My Fishtank is DEAD !!!!!

ivasawajin

ivasawajin

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i Have a 100 Gallon reef tank , i had around 25 fishesh and 10 inverts and 20 corals here is a pic :
http://www.ratemyfishtank.com/friendemail.php/33998
. my stats where at its best .only my NO3 was around 20 , i used the "Vodka Method " with a 40% red label Smirnof for about 4 weeks and my NO3 was less than 10 , my bottle got empty so i ordered a new one , the guy who brings vodka ( its iligal here) brought a 50% blue label instead of the 40% . i thought i only decrease the weekly increase for the fish tank to adjust to the new vodka . so i did it . after 3 days . MY WHOLE TANK DIED . some fish lost their fins like i poured ACID or something . alomost all my fish died . now its been a week since the inccident . only 4 fish and 5-6 corals remain.they got poison i think ... the inverts seemed ok except one of the star fish .
any IDEAS ?
and i used this Vodka method :
http://reefdreams.de/lang_eng/info_9_eng.html
 
ivasawajin

ivasawajin

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i had it for around 4 months and it was just getting good . the water was good , my stats were all good ... my lights were great and all my fish and corals where doing great .
i dont know what happened !!!
 
mind83

mind83

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What is this "Vodka Method" and what does it do? Oh and can you dumb it down for me since I'm new to this saltwater tank stuff. Tried reading the link but some of the things I didn't understand. Thanks
 
spanko

spanko

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I am not surprised, if this tank was only three months old, that everything lasted as long as it did. This tank is way to immature to have as much life as it does in it. You did not take your own advice.
Photo Caption:Less Than 3 Months Old , Still Needs alot of Work and Time For it to Mature ...
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Description:100G tank , 45cm lengh, 45 width , 65 hight. 6 T8 flourecent JBL lights( 3 blue and 3 white ) . Denitrator and a Protien Skimmer both From Aqua medic .
Advice:ay: block; ">Dont Rush it ... Wait and be a little patient and you will Get use to it .
Fish:1 Yellow Tang1, Blue Tang , 1 Domino Damsel, 1 Three Stripe Damsel, 1 Black Neon Damsel, 1 Green Chromis Damsel , 1 Three Spot Damsel , 1 Skunk Clownfish ,1 Sleeper Goby , 2 male and Female Zebra Gobies, 1 Royal Dottyback , 1 Spotted Mandarin , 1 Bicolor Blenny , 1 Foxface ,1 Bangaii Cardinal , 1 Pajama Cardinal ,3 Hemit Crabs , 1 Coral banded Shrimp , 1 Red Lobster .
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Quote:Semper Fi
About Yourself:Just Got into Reef tanks and saltwater Aquariums for a few months but they are really cool .
 
flower

flower

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Well if Hollywood ever needs someone to set up a Saltwater fish tank and make it LOOK mature, you will have a job. 3 months!!! I would still be making sure my cycle was complete. I agree with Spanko, it's not like you didn't know better. You didn't take your own advice.
Start over and take your time, because you can sure make a beautiful tank.
 
spanko

spanko

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I don't believe it is a picture of his tank or I don't believe it is three months old. One or the other.
Just sayin.................
 
flower

flower

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Quote:
Originally Posted by spanko http:///forum/thread/381531/my-fishtank-is-dead#post_3324088
I don't believe it is a picture of his tank or I don't believe it is three months old. One or the other.
Just sayin.................

There is a General sea star in the back (not reef safe) and there is no algae, it is possible to put a bunch of coral and fish in a tank and in a few weeks have a nice looking tank just before a crash. I don't see any coralline nor in the sand line.
 
ivasawajin

ivasawajin

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like the link said i put 3.7 mills every day for the first week and then i added 1 mill per week ... i did this every day for 28 days before this has happened and i live in Iran and here booze are iligal ...
 
ivasawajin

ivasawajin

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Flower http:///forum/thread/381531/my-fishtank-is-dead#post_3324090

There is a General sea star in the back (not reef safe) and there is no algae, it is possible to put a bunch of coral and fish in a tank and in a few weeks have a nice looking tank just before a crash. I don't see any coralline nor in the sand line.
yeah , when i went to the LFS i could resist seeing all those nice corals and fishes everywhere so i got carried away ... now i killed more than 600$ of fish and corals in a week . and there were some red slime and green hair algae ... and the red one just keeps coming every week even though my PO4 is low and my flow is good , i think its my lights or my daily light durations .
 
ivasawajin

ivasawajin

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Quote:
Originally Posted by spanko http:///forum/thread/381531/my-fishtank-is-dead#post_3324088
I don't believe it is a picture of his tank or I don't believe it is three months old. One or the other.
Just sayin.................
if you see it now its like i NUKED it to the ground ... it lasted like that for a month . here LFS guys dont know anything about corals or reef tanks , they just sell you these things and say its ok for a 2 month old tank to have so many corals and fishes ... but i knew its too early cuz i come here and read ... guess i got greedy and F***ED it up .
 
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shrimpy brains

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Quote:
Originally Posted by IvasawaJin http:///forum/thread/381531/my-fishtank-is-dead#post_3324104
if you see it now its like i NUKED it to the ground ... it lasted like that for a month . here LFS guys dont know anything about corals or reef tanks , they just sell you these things and say its ok for a 2 month old tank to have so many corals and fishes ... but i knew its too early cuz i come here and read ... guess i got greedy and F***ED it up .
Here, LFS are the same. Some don't know and some don't care. They just want to sell fish. Sorry about your tank.
If you decide to start over, I recommend you go slowly and don't overstock this time. Spend some time reading in the new hobbyist section and ask alot of questions. There should be no need for vodka dosing if you slow it down and let things occur more naturally!
 
ivasawajin

ivasawajin

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Shrimpy Brains http:///forum/thread/381531/my-fishtank-is-dead#post_3324110
Here, LFS are the same. Some don't know and some don't care. They just want to sell fish. Sorry about your tank.
If you decide to start over, I recommend you go slowly and don't overstock this time. Spend some time reading in the new hobbyist section and ask alot of questions. There should be no need for vodka dosing if you slow it down and let things occur more naturally!
for some uknown reason ... i couldnt post anything here right untill this morning . i only searched others posts ... and thats why my carpet anemone ate my horsefish .i got pics if anyone wants to see it .
 
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shrimpy brains

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Quote:
Originally Posted by IvasawaJin http:///forum/thread/381531/my-fishtank-is-dead#post_3324126
for some uknown reason ... i couldnt post anything here right untill this morning . i only searched others posts ... and thats why my carpet anemone ate my horsefish .i got pics if anyone wants to see it .
What!!?? Are you now saying that you added an anemone and a seahorse? to a tank that was crahed this morning! Tell me I have grossly misunderstood this!
 
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