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All my fish in reef tank died

Pets Asked by Majd on April 7, 2021

My husband and I had 4 fish and a shrimp, we had to travel for a week and came back to 3 white decomposed bodies of fish and one, I guess, leftovers of a body… Yet, the shrimp was still alive! Now we came back and found the central AC broken and I assumed the heat killed them, but the temperature of the aquarium is 25 degrees Celsius only; tank size is 75L. We’ve had 2 fish for over a year and the other 2 were like a month old; also, we had an auto feeder working, so they were fed for sure.

Now, what could be the reason they all died together?

2 Answers

Lots of things can go wrong. Here are some ideas:

  • pH or ammonia spike : The larger the tank, the less likely spikes are, but all of my catastrophic failures like this were due to spikes

  • Power outage : If the power went out, all electrical components would stop functioning, like the heater, filter, aerator etc.

  • Feeder malfunction : Especially if you haven't tested it before, it could easily have malfunctioned, putting way too much feed or way too little.

  • Domino effect : It's important to realize that decomposing fish bodies cause all sorts of issues and unhealthiness, so a single death could have caused a cascading effect

Answered by rlb.usa on April 7, 2021

Addition to rib.usa's answer.

I think that typical fish could survive a week without eating.

Probably there was a power outage, which stopped all electric devices from operating. The time was long enough all the bacteria in the filter died and the filter became a source of poisonous substances. If the power was reconnected automatically by your utility, all these substances have been injected to the tank causing fish to die. Salt-water fish are much more susceptible to bad conditions than fresh water ones.

If there was "central AC broken", which I understand as there was a short-circuit in your tank. Perhaps the heater is down - maybe current flow killed the fish. I had such an event twice, however, all fish survived and did not even noticed.

What is also possible that there was a disease. Maybe some insect dropped to the tank and was eaten.

Unfortunately, if this was nothing with the equipment, you might never learn what had happened.

Answered by Voitcus on April 7, 2021

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