well my tank had pretty much all of my coral died over the period of 2 days. I kinda feel stupid. I know I must have done somethign stupid. i added my lionfish on thursday last week. everything was good til the other day and now all my coral is dead. I had a good 100 dollars in soft corals and all. I also have an infestation of trash anemones too. I have given up on the tank. i am still gonna take care of it for the lionfish, but I am not gonna try to keep any coral. I am gonna start looking for live rock to do my 75 gallon tank as a reef. I think It will be a little easier than a 29 gallon. more water volume. I am also gonna get my tank drilled before I set it up and I'm gonna use my 29 gallon as a cump for the 75 gallon, so I will have a ton of water volume.
tank gone bad
- Thread starter jimmybling31
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Bummer dude!
Sorry to hear that!
Is the fish still o.k.!
What else was in the tank besides corals?
Were you testing all your levels at least twice a week with the new fish???
Sorry to hear that!
Is the fish still o.k.!
What else was in the tank besides corals?
Were you testing all your levels at least twice a week with the new fish???
Myteemouse;2337513; said:
the fish is still healthy and all. there were corals, live rock, snails, a volitan lionfish, and hermit crabs.
I was checking the parameters everyday, because something just seemed off with it. everything came back good everyday though so I wasn't worried, but you see where thata got me.
How was "something off" if the levels were good ?
Please explain!!!
Cause I also have a 29 gallon and I am curious??!?!?!
Please explain!!!
Cause I also have a 29 gallon and I am curious??!?!?!
Myteemouse;2339794; said:
just looking at it you could tell by looking at it that something was going bad in it. I don't know if it was something that was was caused by me not having ro water, but I know something wasn't right. i am just gonna be more careful next time around.
What specifically were your levels? Ammonia, phospate, nitrite, nitrate, what corals specifically, salinity, chlorine?
serafino;2341034; said:
ammonia-0
nitrite-0
nitrate-0
salinity- specific gravity 1.026
no chlorine because my water here doesn't have any anyways.
phosphate-0 ( again part of my local water. I have really good water quality out of the faucet. the one thing it has though that I can test for is very high calcium. it has 220ppm calcium out of the faucet. with salt mixed in it has 490ish ppm of calcium. at the time of the all the stuff dieing it was only 410)
I had some zoas ( don't know what exactly, just bought them because I knew I had enough light and they looked good), regular purple xenia, and a devil's hand. the devil's hand looks like it's coming back though.
it doesnt sound like an issue with calcium. In my experience low calcium will just defect the amount of growth a coral will undergo in a given amount of time, provided your lighting is correct.
what type of lighting were you using. Corals require a certain amount of lighting and if these specs are not met, then coral will not fair well.
What id suggest for now would be to do a large water change, maybe 75% and that should help stable out any imbalance. Another thing that could have played a role would be temperature. Tanks that constantly change in temp will usually have corals that just don't look healthy. Keeping a decent temp is key to reduced stress on fish, corals and inverts.
I will agree that doing a 75 gallon vs a 29 gallon will make your odds better. Not to mention your lionfish will like it more. do some planning and see if you can get that to work out for you. Good luck and let us know if you have any further questions.
what type of lighting were you using. Corals require a certain amount of lighting and if these specs are not met, then coral will not fair well.
What id suggest for now would be to do a large water change, maybe 75% and that should help stable out any imbalance. Another thing that could have played a role would be temperature. Tanks that constantly change in temp will usually have corals that just don't look healthy. Keeping a decent temp is key to reduced stress on fish, corals and inverts.
I will agree that doing a 75 gallon vs a 29 gallon will make your odds better. Not to mention your lionfish will like it more. do some planning and see if you can get that to work out for you. Good luck and let us know if you have any further questions.
sweeTang21;2342363; said:
I have 2 24 inch 2 bulb t5ho (48 watts each) and a compact fluorescent fixture(65 watts) on my 29 gallon. I have tons of light. I did only have the compact fluorescent for a while, but then I upgraded to having all those on it. I have a pretty stready temperature of 78 degrees in my tank. the only time that would change is if my pregnant wife decides she is too hot and turns the ac on ( yes she put it on 64 the other day and all my tanks were 76 by the time I got home, but this was after the problems.)
oh yeah. I have the 75 gallon, I am just waiting on my mom to buy a new tank so I can put my fish in it too and all. I also need to buy a light for it. I am aiming for a 300watt metal halide