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Unread 12/17/2017, 09:05 AM   #1
Roscovitch
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Dead Skunk Cleaner.

Just put this guy in two days ago. He was eating and doing shrimp stuff. Did a partial sand sift last night which created a bit of a storm and new shrimp is now deceased. All water parameters are fine. Any thoughts on his demise?


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Unread 12/17/2017, 05:27 PM   #2
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Are you sure it wasn't just a molt? They tend to do that when introduced to a new tank.


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Unread 12/18/2017, 11:41 AM   #3
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The skunk cleaners are probably the most finicky of "beginner friendly" stuff. Source: I read a lot after I put one in early only to have it die.

They are very sensitive to fluctuations in just about every parameter. I see you only got your tank going in the last few weeks, so it seems unlikely that you had a spike of anything from the sandbed; more likely you just had too much fluctuation in something because the tank is so new.


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