I live on disabilty and have had very limited money to do things so its slow. and on top of that I had a 4 foot tank bust and an outbreak of anchorworm in my favorite nano tank no idea how they got there a plant fallen insect frog. Check for stray current too from heaters and pumps Ive had it happen I lost a bunch of fish and traced it to a pump.
Sorry about your fish ... they're my favorites
I think the reality of having ecosystem setups is it’s constantly going through cycles and changes I’m sure you know this so pests are just another aspect of an ecosystem making room for change. It opens a door for new possibilities in terms of how you want to replace the dead things since you are kinda the keystone species in this case except you are actually aware of the effect you have.
So I guess what I’m trying to say is there’s always light at the end of the tunnel it’s still unfortunate ofc but I know you will figure it out
Can you just get some of that super charhcoal and dump in tanks to chemically filter out whatever contaminate has got in there?
have you tryed to use a microscope and check ur dead fish ? tbh if u have an aquarium room like urs, a microscope is a must for inspecting the fish . it helped alot.
adrians, for your bonsai, this type of bonsai (pin / conifer) do not like water all time. ficus bonsai are well addapted for aquarium, but keep 10 cm between the higher water level and the tronc. (sorry for my english , i'm french). many thanks for your videos (maybe invest in a better sound!)
Could the aphids got some termite killer on them and then died in the tank and had the fish eat them?
Oh no…so sad for you. When I had fish and, later, claw toed frogs had losses. One because an unscrupulous store owner sold me a Jack Dempsey as a community fish…he ate everything in my tank…named him fur Jack the Ripper…and once because a frog jumped out while hubby was cleaning and ruptured her organs. While I was very upset, (all the fish had names and my kids and I loved them) Jack turned out to be very intelligent and quite the character. For example, if didn’t feed him exactly on time he spit water at me. The frog was devastating. We got her before them before there was much out on them. Her injury was horrific and we didn’t replace her because it was so heartbreaking. When I moved to Delaware, USA 34 years ago I experienced my first blizzard. We’ve had almost no snow in over a decade. My father was a meteorological scientist and warned me this was coming when I was in my late teens…I’m 73. Governments knew and did nothing.
I lost an entire tank of Brichardis not to long ago, I guessed around 100+ fish. 12 or so adults and 5/6 groups of fry. Well I say entire but 1 fry did survive somehow. Oh also had 2 bristle nose and a batch of 30ish fry so we'll over 100 fish lost. Like you said it's part of this hobby but definitely sucks none the less..
Moderation is key. I traded my Adult Beverage hobby for an Aquarium hobby 30 years ago. Multiple Tank Syndrome indeed.
are those fish cold for the type of fish
Could some of those aphids fallen in the tank and got the fish sick or choked them if they ate them?
So sorry
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I hate to loose fish! Aaarrrggghhh!!! 😞
Be careful with sprays and sticking your hands into the tank
Flood the pipes. And then check if something didnt get stuck in the pipes, a dead animal or something.
I’m dealing w/my 2yr old grt/grandson pouring a whole cichlid(sm.pellets) into their tank..got fish,rocks,monsteraout..skimming pellets(tough was deep substrate/top of UGF)..long process..tank looks like (piss tank).. my parameters now are:Amonia-2.0/nitrite-(deep purple)/nitrate-beet red..ph7.4/down from 8.2..& they were zero except nitrates..(they always high,but fish fine& let me kno when can tolerate them&I change their H2O.. seems like when I’m finished w/this mess..gotta recycle this tank😡🤬🤬&have me “A Beer”🤪🥴🫢
suck it up butter cup! 🤣🤣 thanks for sharing Adrian 😊😊
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Aphids are an absolute nightmare...
ANTS??
Hey. As for the aphids.
The only way I could get rid of them was to get rid of the ants. The ants often farm them for the larva. Usually ants are living under them controlling the whole thing.
Hello. Aphids tend to attack unhealthy or compromised plants. The new thing seems to be the aphids and the dead tree. Hmmmm
Hi there yep and I agree unfortunately, I don’t have any answers in the fishroom. It’s one of the only animals species that’s not in there and hence I’m sure the aids have run a muck. I truly appreciate your support and taking the time to let me know, thank you very much.🙏❤️👍🏻🐶
Hahaha! I don't swear and don't drink. Me either......Cheers!
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The problem is not keeping it simple boring maybe to hear but enjoy what u can afford to watch ect too many different lookes to keep track on keeping the tanks the basic you can I feel will make it obvious what the problem was
Water. They are putting shit in the water. I started loosing fish one after the other a week ago after a water change. The water even smells funny
Sorry you lost fish/know ur chlorine is (0) but maybe had chlromine(I do in USA/notice Nick said his newest video)tanks well established /will not remove this)…also notice you have a lot cyano bac(snail shells/places in tanks..I kno some my fish can live w/it..others die w/I days once exposed..an ole keeper told me remove/burry it in sand (safe as long fish not exposed/eat it)..just a thought..
i just think you have to many plants.its tanks not a garden.
Oxygen level drop maybe?
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than better learn to swim hehehehe
As for the fish loss mystery…. In a recent video you had concerns with termites? Any chance you treated Pesticides?? Hopefully things are on the mend. ❤️🩹
Mite be aphid sh!t or p!ss by the way you said they ate your plants and hang on the roof