FLESHY;4993158; said:
I feel like you are promoting and want to sell it, ha. I think we can just roll with your name on the package. Fleshy's Reef Food. Done. ship it.
Random things dying?? HELP!!
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I feel like you are promoting and want to sell it, ha. I think we can just roll with your name on the package. Fleshy's Reef Food. Done. ship it.
If changing of too much water was the issue it would've been detected in the water parameters tests. Ammonia or Nitra would've been present in the tests if the bio filter wasn't working properly.
Problem with large water changes is tempature, It's hard to change tons of water and match the same temp time and time again. Some saltwater life can be dramaticly
effected by temp swings. Along simimlar lines malfunctioning heaters can also do alot of damage as they tend to let a charge loose in the water. It would be somewhat detectable by a thermometer as the temps would swing erraticly and the high end temp after the heater runs would be very high.
One thing that struck me was you saying your salininty was 1.023 "today" does your salinity fluxuate alot ? Stability can be a real bugger in smaller tanks the ppm's aren't on your side.
Problem with large water changes is tempature, It's hard to change tons of water and match the same temp time and time again. Some saltwater life can be dramaticly
effected by temp swings. Along simimlar lines malfunctioning heaters can also do alot of damage as they tend to let a charge loose in the water. It would be somewhat detectable by a thermometer as the temps would swing erraticly and the high end temp after the heater runs would be very high.
One thing that struck me was you saying your salininty was 1.023 "today" does your salinity fluxuate alot ? Stability can be a real bugger in smaller tanks the ppm's aren't on your side.
Test water at different times of day (ex; morning noon and night.) every day to insure stability for now. Check the expiration dates on your tests as well. Google the brand name to find where they are located. most likely the problem is a matter of stability. remember 1 point fluctuation in ph is a change of 100%. and while it may be in a safe range if it changes by 1 or 2 points quickly every week, slowly but surely the life in your tank will be worn down. Ill bet you dollars to donuts its your ph fluctuating. Im willing to bet that if you tested it after your 50% water change then tested it again before your next water change you would have seen a difference of 2 or so points. after 6 mounths of that something is bound to give.
Otherone;4994407; said:If changing of too much water was the issue it would've been detected in the water parameters tests. Ammonia or Nitra would've been present in the tests if the bio filter wasn't working properly.
Problem with large water changes is tempature, It's hard to change tons of water and match the same temp time and time again. Some saltwater life can be dramaticly
effected by temp swings. Along simimlar lines malfunctioning heaters can also do alot of damage as they tend to let a charge loose in the water. It would be somewhat detectable by a thermometer as the temps would swing erraticly and the high end temp after the heater runs would be very high.
One thing that struck me was you saying your salininty was 1.023 "today" does your salinity fluxuate alot ? Stability can be a real bugger in smaller tanks the ppm's aren't on your side.
No my salinity is always 1.023-1.024 I stay on top of that all the time.. I was just stating "today" so everyone knew that I measured and my LFS measured that same day. Bad wording on my art I guess, I went to my LFS with pictures and talked with him as best as I can.. My Italian is not the greatest. My wife was the one who took the water to him to be tested so I figured I should go talk with him.. After talking for awhile he thinks I have a parasite in my tank. I soaked one of my corals in Batadine-Solutions are 10% povidone-iodine in water. I soaked it for about 20 min and gently shook the coral very 5 minutes. I have done this once before with one of my other corals when I saw bristle works burrowing inside it. It killed the worms and the coral is now growing like a weed. Hopefully this will be the case this time as well.. I'm only going to do one coral for now and see how it reacts, if it's for the better then I will treat the others the same way. As for the fish and the crabs, he said probably the dying anemone released toxins into the water and for some reason only affected some of the inhabitants possibly because they may have had a weaker immune system. Which some of you have already stated. All the fish and inverts seem to be doing well though, as for the corals I will keep you guys posted. Thanks again for all the help.
nonstophoops;4993313; said:I feel like you are promoting and want to sell it, ha. I think we can just roll with your name on the package. Fleshy's Reef Food. Done. ship it.
To be honest the chances of my brother and I not approaching you with some sort of business proposition at some point is slim to none. It will happen...just wait for it haha.
There are some kinks to that food that I need to work out on my next batch, but that is easy to do.
No worries about the help, sorry we werent more of an assistance. I think that this guy is coming up with sort of the same thing I was saying. There must be something weird in the tank that we are not testing for. Some things release toxins...but nothing really came to mind in your stock list.
Your water quality was pristine, so it obviously didnt rot in there whatever it was.
Yeah, it was my Sebae Anemone. I knew it was pretty much dead if not already dead, so I pulled it. I didn't want it sitting in my tank for that exact reason. The guy at my LFS said it's possible that it released toxins into the tank. I'm gonna take a break from anemones for awhile, my carpet anemone ate 3 fish, and this one died.. I will be buying another black clown in about 5 weeks, as long as my tank is stable by then.
