Originally Posted by
skate020
http:///forum/post/3167591
well, i went on holiday for a week, i told my mum to turn lights on and off, she didnt, water level went down ALOT, to below the filter, the filter could not run, fish waste was poisoning the water.
thats basically wat happend, and from where the rock where out of water, the weight of them increased, causeing them to fall, (thats my theory anyways).
yehh i've done a 100% water change in both tanks, atm the ONLY fish in my DT is the manderin, becuase its unlikely it'll get ich, the chromis are in my QT(my bro's old tank, i done a 100% water change on it too, tested it, all is perfect, no rock or sand in there, i've got a koralina nano in there and will put some pipe work in for cover, but thats it).
as for my main tank, everything seems to be giving me the impression that its cycled, ammonia 0, nitrite 0, nitrate 0.5, and the water is crystal clear.
the manderin in there looks bad tho, his colours gone like a grey, so i'll be supprised if he makes it through the next couple of weeks. and the chromis. there fine, ima keep them in the QT for a few weeks, to make sure there ok, but, i got them for my brother, not for me, so, overall, idc if the lion takes them.
ok, so if i go more sensible, hows this for the stocklist:
1x volitans lion
1x bi-color angel
1x flame angel
1x hippo tang
1x maroon clown
does that sound suitable for the tank?
That looks much more sensible, at least to me. I would suggest possibly a smaller tang, but it looks okay. Hippos like a lot of swimming room, get huge and produce a huge bio load (seriously, it's disgusting) so just keep that in mind. If you don't add any other fish to that list, that seems like an okay stocklist for a 100G.
That sucks about your tank. I'm so glad I have someone very knowledgeable about fish tanks to care for mine when I'm away. Your mom definitely owes you a new tank now! LOL
Anyways, if your rocks were out of water, there's going to be die off, especially since you don't know how long they were out of the water. Your tank may not have cycled the rock yet, it takes time. I don't think your mandarin is going to make it, to be quite honest. I know that yours accepts frozen food, I highly suggest you add vitamins to his food and water for the next few days if you expect him to have a fighting chance.
My suggestion:
Since your mandarin eats frozen food, put him in the QT with the chromis. FULLY CYCLE THE OTHER TANK. Even if your readings are okay right now, they can go to hell in an hour or two. Act as if you're starting the DT from scratch with rock and sand. When you think it's ready, add a clean up crew, THEN let it sit and test your water more. If all looks good after 2-3 weeks, try a fish again. If you have all three fish in the QT without any rock you can make certain that they don't have ich and do hyposalinity, which might help them out right now with all the stress they've been through. You can also easily dose in that size tank if there are any issues that arise with the fish. I'd give all three of them vitamins as well since they're definitely stressed out, and you're saying that your mandarin doesn't look good. You can add them to their food, to their water, or both. Boyd's is a pretty decent brand, I trust it. With all the fish out of the DT, you can properly cycle (which I don't think you ever did with this tank) and be certain that the ich parasite is out of that tank as well. If you plan on using the rock in this tank for the 100G, you need to be certain that the parasite is gone or you're going to have big problems. This will also give you good practice for when you have to fully cycle the 100G. Look through cycling threads for different ways people do it. There is no "absolute perfect way" but there are wrong ways. I have never had to do a full cycle with my own tanks (done it for other people) so I'm not the one to give you advice on how to do it properly.
