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nfsplayer

nfsplayer

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Hello everyone
Today everything in my 10g fish tank died, do to me breaking some kind of ammonia pocket or bubble that was in the sand. I went to my local fish store and they told me to replace water to save rocks. As of right now, i only have about 5-7 pounds of live rock, fresh salt water and MAYBE 1 coral that survived. No sand, i took it all out. Otherwise, my clown fish and about 5-6 corals died. What is the best thing to do next?
 
luvmyreef

luvmyreef

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Well, it looks like you will be starting over. Can you upgrade to a larger tank? If not then personally, I would add back new sand, and let the cycle run its course again. One thing to remember, small changes in these little systems can spell disaster for them. It is really important to keep up maintenance. And sorry, but two clowns in a 10g may be considered too much. Try just one next time.
 
meowzer

meowzer

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I agree with LUV......a new beginning seems to be in order....and if you can...try a bit of a bigger tank
 
1guydude

1guydude

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+1 on the bigger tank for a n00b!
Also some people dont even have substrate in their tanks....this is called bare bottoming it!
+1 maybe get a small goby or blenny with one clown or something!
 
jerth6932

jerth6932

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One thing I was told, if you are going to siphon your sand, do it from the beginning because you can hit those types of pockets! Also, good sand sifters such as cerths, nasarius snails, work to keep it from doing it in the future!
Well you have to start over by default..... so if its viesable to go bigger, if not, then just learn from what you had happen to you!
 
1guydude

1guydude

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And for personal reference, I don't ever want to see you with a bare bottom
LOL....u never know....the next time u get mooned it could be me or my evil twin!!!! muhahaha
 
nfsplayer

nfsplayer

Member
I only had 1 clown in there. One thing i can do now is switch my 20 gallon fresh water tank with 10 gallon salt water. Otherwise, i'll be getting 28gallon nano cube probably next year or so.
what i was planning on doing is putting my 50gallon filter on my 10gallon tank and moving my 20 gallon filter to fresh water, because fresh water tank only got 1 small fish in it left.
 
jerth6932

jerth6932

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Originally Posted by Nfsplayer http:///forum/thread/387257/what-to-do-b#post_3406043
I only had 1 clown in there. One thing i can do now is switch my 20 gallon fresh water tank with 10 gallon salt water. Otherwise, i'll be getting 28gallon nano cube probably next year or so.
what i was planning on doing is putting my 50gallon filter on my 10gallon tank and moving my 20 gallon filter to fresh water, because fresh water tank only got 1 small fish in it left.
The 20 is double what you have now..... So that is a good start, i'm down for that switch..... but then again I don't have to do the work.....
 
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siptang

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yes, but it shouldn't take as long I hope.
Sorry to hear your loss, hope it will work out better for you. Smaller tanks tend to crash more often because parameter changes dramatically very easily...
Good luck!!!
 
jerth6932

jerth6932

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Originally Posted by Siptang http:///forum/thread/387257/what-to-do-b#post_3406278
yes, but it shouldn't take as long I hope.
Sorry to hear your loss, hope it will work out better for you. Smaller tanks tend to crash more often because parameter changes dramatically very easily...
Good luck!!!
Sad thing is I hear this a lot (Only sad cause it's happening)....... I have never had this problem with my 24. Little thing just takes care of its self (I could just be really lucky!!!!!!)! Even though I have never experienced it. Parameters do swing quite a bit in a nano, and that CAN cause problems! My advise at the begining (after cycle), is to make sure you do frequent water changes, to help your tank establish it's self! My .02 worth.....
 
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