All my fish are jumping

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  1. Siddique

    Siddique Dragon Wrasse

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    Actually the car regime is a bit different. I do weekly changes on my main DT and monthly on the others. No WC's at all have been made prior to the fish jumping. I use RO/DI, I'm getting 2TDS. Temp I know is not the issue since I have chillers running at 1degreeF differential. I have no idea of my O2 levels though. I'll try to test for that soon. I usually use my finger to test for stray voltage and nothing so far. What should I use in place? A voltmeter?
    IMHO, I definitely thik it has something to do with the natural lunar cycle.

    lol:cheesy:
     
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  3. Siddique

    Siddique Dragon Wrasse

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    In the house no but from outside, it's quite possible. I run carbon 24/7 and change out on a monthly basis though to protect against outside contaminants.
     
  4. Matt Rogers

    Matt Rogers Kingfish

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    That is absolutely bizarre. Do you play loud music with a lot of bass? Do you get earth-quakes down there? Did you look into your hunch on lunar cycles? That is a lot of fish in a short time. :p
     
  5. Siddique

    Siddique Dragon Wrasse

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    Nope no loud music. Not at home at least;) Last week there was an earthquake in West Trinidad but we didn't feel it in Central Trinidad. Low magnitude. Something like 3.5 or so. There have also been lots of thunder and lighting the past couple days too.
    Nope I didn't do much research on my hunch about the lunar cycles. All I've read is that it does cause fish to spawn with the new moon or something like that. Corals as well. I would imagine it would cause fish to jump also.
    I was bombarded by jumpers this past week. It was horrible.
     
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    Telgar Snowflake Eel

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    Peredhil Giant Squid

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    If that were true, we'd know about it. It would happen, like clockwork, to lots of people at the same time.

    I don't believe anyone else has said they're experiencing the same issue. The moon has equal effect on my fish as yours.

    I am positive it has nothing to do with the moon.
     
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  9. phoenixhieghts

    phoenixhieghts Panda Puffer

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    Ha ha i could crack another joke here, but im going to refrain from posting anymore unhelpful comments ;D