sonewfish
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All inverts dead! HELP!
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the claw
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When you said all of your parameters are fine, which ones???? Copper can whipe out your invertabrates and leave your fish OK. It can get in ther by just using water from your tap that has copper pipes. Another thing might be some sort of sprays or chemicals that are used in the room, or are in the air. Seems like I just read about a dentist office having these sort of problems.
ctgretzky9
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On another board, the same problem resulted in a copper test which turned out positive. Copper will kill inverts fast.
ctgretzky9
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On another board, the same problem resulted in a copper test which turned out positive. Copper will kill inverts fast.
You should also be testing your alkalinity.
Your lighting may leave a bit to be desired if you are deciding to go with coral or anemones.
HTH
You should also be testing your alkalinity.
Your lighting may leave a bit to be desired if you are deciding to go with coral or anemones.
HTH
ctgretzky9
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Copper can come from like what claw said...could be something in the tank?
Another great point brought up was acclimation...they need acclimation same as a fish might, though many skip this and they are fine. I acclimate everything for at least an hour regardless just to be safe.
Good luck, hope we are helping you diagnose
Another great point brought up was acclimation...they need acclimation same as a fish might, though many skip this and they are fine. I acclimate everything for at least an hour regardless just to be safe.
Good luck, hope we are helping you diagnose
ophiura
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Yeah, we need a time frame here.
For example, if your seastars, urchins, snails, etc died within several days, then I would say acclimation (how do you typically acclimate?). Seastars, keep in mind, are INCREDIBLY sensitive and need long acclimations...what color and kind were you trying? Your tank may simply be too young for many.
If everything dies...including that you don't see much in the way of hitch hikers like copepods, amphipods, worms, etc. then I would consider some sort of heavy metal situation (Don't have any brass fittings, stainless clamps, etc?). Also check the water coming from the RO for copper.
When you mention the snails dying, do empty shells just turn up, or do you see them on their backs, almost paralyzed?
For example, if your seastars, urchins, snails, etc died within several days, then I would say acclimation (how do you typically acclimate?). Seastars, keep in mind, are INCREDIBLY sensitive and need long acclimations...what color and kind were you trying? Your tank may simply be too young for many.
If everything dies...including that you don't see much in the way of hitch hikers like copepods, amphipods, worms, etc. then I would consider some sort of heavy metal situation (Don't have any brass fittings, stainless clamps, etc?). Also check the water coming from the RO for copper.
When you mention the snails dying, do empty shells just turn up, or do you see them on their backs, almost paralyzed?
sonewfish
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It depends really! Most of the Seastars only last around 1-2 weeks. The snail situation is different though. They have been around a while and now all I have are empty shells. I do have stainless hose clamps but they are not exposed to the water. The seastar situation could very well be improper acclimation; I'm not sure though! I haven't seen any hitch hikers either, and I have 185lbs of live rock! I ordered a copper test kit. Hopefully that will give me a better idea. I thought maybe mantis shrimp. What do you think?
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