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09-09-2006, 05:21 PM
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Here's a stab at it. I think it's a combination of things changing all around the same time.
Eliminating the sand - releasing toxic nitrate and loosing buffering abilities Blasting rocks (with freshwater I assume) - killing off vast amount of denitrifying bacteria causing a biological imbalance. Also killing whatever'ss living in/on the rocks causing more decay. Missing cucumbers - dead, possibly releasing toxin Large water changes - perhaps too large volume, too frequent If you combine all these changes together, and assuming that's what took place, it becomes a very different environment for these delicate species to cope with. I don't believe changes to the aqauscape or the lack of corals contribute to their rapid decend. Lets hope whatever still swimming can cope in the new setup. 
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09-09-2006, 07:39 PM
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Best of luck Deb. I know what you're feeling. I hope that things pull though.
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09-10-2006, 03:50 AM
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I wouldn't do that anyway.
 I was just thinking tonite tho, that if it was a water quality issue, wouldn't the starfish and snails be sensitive to that?
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09-10-2006, 09:15 AM
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Just another stupid thing on my part.
The day Moo died I had brought home a new eel that I purchased from another reefer. It ate shrimp apparently. I couldn't find anything online and in the end after getting him, got Doug to search RC, since it's unavailable to me. It is a fish eater, a major fish eater. Well, I guess I'll feed him some silversides and try and find him a new home.
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09-14-2006, 05:18 AM
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To wrap up, a few more large water changes seem to have things under control. I would never believe this to have been a problem, as was suggested. However, I should say the water changes are 40-50g on a 230g tank. Not that major.
I believe it was a toxin. There was no ammonia or nitrite present in the tank.
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09-14-2006, 05:40 AM
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Quote:
Lousy lovable fish. Cheerio Deb, Mark.
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