The day after the major water change, I went in to feed the dogs, and there was another floater. I had planned on draining as much of the tank as I could into a clean trash can until I could see the bottom to see if there was a rotting fish carcass or something that was contaminating the water. I did not find a rotting carcass, but instead 20 recently deceased fish lining the bottom of the tank. It looked really weird because they were all facing the same direction, so at first I thought it was the light shining through the slats in the wood...but it was going the wrong way. I scooped the net through the water and came up with about six dead fish in the first shot. Some of them were pretty good sized, considering I was expecting a 1-2 year growth period for these fish (I just got them in September).
After disposing of the remains, I did a search to see if its safe to eat a dead fish. Some people said as long as its not floating, and you think you know what killed it (and it wasnt a disease), they eat them. My husband said, "You can eat them, but Im not." Since he has more logic and common sense than I do, I decided to follow his lead. But, in hindsight, part of me wishes I had separated the floaters from the sinkers and taken my chances with just one....oh, well, there are more fish in the sea. Or, in this case, the hatchery.
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I emailed the guys at Liley Fisheries, and they said they have more 4"-6" fish (which is what I started out with), so I think I will clean out and cycle my tank and head back up to Boulder for some more trout...hopefully a little wiser in my aquaculture decisions this time. I still dont know what started the whole fishy death march. All I can think of is it started as shock when we took some out, and that led to a chain reaction, ending in my stupid overzealous cleaning.
Oh, well, live and learn. If at first you dont succeed....buy more fish.
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