i need help now

[draco]

i keep my salinity at 0.023. oh and i figured out what the wite dots where this is stupid of me, but i ws in such a rush to get my fish out of the tank that i didnt fully mix my salt and it rested on some of the fish they are fine that way now, but they still have no home

[draco]

there were alot of briste worms all over just hanging out of the rocks i have never actually seen one in my tank until now. i havnt lost any of my pets(animals i have purchased) recently, but i dont really know what might have been living in there. so you think that i sould do a big water change then add my fish back in. and run only carbon in my filter. ohhh i have been using something in my filter called greenX, do you think that this may have done something to my tank? i dont know what happens when it has expired or it is does.

[niloc16]

never heard of greenx my self. i would not do another water change until you post on here what the parameters are currently of the main tank. dont add fish or anything until you do this.

[draco]

sorry i have a red sea marine lab test kit. my alkalinity is 1.7-2.8,my nitrite is 0.2, and my nitrate is 20,

[draco]

my ammonia is 0

[Ruth]

Those #'s don't look too bad to me although you are showing some nitrite so that is not great as it means that something is not quite right. IMO Red Sea are not the most accurate tests and if at all possible it might be worth your while to either try and borrow some Salifert or Elos test kits (or if you have a friend with those test kits take a samle of water over and re-test it) or if there is a saltwater fish store in Drayton Valley take a sample in there and have them test it.
I have no experience with greenx but I do know that it is a phosphate remover. The only thing I would run in your canister filter for the next while (say a couple of weeks) is carbon and change it out often (say every 3-4 days) Also make sure that you have a quality carbon to run. I know that you can buy some very good quality carbon from Prairie Reef Supplies for a very reasonable price.

[draco]

thank you guys so much for your support. so you think that i am safe to re-add my fish? i took a turkey baster and squirted the live rock and a buch of worms have come off should i re-siphon my tank or leave them? i have already drained like 20% today.

[Ruth]

If you have a bunch of dead worms in there you want to get them out - they will only pollute the tank as they decompose. I know that we have said not to do any more water changes but if you have dead stuff in there then you are going to have to.
Another thing you might want to consider at this point is to remove your sandbed and go bare bottom - at least for a while. If you have dead bristleworms visible on your rock you can be sure that there are probably a lot more dead in your sand bed.
You want your tank stabilized before you add you fish back in. Maybe just run your canister filter on the bucket you have your fish in and throw a few pieces of live rock in there for filtration.
If it were my tank I would remove all inverts and corals to a bucket - mix up a fresh bucket of water - remove the rock and swish it around real good in this bucket of fresh water then siphon out the sand bed and probably most of the water. Then put most of the live rock back in and top off with more freshly mixed up water - test for a couple of days to make sure you don't get a cycle - then as long as your tests indicate it is OK add you livestock and corals back in.