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Two clowns died!!!!!!!!! :(:(:(

Posted By: Matt M. <Yamaha225@NetZero.net>
Date: Wednesday, 12 April 2000, at 4:18 p.m.

Oh my god, I could not believe my eyes when I woke up this morning...:(:( I found two of my 3 clowns dead. One uside down and the other with his face buried in the sand.:(((((( AAAHHHRRRRGGGGG!!!!!!! MY FAVORITE FISH!!!!! I do believe that it WAS my fault though.........Yesterday I broke the whole tank down because I was going to switch the gravel to sand. I siphoned out enough to fill a spare 10 gallon to put all of my fish in and draine the rest of the tank out the window with my magnum. I took out all of the gravel and put in the sand and filled it up. I changed the water about 5 times to get it clear again and then put everything back in. Got my stress coat in and all filters running and put the fish in. The one thing that I forgot to check was the temp!!!!!! The tank temp was 87 (yikes) and the 10 gal