chrisrench
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I had a bit of an algae bloom in my 115 gallon tank, so saturday I go to the LFS and buy some saltwater, then go hom and start scrubbing the live rock to get off the algae. Then I use that siphon thingamajig to vacuum the sand and get some water out. I then replace only 7 gallons of water with the water I bought. I leave the tank and let everything settle. I come back about an hour later and see that my powder brown tang in dead. I take him out. Then I notice my Regal Blue tang and my purple tang are extremely discolored. I have had the regal blue for about 5 years and is very hardy. He has been with me for several moves. the purple tang I've had for about 2 years and again is very hardy. About 30 minutes later the Regal blue died. I took him out. Then I notice my yellow tang is not acting ok. He starts swimming at the top corner of the tank. I've had him for over 4 years too. Again, very hardy. 20 minutes later he dies. The purple tang is still alive and looks great. But losing all those fish, especially fish that I have had for several years was very disturbing.
I called the LFS where I bought the water and they said "our water is fine, not our fault". (What else would they say???) Anyway, I tested their water for ammonia and it checked out fine. I don't think it was thier water anyway because like I said I only changed out 7 gallons.
Any ideas?????? Could it have been somthing to do with the algae I scraped off? I find that hard to believe, but I'm stumped.
I called the LFS where I bought the water and they said "our water is fine, not our fault". (What else would they say???) Anyway, I tested their water for ammonia and it checked out fine. I don't think it was thier water anyway because like I said I only changed out 7 gallons.
Any ideas?????? Could it have been somthing to do with the algae I scraped off? I find that hard to believe, but I'm stumped.