dublin water

hi all sorry not been around much but with one thing or another and not been to well havnt been able.

i was wondering if any one knows the link for the dublin water boards site were i can get the water stats for the clontarf area. i get on to a water board site but cant make head nr tail of whats what.it just im having a few probs here with algae and a few dead fish, neons & ottos, and last week when i did a WC on the 60L which has 20 crdinals and 4 ottos the cards went crazy swimming upside down and every other way but the right way up.24 hrs later i lost 2 ottos.
any help appriciated

regards

Have you read through this thread.Darren and Daragh were having a hard time with water,when doing water changes.

www.irishfishkeepers.com/cms/component/o...it,10/limitstart,20/

Mind that the threads now read backwards!

I'm in Donabate and did water changes tonight and last night and everything looks fine. I always dose with dechlorinator to the level that removes chloramine. I know it's been said on this forum several times that chloramines aren't used in Ireland, but I'm not so sure and prefer to be safe.

I know Platy252 doses to remove chloramines, but still had problems on the Southside. He also uses Polyfilter (as I do) and still had problems which is really concerning.

Odd things happening at the moment. Hopefully we get to the root of it.

Good to have you back, hope you are feeling better.

My problems seem to be over and I am doing water changes again, Platty252 still has some problems with fish that were damaged originally and unlikely to recover, but I don't think he has had any new incidents. We are still unsure what was in the water, but it may have been aluminium based on teh color the polyfilter went, however that is not confirmed. I know Platty252 had his water tested, but I don't think he has had the results yet. I don't think we would be getting water from the same source, we are on Ballymore Eustace supply, I don't know about Clotarf, so the incidents may not be related. I don't think I would trust the waterboard and certainly not their website for detailed info on any issues with the water, try a phone call in the morning.

I 100% agree with Ken and using conditioner that deals with Chlorine AND chloramines. And if you have some polyfilter I would stick a good chunk in your tank immediately - it is fantastic stuff.

Lets know how you get on.

Daragh_Owens wrote:

Good to have you back, hope you are feeling better.
My problems seem to be over and I am doing water changes again, Platty252 still has some problems with fish that were damaged originally and unlikely to recover, but I don't think he has had any new incidents. We are still unsure what was in the water, but it may have been aluminium based on teh color the polyfilter went, however that is not confirmed. I know Platty252 had his water tested, but I don't think he has had the results yet. I don't think we would be getting water from the same source, we are on Ballymore Eustace supply, I don't know about Clotarf, so the incidents may not be related. I don't think I would trust the waterboard and certainly not their website for detailed info on any issues with the water, try a phone call in the morning.

I 100% agree with Ken and using conditioner that deals with Chlorine AND chloramines. And if you have some polyfilter I would stick a good chunk in your tank immediately - it is fantastic stuff.
Lets know how you get on.

thanks Daragh. it looks like im in for a long haulfor me but its hard to kill abad thing and they keep trying LOL

i have always used nutrifin aqua plus which removes both from the water but havnt used the poypad for at least 12mths to be honest. if so many of use had similar probs it could only be the water surly. the last WC was on fridy so i dont know if i am out of the woods yet. not 100% sure from where clontarf water come from but as far as i am aware there has been no water works local as i know of. realy is a strange one for sure.

i thought i was going to lose the lot in the smal tank as every one of them went crazy and to be haonest i did WC in the large tank on friday but all seemed ok till yesterday and this morning when i pulled out 2 ottos yesday and a neon this morning.

How our problems started were mysterious deaths, strange illnesses and outbreaks of differnt things in different tanks, once we realised that it must be the water we stopped doing water changes, which personally with hindsight I think was a mistake. I did not changes for a week and as soon I resumed changes things started to improve and I lost no more fish, therefore I assume whatever was in the water had passed or was diluted. So I would suggest that you try a water change, maybe smaller than usual and study the fish carefully for any sign of a reaction, like the last time, if all goes well, go for a bigger change in both tanks, hopefully diluting whatever caused your problem.

In teh porcess of trying to find out what was wring with our water, we were told there was not a lot of waterworks going on on the Southside, but that there was on the northside, but I have no idea of any locations. It is possible that pipes had been wasted out and you got a dose of whatever they use.

I use Nutra Fin Plus too, good stuff. I alway keep a square of polyfilter in all tanks, just a small bit, but it is great to have for something like this where you can stick in a bigger lump and hopefully remove the problem.

i suppose i hind sight i should look at getting a few things like poly etc just incase of anything else happening. can never be to sure LOL

i will try and get WCs done at the w/e in smaller doses. i just had a thought to i have been trying to breed angels for the last good while, even before this happened. but onec i move them to the fry tank, doing WC from the main tank they dont last more then 3/4days thats got me thinking now,and it hurts LOL

What are you feeding those angels on? I used to breed them and they need a lot of food about 6-8 times daily for the first two months. Also daily water changes to make sure they grow properly.

Freshly hatched brineshrimp for the first two weeks.White worm if you have it. Remove all uneaten food and perform a 50% water change daily. You have to be ruthless in culling the fry that shows any sign of weakness.

Did anybody try Sera Toxivec yet? I alsways found it to be great stuff

apistodiscus wrote:

What are you feeding those angels on? I used to breed them and they need a lot of food about 6-8 times daily for the first two months. Also daily water changes to make sure they grow properly.

Freshly hatched brineshrimp for the first two weeks.White worm if you have it. Remove all uneaten food and perform a 50% water change daily. You have to be ruthless in culling the fry that shows any sign of weakness.

Did anybody try Sera Toxivec yet? I alsways found it to be great stuff

feeding liqifry,50% WC every day. all doing ok one minute and then keel over the next.
did a WC on the main tank yesterday and all seems to be ok this morning. still have all fish from what i can see. it seems to effect the sensitive fish like neons & ottos. will kep you posted.

Whatever was wrong with your water but liquifry won't do for angels. You can supplement with it but it should not be your sole foodstuff for young fish.

has any one else had any problems or does it all seem to have cleared up.
i had one more bad bout of looseing a cardinal and two more ottos but since then all seems to be ok.

just to let you all know to be on your gaurd again over water quality.

i lost nearly all of my cardenals yesterday after a water change. only have 3 left out off 20.

we had a couple of floods round the clontarf area last week so just be on your gaurds.

regards