Saltwater ****es me off

[canadianbudz604]

I live not far from bear creek as well. Feeding schedule is once every 2 days (1/4 cube of mysis, and nls pellets) I don't over feed. Only as much as the fish and crew eats. No sump, a small Biocube skimmer , running only a small bag of fluval carbon in an aquaclear 70. For flow I've got the aquaclear, 425?gph koralia, and a koralia nano. My tank was doing very well before the API filter. Crazy amounts of growth. Only thing I've changed up was the water source. If I change 50% of the water will it shock anything? I always match my water up before using it. I don't want to go digging in the sand to find the nassatius snails, but I will if I have to. On a side note my hammer coral and soft corals look great

[mrhasan]

Originally Posted by canadianbudz604

I live not far from bear creek as well. Feeding schedule is once every 2 days (1/4 cube of mysis, and nls pellets) I don't over feed. Only as much as the fish and crew eats. No sump, a small Biocube skimmer , running only a small bag of fluval carbon in an aquaclear 70. For flow I've got the aquaclear, 425?gph koralia, and a koralia nano. My tank was doing very well before the API filter. Crazy amounts of growth. Only thing I've changed up was the water source. If I change 50% of the water will it shock anything? I always match my water up before using it. I don't want to go digging in the sand to find the nassatius snails, but I will if I have to. On a side note my hammer coral and soft corals look great

Phosphate! 50% won't shock anything as long as the parameters are close (if not spot on). I have seen an european reefer changing 95% water during maintenance for years All you need to do now is bring down the phosphate and check whether it rises. If such happens, you got something leaching in the tank. Instead of worrying about anything, just do a water change: it is always the cure for almost anything

[canadianbudz604]

Got 15g of water on the go hopefully this will help

[mrhasan]

Originally Posted by canadianbudz604

Got 15g of water on the go hopefully this will help

Sorry for asking this question but what's the size of your tank? I didn't keep track

[canadianbudz604]

It's a 29g standard. Only reason why this is making me so mad is because the tank was doing soooo well.

[mrhasan]

Originally Posted by canadianbudz604

It's a 29g standard. Only reason why this is making me so mad is because the tank was doing soooo well.

I can totally understand. **** happens Two pumps burnt in two consecutive weekends in my tank. Its just part of the hobby and hence not a lot of people survive this hobby. Do another 15 gallon and maybe take a sample of water to LFS for a quick phosphate test.

[Dearth]

Aye its the curse and blessing of a smaller system when things go wrong they go wrong fast whereas in a larger system you often have time to correct a problem in a small system the death of just one fish can affect your system within hrs. Having a much larger skimmer pro-rated will give you time in a smaller system to correct the problem with less of an immediate impact I have found.