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    Quote Originally Posted by Sniper-T View Post
    barbed hooks?
    No we use a net to catch them.

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    have you 'autopsied' them? no visible damage? scars, marks? fins missing?
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    No visible reason for the deaths. No sores, gills are nice and bright, all fins look fine. I have changed some more things, and found 2 small metal screws above the water line in the tank that where very rusted. I have removed those and removed all plastic that is not PVC.

    Here is a pic of the inside of the tank that had the deaths. There is another tank with fish and no dead and they share the same water as this tank.




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    It might well have been the iron in the tank that concentrated locally before diffusing. I was going to ask if the was any other residue from its original use. My wife put one of my "neat" rock specimens in a 10 gallon tank and killed all the fish in a week- it was copper ore!
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    maybe they were sacrificed by the other fish. A way to appease you, to spare them!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Grumpy Old Man View Post
    It might well have been the iron in the tank that concentrated locally before diffusing. I was going to ask if the was any other residue from its original use. My wife put one of my "neat" rock specimens in a 10 gallon tank and killed all the fish in a week- it was copper ore!
    The tank was purchased new for this purpose. So nothing was in the tank first. I also put in some bass for about about 4 months before I got the tilapia and they did fine. I am hoping it was metal poisoning, and that it is over.

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    Here is a new video of our tilapia breeding in a 55 gallon inside aquarium. My wife took this.


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    tres kewl!

    tx for sharing!
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    Your welcome, we been trying to see them do it for a while now and never could catch them till a few nights ago.

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    How is the market for 'Tilapia Porn'? Maybe it'll fund the rest of your preps?? That female had some pretty good suction, and was looking pretty hot with all her sleekness and flapping fins...

    mmmm fish porn...

    rofl!
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