how to thin your salt tanks stock.....by mr. deerp!

[sbuse]

so i got done switching out my sand and finished my wc. while i sat in front of it watching the tank clear up i noticed something. all my fish were cowering in a corner(highten my concern). then i noticed that my coral beauty angel was laying on its side twitching(now i am tripping...wtf..wtf...wtf). then i notice my yellow tang and blue hippo tang in the same boat as the angel. at this point i am going through my head; water was the right temp?, salt was right?, they all were out of the way before i added the sand right? so i am answering my own thoughts; ya, ya, ya...oh f***!!!, the prime!

so after a 30min+ clorine bath i ended up losing them three, thanfully the others made it.

 

[Spiritofthesoul]

Would help if you write a checklist before doing anything major to your tank.

Highlight "Add Prime"

 

[jworth]

thats a bummer...

 

[mos90]

u dont use ro/di water? your tap water has that much chlorine in it?

sorry for losses.

 

[FLESHY]

Man that is a bummer...sometimes it takes lessons like that for us to get everything right.

As stupid as that sounds, stuff like this will make you much more careful in everything else you do from now on most likely.

 

[mos90]

i solved this problem by making a 3 stage chlorine filter. 1st stage is 1 micro prefilter, then 2 matrix chlorine carbon filters. they last for 20000 gallons. they last me 6 months for my drip systems.

i havent use prime on a tank in almost 2 years.

maybe an option for u. cheaper then ro/di. u would only need 2 stages. cost $60.00 at the filter guys.

 

[SimonL]

How much water did you change? I'd be surprised that it did that much damage unless you did a really big WC. I'd be more inclined to blame a release of toxic gases or something from the old sand bed.

 

[mos90]

How much water did you change? I'd be surprised that it did that much damage unless you did a really big WC. I'd be more inclined to blame a release of toxic gases or something from the old sand bed.

definately a possibility.

 

[sbuse]

thanx,

Would help if you write a checklist before doing anything major to your tank.

Highlight "Add Prime"

this is the first time that this type of thing has happened to me in all my years of fish keeping.

thats a bummer...

ya

u dont use ro/di water? your tap water has that much chlorine in it?

sorry for losses.

no i don't use ro/di water and my tap is like a swimming pool.

Man that is a bummer...sometimes it takes lessons like that for us to get everything right.

As stupid as that sounds, stuff like this will make you much more careful in everything else you do from now on most likely.

ya it is the first and last time that happens.

i solved this problem by making a 3 stage chlorine filter. 1st stage is 1 micro prefilter, then 2 matrix chlorine carbon filters. they last for 20000 gallons. they last me 6 months for my drip systems.

i havent use prime on a tank in almost 2 years.

maybe an option for u. cheaper then ro/di. u would only need 2 stages. cost $60.00 at the filter guys.

i am in an apartment right now and when i move i will have a well. i just can't belive i did this.

How much water did you change? I'd be surprised that it did that much damage unless you did a really big WC. I'd be more inclined to blame a release of toxic gases or something from the old sand bed.

i changed alot, something like 80%. i couldn't see the fish in it, due to the massive dust cloud and i didn't want to kill any when i added the new sand. i don't think it was a gas biuld up cause my substrait wasn't that old and it was constantly move around(to the bottom glass) by my bleenies, golby and myself. i have no way of checking this gas possibility, but could be a chance. this sand was in this tank at its current location for 7 months+-.

 

[SimonL]

Wow, yeah an 80% change could do that with no conditioner. You may have also radically altered the water chem from it's previous parameters. How long did you mix the salt for before hand? Salt has a super high ph when first mixed.