harm89
New Member
Dear Fellow Hobbiest...I Have a BIG problem! I started up a 90gl tank about 8 months ago. Well, I read up on stuff, asked for advice and made a few calls. I bought test kits and hydrometers, filters and thermometers and it still failed! Here's the thing...I have a Mag350, a Emp400,80lb of ls & 100lb of lr.
I keep my heaters @ 80. I HAD a Hippo, a Powder blue, a Sailfin, a Fox face, 2 Percula,2 Yellow-tail Damsels, 2 Blue Damsels, and 2 Tomatoes. I had power outage for about 8 hours. I called my lfs and they told me that as long as the fish don't go longer than 24hrs w/out filters, they shoud be fine. So, after about 4-5 hours, I hooked up my tank to my kind neighbors line..and off we went...then...my fish DIED!!! What I wasn't told was that afer 3hrs, the bacteria in my Mag turns into poison! Therefore, killing the fish. Ok, so I've recovered, recycled and restarted. I bought a few damsels for the cycle. They're fine. I added a powder brown, then a blue jaw trigger, and yesterday I got a great deal a lfs w/ 3 Red sea purple tangs for $100. I tested my water, put all the fish through a treated hospital tank before I put them in the main tank and did a 20% water change. Now my Brown tang died. WHAT AM I DOING WRONG? My water is testing fine. My salinity is @ 1.021. What could it be? The tang's face looked bloodshot!? And he had cuts on his body. I know its not the trigger, he's too busy hiding. PLEASE Help! I'm tired of others telling me lies and loosing so much $$. I know that's how the game goes, but MAN! Can some one please try to help? Thanx for any replies!
I keep my heaters @ 80. I HAD a Hippo, a Powder blue, a Sailfin, a Fox face, 2 Percula,2 Yellow-tail Damsels, 2 Blue Damsels, and 2 Tomatoes. I had power outage for about 8 hours. I called my lfs and they told me that as long as the fish don't go longer than 24hrs w/out filters, they shoud be fine. So, after about 4-5 hours, I hooked up my tank to my kind neighbors line..and off we went...then...my fish DIED!!! What I wasn't told was that afer 3hrs, the bacteria in my Mag turns into poison! Therefore, killing the fish. Ok, so I've recovered, recycled and restarted. I bought a few damsels for the cycle. They're fine. I added a powder brown, then a blue jaw trigger, and yesterday I got a great deal a lfs w/ 3 Red sea purple tangs for $100. I tested my water, put all the fish through a treated hospital tank before I put them in the main tank and did a 20% water change. Now my Brown tang died. WHAT AM I DOING WRONG? My water is testing fine. My salinity is @ 1.021. What could it be? The tang's face looked bloodshot!? And he had cuts on his body. I know its not the trigger, he's too busy hiding. PLEASE Help! I'm tired of others telling me lies and loosing so much $$. I know that's how the game goes, but MAN! Can some one please try to help? Thanx for any replies!