Emergency! Need help!

[Sumfingwong]

Originally Posted by Cugio

Is the office tank the one that you are having problems with or your tank at home? Or did you merge the two into one tank. if you did the later, since you scrubbed the live rock (under tap water?), and then introduced it to the main DT, wouldn't there be a huge ammonia build up from the LR die off?

Sorry to hear about your losses.

I started the new DT from scratch, 90% marco rocks and a couple LR from the LFS.

During the shutdown of the office tank, I scrubbed it in tank water.

[fishytime]

Originally Posted by Sumfingwong

I started the new DT from scratch, 90% marco rocks and a couple LR from the LFS.

During the shutdown of the office tank, I scrubbed it in tank water.

that could be your problem right there......if you started your tank with 90% dead rock and 10% live then you probably shouldnt have had more than 8 fish in the tank.....dead rock is DEAD rock and can not be counted as filtration........it may take 2 monthes, it may take a year for that dead rock to become "live"..we are seeing more and more people having problems, the more popular dead rock gets......if you for instance have 90lbs of dead and 10lbs of live then you need to stock the tank asd though you hav 10lbs of rock, not 100lbs.....I wish more LFSs would explain this to people....I know I make sure to tell folks this when they are buying dead rock...... again sorry for your losses

[Geofrog]

Your tank is going to go through another cycle now. If you can find someone to take your remaining livestock temporarily, and let the tank cycle would be ideal. I had a major tank crash like yours due to different reasons and I lost a lot of coral and some fish. I managed to get the remaining fish housed at Riverfront for a month, but that was quite pricey. I would offer to hold on to your puffer, but unfortunately he wouldn't be compatible in with my inhabitants. Hopefully you can find someone to house hiom for some time, just until your tank stabilizes. Good luck and sorry for your losses.

[Sumfingwong]

Originally Posted by Geofrog

Your tank is going to go through another cycle now. If you can find someone to take your remaining livestock temporarily, and let the tank cycle would be ideal. I had a major tank crash like yours due to different reasons and I lost a lot of coral and some fish. I managed to get the remaining fish housed at Riverfront for a month, but that was quite pricey. I would offer to hold on to your puffer, but unfortunately he wouldn't be compatible in with my inhabitants. Hopefully you can find someone to house hiom for some time, just until your tank stabilizes. Good luck and sorry for your losses.

Thats what I am thinking, I think me adding the meds caused a cycle for some reason.. I am getting diatoms. The puffers are not looking good right now, their eyes started to turn white. The remaining tang, foxface, solar fairy wrasse and 3 chromis seem fine.

If someone would like to foster the fish.. it would be awesome. I am hoping to get my office tank up and running tomorrow.

[Nano]

man this is so terrible, I feel for ya, I sure hope some one can babysit them for you for a while!

[Coleus]

I have a running RSM 34 gallon, you can throw any fishes in there if you like but I won't able to do cuppermine because it has coralsin it.

[Sumfingwong]

Originally Posted by Coleus

I have a running RSM 34 gallon, you can throw any fishes in there if you like but I won't able to do cuppermine because it has coralsin it.

Thanks tai. I will get back to you later tomorrow. This is such terrible timing. The office tank was not cloudy from me moving LR out of the tank, so I took the chance to move the puffers into the tank. Since its only half full of water and I didn't have any prepped, I put 2 power heads into the tank, and added an air bubbler. Once the water is ready, I can add it and te my old skimmer to run. My old cannister hasn't been turned on since the shutdown so I'll leave it off and start up the aquaclear 110.
What made matters worse is that I woke up my wife at 1am and it's her bday today. Needless to say, I am now sleeping in the guest bedroom

Thanks all for your help. I hope they make it through the day tomorrow, I won't be able to check on them until after dinner unfortunately.

[daniella3d]

Or, it could be marine velvet and not ich to begin with for wich no snake oil will work. That is a real possibility.

if you tested for ammonia and there was none, then it is something else, something nasty.

Originally Posted by Sumfingwong

Thats what I am thinking, I think me adding the meds caused a cycle for some reason.. I am getting diatoms. The puffers are not looking good right now, their eyes started to turn white. The remaining tang, foxface, solar fairy wrasse and 3 chromis seem fine.

If someone would like to foster the fish.. it would be awesome. I am hoping to get my office tank up and running tomorrow.