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Last year I set up a 60g hex tank with 60 lbs of live rock, and 60 lbs of live sand. The tank had cycled, and had the fist two corals in it when the first catastrophe hit. The seam split and squirted 25 gallons of salt water all over my wall and rug before I was able to stop it. The only answer was to replace the tank so.....
The guy at the lfs was super about it he had a new tank flown in for me in 2 days. I kept the live rock in the same water with a powerhead on it, and transported the corals to my 75g fowlr tank. I installed the same light for there lighting requirements, and continued to add the supplements. The only problem with that scenerio is that when I moved the coral to the fish only tank it displaced my yellow tang out of its home, and caused it to rumble with the other fish which got its fins nipped pretty badly.....
The new tank got up and running, with the same lr, and ls and went though another although somewhat shorter cycle process. The tang healed, although very slowly, and everything went back to normal. Over time we eventually added several leathers, some discs, some xenia,some snails, some hermits, a comet, a sandsifter, a bicolor blennie, a manderin, and a powder brown surgeon, and a sandsifter...
Thet all lived happily for a few months, where they ate bloodworms, and lifeline, just the proper amount twice a day, and got regular water changes. 15% every 3 weeks. Testing was done regularly. The protein skimmer was skimming well, and the wet dry was fuctioning normally. Temp was 76-77 degrees and the supplements were all added on a daily basis. (alkalinity+, hardness+,Lifo, iodine twice a week, and something calle y2k 2 1/2 oz once a week)...
I usually tested with a drop test but I thought for checking ammonia quickly a dip test would due. For several weeks in a row ammonia tested zero, and nitrite tested zero, calcium was good, phosphate was good, copper was neg, nitrate was low, and ph was 8.2...
I woke up last saturday, and my surgeon was dead, and so was my blennie. I completed a drop test for amonia and it indicated .50, again I did the dip test and it indicated 0. I would say the night before I noticed the surgeon was more secretive then usual, and he had what I would call white funk around his eyes, and black blotches on his normaly brown body. My maderin succommed to the same fate on Monday...
I've completed 3 water changes this week. Ammonia is down to trace levels (less than .1) but nitrite which was zero before is now .2. This morning my discs are shrivelled, my furry discs have died (distinigrated), and My sandsifter is dead.
Does anyone know what I can do, and what got the ammonia so far out of wack to begin with????
I'm down to the Comet, my leathers, and some discs. How can I save them, and the Tank???? Is this ammonia toxicity, or some other disease sweeping through my tank????
Please Help!!!
The guy at the lfs was super about it he had a new tank flown in for me in 2 days. I kept the live rock in the same water with a powerhead on it, and transported the corals to my 75g fowlr tank. I installed the same light for there lighting requirements, and continued to add the supplements. The only problem with that scenerio is that when I moved the coral to the fish only tank it displaced my yellow tang out of its home, and caused it to rumble with the other fish which got its fins nipped pretty badly.....
The new tank got up and running, with the same lr, and ls and went though another although somewhat shorter cycle process. The tang healed, although very slowly, and everything went back to normal. Over time we eventually added several leathers, some discs, some xenia,some snails, some hermits, a comet, a sandsifter, a bicolor blennie, a manderin, and a powder brown surgeon, and a sandsifter...
Thet all lived happily for a few months, where they ate bloodworms, and lifeline, just the proper amount twice a day, and got regular water changes. 15% every 3 weeks. Testing was done regularly. The protein skimmer was skimming well, and the wet dry was fuctioning normally. Temp was 76-77 degrees and the supplements were all added on a daily basis. (alkalinity+, hardness+,Lifo, iodine twice a week, and something calle y2k 2 1/2 oz once a week)...
I usually tested with a drop test but I thought for checking ammonia quickly a dip test would due. For several weeks in a row ammonia tested zero, and nitrite tested zero, calcium was good, phosphate was good, copper was neg, nitrate was low, and ph was 8.2...
I woke up last saturday, and my surgeon was dead, and so was my blennie. I completed a drop test for amonia and it indicated .50, again I did the dip test and it indicated 0. I would say the night before I noticed the surgeon was more secretive then usual, and he had what I would call white funk around his eyes, and black blotches on his normaly brown body. My maderin succommed to the same fate on Monday...
I've completed 3 water changes this week. Ammonia is down to trace levels (less than .1) but nitrite which was zero before is now .2. This morning my discs are shrivelled, my furry discs have died (distinigrated), and My sandsifter is dead.
Does anyone know what I can do, and what got the ammonia so far out of wack to begin with????
I'm down to the Comet, my leathers, and some discs. How can I save them, and the Tank???? Is this ammonia toxicity, or some other disease sweeping through my tank????
Please Help!!!
