Emergency Help with Stray Voltage

sh2000

sh2000

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I ran my lights all day today and i belive in my 30 gal..new setup i had stray voltag becasue i acclimated my royal gramma to it yesterday and within 1 hour the fish passed...it had no spots on it and it looked perfect i noticed it was breathing heavily from the gills like it looked like it was going to expload..i tried putting in some stress coat but that didn't help..I had no idea what or why the fish could've died..so i'm assuming the only reason is stray volatge this is a new light cf 130 watts it came with mounting legs put i just put the light on directly about 1/2 inch from the water esting on the middle bar of the tank...there was salt buildup on the middle bar so i only think it could be stray voltage I removed the lighting for now from the tank...the question is the light was on all day today is there still stray voltage in my tank ? or once u shut the light oof ur ok to put new fish in there ?? also I had a sponge in this tank as well for a week and when i got the lights they were on and the sponge isnt dead would stary voltage kill a sponge ? this issue needs to be addressed quickly so i'm hoping for some help and answers..
thank you.
 
ibew41

ibew41

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alot of people cant keep this fish,but I dont think its stray voltage if its not bothering your other fish or inverts.How long did you acclimate?
 
spiderwoman

spiderwoman

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I forgot to ask this, but what is the temperature in the tank? It's almost sounding like it's a lack of oxygen.
 
sh2000

sh2000

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Originally Posted by SpiderWoman
http:///forum/post/2508799
I forgot to ask this, but what is the temperature in the tank? It's almost sounding like it's a lack of oxygen.
the temp is 79F what gets oxygen in a tank ? the levels are impecable absolutely perfect...i have 1 maxi jet 1200 in the tank i can increase oxygen by turning the tube on top closed or open slightly..i dont know what the oxygen is but the specific gravity is 35 and sal. is 1.026 can u explain what you mean by oxygen what would give it oxygen and how do i know if there is oxygen in there or not ?
than you
 
reef_dart21

reef_dart21

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nassarius snails replnish the tank with ixygen as well as any type of marine plant (shaving brush, madiens hair, and etc...)
 
sh2000

sh2000

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this tank has 18 lbs of LR a tree sponge and thats it...bean running nicely water came from established tank.
 
spiderwoman

spiderwoman

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Originally Posted by SH2000
http:///forum/post/2508875
the temp is 79F what gets oxygen in a tank ?
If your temperature had been a lot higher (even probably 85), that would deplete oxygen from the water and you'll see fish acting like they are having shortness of breath... heavy breathing.
 
sh2000

sh2000

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i acclimated them for 90 min...the tank just converted a week or 2 ago but used water from extablished tank the levels were fine the temp never got above 80F...
 
keith burn

keith burn

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IMO you need to qa all fish min of 3week but most will say like 4-6 weeks.
Most Bacteria is not in the water.
Did you use old sand and l/r this is were most of the Bacteria are.
IMO the tank is not set up and cycled intell spike and all lvl come back down.
And 2weeks in not going to do it with fish going down in that time (IMO only).
 
sh2000

sh2000

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i did a ph test with an expired fast test kit it read 7.4 they came from a tank at 8.2 for 5 months thats why it died imho...i added ph buffer to increase it to 8.0 hopefully the basslet in there makes it...as far as cycle this water was from my 120 all 55 gallons of it the levels of this water was spot on i dont know what caused the drop in ph but i made a mistake hopefully they recover. i put in 1 basslet after checking the levels with red sea but i was out of ph so i used fast test and i realized after it was expired and read 8.0 but then i got a dif. ph test i think api and it read 7.4...i'm praying thanks.
 
1boatnut

1boatnut

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Adding the water from a old tank to a new one does not cycle the new tank. Bacteria is not in the water column.It is in the filtration,rock and sand.
I would keep an eye on your levels and be ready to do some water changes.
 
keith burn

keith burn

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cool :) knowing is half the battle hope all will go well for the next fish in
(3/4week after the cycle sorry had to say it )
good luck
 
sh2000

sh2000

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i did many water changes small ones just to make sure it was a bad batch of salt or an innaccurate reading on an expired test kit that did me in..i work on these tanks for hours and hours a day and i dont sleep at night i have insomnia so if i did a bad test wioth an expired kit mistakes can happen when ur working 10 hours on tanks...
ialso put in established rock and sand...
 
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