chadg
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Looking for a suggestions on this one..... My tank is more than 5 years old. It is a 72 gal with a 40 gal connected to same water system that has seahorses in it. about three weeks ago I did one of my standard 30 gal water changes and everything started going south.
1st notices all my mushrooms (which have pretty much taken over the tank and have ben VERY healthy for a few years) stayed all shrunken up like they are at night.
The the next week my coral banded shrimp dies. Then I notice my purple brittle star not acting right and not eating. My large turbo snail in the SH tank is very sick, not moving. I also noticed about 4-5 snails in the main tank upside down and looking pretty dead. My cleaner shrimp and black star seem OK so far. None of the fish or the seahores seem to be affected.
I tested Amonia 0, Nitrite 0, Nitrate 10, Alk 9.12.
I took a sample of my tank water to the LFS and they said that it tested positive for copper. They used a kit from Instant Ocean. I bought an API and a Seachem kit. When I got home they both tested NEGITIVE! I put poly filter and another metal absorbing material in my canister they gave me, so hopfully that will help.
My biggest consern is why is the other two tests going negitve? I want to test my RO water setup to make sure my source water is not doing it, but how can I fix it if I can't test it? Anyone have any suggestions on a better test kit?
Any other ideas besides copper that could be causing this that I can test for? My entire take is dying in front of me and it is very depressing....
1st notices all my mushrooms (which have pretty much taken over the tank and have ben VERY healthy for a few years) stayed all shrunken up like they are at night.
The the next week my coral banded shrimp dies. Then I notice my purple brittle star not acting right and not eating. My large turbo snail in the SH tank is very sick, not moving. I also noticed about 4-5 snails in the main tank upside down and looking pretty dead. My cleaner shrimp and black star seem OK so far. None of the fish or the seahores seem to be affected.
I tested Amonia 0, Nitrite 0, Nitrate 10, Alk 9.12.
I took a sample of my tank water to the LFS and they said that it tested positive for copper. They used a kit from Instant Ocean. I bought an API and a Seachem kit. When I got home they both tested NEGITIVE! I put poly filter and another metal absorbing material in my canister they gave me, so hopfully that will help.
My biggest consern is why is the other two tests going negitve? I want to test my RO water setup to make sure my source water is not doing it, but how can I fix it if I can't test it? Anyone have any suggestions on a better test kit?
Any other ideas besides copper that could be causing this that I can test for? My entire take is dying in front of me and it is very depressing....
