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fatman · 06-28-2008, 09:34 AM

I would have taken the Lemon Peel back to the LFS. A fish that dies that soon after you bought it likely already had problems or was not properly introduced into the tank, but as you had no problems with the other tank inhabitants I would be more inclined to believe you bought a sick fish. Fish will tolerate very high levels of nitrate, high nitrtes would have killed your snails and crabs long before killing the Lemon Peel. A Lemon Peel is not considered an easy fish to keep, but even starving one to death can take weeks or more.

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fatman Has been struck by the ban stick Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Alaska Posts: 552 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Can a tank cycle and not have an algae bloom? Otherwise how am I doing? I would have taken the Lemon Peel back to the LFS. A fish that dies that soon after you bought it likely already had problems or was not properly introduced into the tank, but as you had no problems with the other tank inhabitants I would be more inclined to believe you bought a sick fish. Fish will tolerate very high levels of nitrate, high nitrtes would have killed your snails and crabs long before killing the Lemon Peel. A Lemon Peel is not considered an easy fish to keep, but even starving one to death can take weeks or more.