advice needed --> advice taken -->update July 27

[christyf5]

Originally Posted by Doug

I dont know what else to say Christy.


perhaps

Believe me that has crossed my mind more than once, however, I've got waterchanges to do and they're no fun when you're half cut. Then again, they're never any fun

Took a water sample to the LFS this afternoon. Ammonia is 2.4 or 2.8 I can't remember which. The tube was a lovely turquoise green color. And thats after 80g+ of waterchanges. Oh yay.

I figured the fish/clams/LPS would be having issues at those levels but they all seem fine, its just the SPS that are affected and the larger colonies for some reason. Looks like I'll have a tank full of little sticks again.

[Snappy]

Originally Posted by Delphinus

+1 on the last 2 or 3 posts. Sorry to hear of your troubles .. moving tanks sucks big time..

Yeah what he said.

[Navarchus]

Sorry for being right…..

In is known fact that large sps colonies are first to go….
In that level of ammonia soon LPS, invertebrates and other will “suffocate” sort of say…

Maybe you can take out the corals and delicate live stock that you have to a friend or lfs? Just until you balances back your system biology?
I did it once and it was a life saver!!

[Navarchus]

Ahhh…..
It had just popped into my mind! If remember correctly there is a biological process that after the good bacteria are dead some nasty bacteria is developing and it transfer nitrate back into ammonia

[shrimpchips]

Use Prime or any other ammonia reducer to get the Ammonia down quick. It'll work to prevent further ammonia toxicity issues and hopefully give your colonies more of a chance. I've used this in the past with corals I've received that were beginning to die from being too cold too long and they start to rot away in QT before I have a chance to treat them. Lost about 40% of the corals to RTN, but halted it there after about 6 hours.

Sorry to hear of your losses. Hope things pull through.

[christyf5]

I've dosed an entire small bottle of prime over the last couple of days,et voila! we have zero ammonia! either that or so much prime is skewing the test. I've been doing 40G daily water changes as well to export what I can.


stupid fish have started eating the clams again. back to the LFS they go *sigh*

[marie]

Originally Posted by christyf5

I've dosed an entire small bottle of prime over the last couple of days,et voila! we have zero ammonia! either that or so much prime is skewing the test. I've been doing 40G daily water changes as well to export what I can.


stupid fish have started eating the clams again. back to the LFS they go *sigh*

How are the corals doing?

[christyf5]

The majority of the large colonies are gone, they started tissue recession and well, I didn't risk the chance of them going full bore and skewing the water quality again so they went. I did frag some of them but the frags went too. The tissue is coming off in sheets. Its pretty ugly. I lost the lovely purple frag I got from you so I'll be begging on your doorstep at some point.

I'd like to say its slowing down but every time I think that I see another one on its way out. Its pretty devastating to say the least. I've waffled between throwing it all out and just leaving the tank with rock, fish and the odd LPS that seem to have no problems with ammonia or then other times I look at other websites to see what I can plan for the new tank. I'm trying to keep my head in the game but man, this is pretty heartbreaking.

[marie]

You can show up on my doorstep anytime...just make sure you bring enough styrofoam boxes to pack everything home

[Skimmerking]

Get a couple bottles of Hagen Cycle Christy and add it to the tank IT will help out on your tank. trust me it has worked for me in the past with my problems.