DKoKoMan's 150g Reef Tank

iamfrontosa · #1 03-24-2017, 01:45 PM

i don't think the stress would cause this many fish to die. Must be something wrong with the water. But you test seems to be okay.

Myka · #2 03-24-2017, 02:09 PM

Have you tested nitrite at all? If there was ever a reading other than "0" it would have pointed to an ammonia spike that you maybe missed.

You should have asked on here for pointers before you transferred. At the very least, you should have left the new sand out until everything was moved over and settled in for a couple weeks. I wouldn't have setup the new tank with all new water (sound like that's what you did). I think you made a few small "mistakes" that added up and are causing some sort of water quality issue - I suspect some kind of bacteria problem. Add to that the stress of the move, and then being in the cloudy water in an unfamiliar setting and I think it was too much. When a tank transfer is done well you will not see an ammonia blip at all.

DKoKoMan · #3 03-24-2017, 03:57 PM

I did test Nitrite and it was "0" but that was after I got home and woke up after work. I may have missed a potential "spike". Tested last night, Nitrate read 20ppm and 0 ammonia. I definitely think the fish got stressed from the move and the water quality. I definitely made the mistake of putting the sand in early, LR and clouding up the water.

As far as water goes, I was able to put 75g+ of the water from the original tank in to the new setup. That being said there would be 50% new water and this may have contributed to an imbalance in the bacteria. I definitely saw detectable ammonia (short period) but that definitely reflects on the recent losses.

I will just stay positive and expect to see further losses unfortunately... thanks Myka for the information. Anything helps to try and put my finger on the root cause.

DKoKoMan · #4 03-25-2017, 05:41 AM

Lost my black clown fish today

I feel bad as my orange clown is all alone now. I'm just dreading the days moving forward if I continue to lose fish.

amberc12 · #5 03-25-2017, 02:25 PM

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Originally Posted by DKoKoMan

Lost my black clown fish today

I feel bad as my orange clown is all alone now. I'm just dreading the days moving forward if I continue to lose fish.

Oh no! Sorry to hear about your troubles. I hope you get it figured out! Chin up it will get better, positive vibes sent your way

DKoKoMan · #6 03-25-2017, 03:50 PM

Thank you for the good "ju ju". Once the carpet installers are finished on the basement stairs I will venture down to the tank.

DKoKoMan · #7 03-30-2017, 08:33 AM

Well it's been a couple days and everything appears to be mellowed out now (no more fish losses *knock on wood*). I have been testing everything regularly and I'm not seeing any spikes. I plan on doing 20% WC bi-weekly and I will be setting up my doser soon! For now I have been manually bumping my Alk & Cal with 2-part.

Got this bad boy delivered yesterday

Glamorca Gyre-Flow Pump

So far I have just switched it on constant mode at 10% until I can find time to tweak it and run through the different settings. I briefly had it on the pulse setting. And it was making a large wave across the tank toward the overflow. Once I get the gyre dialed in I may need to get some frags!