HELP

windcoast reefs · #1 01-31-2011, 04:20 AM

Hey everyone,
Today I came home to a dying tank. Over the period of a day and a half my tank went from healthy to nasty. My tank was super cloudy and the bio pellets had a weird white stringy substance in it. I did a water change and removed the bio pellets but it isn't much better. Any Ideas on how to save my coral and fish?

Aquattro · #2 01-31-2011, 04:23 AM

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Originally Posted by windcoast reefs

Hey everyone,
Today I came home to a dying tank. Over the period of a day and a half my tank went from healthy to nasty. My tank was super cloudy and the bio pellets had a weird white stringy substance in it. I did a water change and removed the bio pellets but it isn't much better. Any Ideas on how to save my coral and fish?

Big water change, right now!!

dunl · #3 01-31-2011, 04:27 AM

Aerate it right now too, if you have the ability to toss an airline onto a pump.

PoonTang · #4 01-31-2011, 04:30 AM

Cloudy and big stringy slime sounds like a big bacteria bloom. Big waterchange, and some carbon too wouldnt hurt either.

windcoast reefs · #5 01-31-2011, 04:33 AM

Okay I will put some carbon in, I just finished a 40% water change and it looks like it really helped. I will see how it does in the next hour of so. Should I clean the bio pellets and put them back on?

daniella3d · #6 01-31-2011, 04:37 AM

Did you just started the biopellets? because to avoid bacteria bloom one must start with the pellets slowly. Just put a small quantité, then a week later put some more etc...Go very slowly. To much pellets too fast will create a bacteria bloom.

Those bacterias quickly depleate the water from oxygen.

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Originally Posted by windcoast reefs

Okay I will put some carbon in, I just finished a 40% water change and it looks like it really helped. I will see how it does in the next hour of so. Should I clean the bio pellets and put them back on?

windcoast reefs · #7 01-31-2011, 04:43 AM

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Originally Posted by daniella3d

Did you just started the biopellets? because to avoid bacteria bloom one must start with the pellets slowly. Just put a small quantité, then a week later put some more etc...Go very slowly. To much pellets too fast will create a bacteria bloom.

Those bacterias quickly depleate the water from oxygen.

Yeah I was told to start with 50mL of bio pellets. I was running them since tuesday with just that 50mL. Is that mabey to much?

daniella3d · #8 01-31-2011, 04:54 AM

It should not have been too much but since you got that bacteria bloom I am guessing it was too much. It all depends on the size of the system and bioload etc..

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Originally Posted by windcoast reefs

Yeah I was told to start with 50mL of bio pellets. I was running them since tuesday with just that 50mL. Is that mabey to much?

windcoast reefs · #9 01-31-2011, 04:59 AM

Yeah, maybe once this gets under control I will start with 25mL. My fish seem to be fine now, im just hoping none of my new frags die.

windcoast reefs · #10 01-31-2011, 07:28 PM

So Its been 12 hours since I had this bacteria bloom. So far my corals are alive and my fish still eating, but it is still really cloudy. Should I be doing another water change?