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[bsr8129]

i discovered a fish dead today, and his tail was completly gone, is this a sign of fin rot? how do i treat the other fish for it? I have a 800 gal pond if that helps in treating the other fish.

[DrDave]

We need more information to help you.

[koikeepr]

agreed. what are your water parameters? Ammonia, Nitrates, nirtrites, etc....

[bsr8129]

all of them are acceptable, i have hard water but thats what comes out.

[koikeepr]

could a heron or other animal have grabbed your fish and chewed the tail off? Do you have a photo?

[bsr8129]

i dont think its a heron but there could be an possum that got him, unfortuanly no pic of him, he was found at 1 am and them the dog got him before i could get a pic. curently i have a trap out for animals and ill see if i catch anything.

[DrDave]

I use very inexpensive IR detector alarms from Harbor freight. When you are home or asleep, this system alerts you to the intruder.
HF calls it a a driveway alarm.

[koikeepr]

DrDave said:

I use very inexpensive IR detector alarms from Harbor freight. When you are home or asleep, this system alerts you to the intruder.
HF calls it a a driveway alarm.

Hmmm....not a terrible idea. So, I'm assuming it's just wireless and works on a battery? And the thing can "see" in the dark, doc?

[DrDave]

IR sees everything, even in total darkness. How do you suppose we hunt Taliban with our Predator unmanned missle birds?

[koikeepr]

DrDave said:

IR sees everything, even in total darkness. How do you suppose we hunt Taliban with our Predator unmanned missle birds?

LOL! LOL! I guess I didn't think the Harbor Freight infared was as sophisticated! Perhaps the US goevnernment needs to start saving money by shopping on hFreight!!

LOL!

I need to look into one of these!

[DrDave]

The Predator has much more advanced IR, but the principle is the same. I have IR TV CCTV cameras on my property as part of my surveilance systems.