aliciak
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Yesterday I was expecting my shipment from SWF.com. My husband forgot to do a water change even though he paid $10 for this annoying beeping reminder thingy that tells him when to change the water. Our 55gal was about 2-3 inches low in water, so I figured I'd do a water change before adding the new items from SWF. I made 7 gallons of new saltwater at 8am using RODI water and an aerator and adding Proper PH 8.2 to it (first time I've ever used Proper PH). I also added 2 capfuls of AquaPlus Water Conditioner by Hagen to the new water I was mixing (figured it may help the stress on the new critters I would be adding later in the day). I was on an insane chemical adding role and added 1 or 2 tsp of Ammo-Lock to my tank (with current water in it); I know that isn't the full amount that the bottle suggests but I knew I was changing the water later in the day so I half dosed it. At 1pm, I took out about 5 gallons of water from my tank and started adding the new saltwater I made 5 hours earlier (I know, I should have made this 24 hours earlier). Here's the other dumb thing I did, I never made sure the new SW was the right temperature! It was room temp (about 77) and the tank was at 80. So within about 10 minutes, my dumbass added 7 gallons of cold water to my tank and took it down 3 degrees. 
Well, I got over that and began acclimating all my new friends using the drip method. Everything went well with that (added Flame Angel, orange linkia, 2 cleaner shrimp, ricordea, yellow gorgo, and some scarlet crabs). Then later that night I notice a few things wrong with my old inhabitants.
My orange worm that looks like hard coral (I forget what it's called but it's a chapter in Sprung's inverts book) has a white covering on it and worst of all, my brittle starfish isn't moving. The brittle won't grab food and the tip of one of his legs is whitish and full of little cleaner critters (pods), it's feelers are moving on at least one leg though. Poor guy doesn't even try to hide when the lights come on. Did something I add hurt him? Should I add anything else (MelaFix or something) to help him? Is he just not feeling good from the dying Sand Sifting Crab I think he ate the day before?
Any ideas would help! Thanks!
All my water paramaters are normal. Before water change ammonia was between 0 and .25 (but everyone was fine then). And if it makes any difference, a tiny cluster of button polyps I had died within a week in the tank.
Well, I got over that and began acclimating all my new friends using the drip method. Everything went well with that (added Flame Angel, orange linkia, 2 cleaner shrimp, ricordea, yellow gorgo, and some scarlet crabs). Then later that night I notice a few things wrong with my old inhabitants.
My orange worm that looks like hard coral (I forget what it's called but it's a chapter in Sprung's inverts book) has a white covering on it and worst of all, my brittle starfish isn't moving. The brittle won't grab food and the tip of one of his legs is whitish and full of little cleaner critters (pods), it's feelers are moving on at least one leg though. Poor guy doesn't even try to hide when the lights come on. Did something I add hurt him? Should I add anything else (MelaFix or something) to help him? Is he just not feeling good from the dying Sand Sifting Crab I think he ate the day before?
Any ideas would help! Thanks!
All my water paramaters are normal. Before water change ammonia was between 0 and .25 (but everyone was fine then). And if it makes any difference, a tiny cluster of button polyps I had died within a week in the tank.
