blface
12/27/2008, 08:17 PM
What a horrible day I had today. It started w/ checking on my sick fish in the qt today & finding my male bluethroat dead. I noticed the rest of the fish were breathing extremely heavy. I had to go to work so I added an extra airstone & prayed they would make it until I came home. When I was leaving work I was informed by the owner I was being laid off. I just started this job about 6 weeks ago after being laid off for almost 6 months. On the plus side the fish seemed to be acting better. I then made a trip out to my LFS to purchase a Seachem copper test kit to monitor the levels in the qt because the one I was using was almost gone. When I got home I tested the copper level & it showed 0. The new kit was alot different then the one I was using. The first one was given to me used for free from my LFS. It must of been expired but there wasn't an experation date on it. I noticed that the fish were breathing really hard again so I decided to change some water before adding more copper. While changing the water I forgot to unplug the heater. I started to smell something burning. As I was unpluging the heater it lowered into the tank & exploded. I was lucky I didn't lose any fish. Now my qt has only a really small heater & I can't afford to buy a new one. I redosed the copper & shut off all of the lights. I'm keeping my fingers crossed & praying I don't have a total disaster in the mourning. Thanks for reading my rant & I just needed to vent.:sad2: