Obsessive Compulsion + Lack of Sleep = 500$ Worth of Live Stock

Der_Iron_Chef · #1 03-30-2008, 05:14 PM

Aren't Plecos freshwater fish?

Sorry for your losses. Restock slowly. As well, before you spend a mint in new livestock, I would invest in an RO/DI unit. That may solve most of your algae issues.

rdnicolas · #2 03-30-2008, 05:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Der_Iron_Chef

Aren't Plecos freshwater fish?

Sorry for your losses. Restock slowly. As well, before you spend a mint in new livestock, I would invest in an RO/DI unit. That may solve most of your algae issues.

Hmm good point. I'll look into that. how much would a decent set cost?

WhoPoopWrasse · #3 03-30-2008, 05:23 PM

http://www.reefsolution.com/catalog/...roducts_id=393
I've been using this unit for 2 years now, changed the media once and it's still great, plus if you buy a bit more and you get your order to hit $200.00 you get free shipping!

rdnicolas · #4 03-30-2008, 05:27 PM

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Originally Posted by WhoPoopWrasse

http://www.reefsolution.com/catalog/...roducts_id=393
I've been using this unit for 2 years now, changed the media once and it's still great, plus if you buy a bit more and you get your order to hit $200.00 you get free shipping!

Thanks! I've tried just about everything else but this.

Myka · #5 03-30-2008, 06:30 PM

What did you raise your magnesium up to? What is it at now?

rdnicolas · #6 03-30-2008, 09:51 PM

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What did you raise your magnesium up to? What is it at now?

I actually went for 1600 ( I followed the 100/day as the thread described) and left it like that for about a week. The fish didn't have any ill affects. However I lost a coral and my snails seemed to be affected. The Bryopsis turned pale to white and I pulled out as much as I can during the treatment. The Hair algae didn't seem to be affected but I pulled those as much of that out too.

I"ll have to check what it is now but I assume that it would be much lower. The fish also wern't exhibiting deteriorating charachteristics. It was like they were totally fine one day and a few hours into the next day they were dead

Myka · #7 03-30-2008, 09:59 PM

I am also skeptical that it was oxygen that caused it, which is why I asked about the magnesium. I'm wondering if you caused a big change in magnesium when you did the 30% waterchange which then may have been the culprit...?

You did say that you just changed salt. Is this the first waterchange you've used it on? Maybe it's a dud pail...

rdnicolas · #8 03-30-2008, 11:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Der_Iron_Chef

Aren't Plecos freshwater fish?

Sorry for your losses. Restock slowly. As well, before you spend a mint in new livestock, I would invest in an RO/DI unit. That may solve most of your algae issues.

I thought plecos are brakish fish I'll have to double check that

KrazyKuch · #9 03-31-2008, 12:13 AM

Plecos are freshwater, Also I see in your signature that you are using 3 fluval 404's, what media do you have in them???I have found that canister filters to be Nitrate factories unless you change half the media at least once a week....Also I see that you had a lot of fish in your system which would result in a lot of organic material in your water column and when your skimmer stopped running you could have possibly had to many toxins in the water!!

When you pulled the dead fish out of the water where their mouths wide open, cause thats a sign that they died from not enough oxygen!

rdnicolas · #10 03-31-2008, 02:52 AM

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Originally Posted by KrazyKuch

Plecos are freshwater, Also I see in your signature that you are using 3 fluval 404's, what media do you have in them???I have found that canister filters to be Nitrate factories unless you change half the media at least once a week....Also I see that you had a lot of fish in your system which would result in a lot of organic material in your water column and when your skimmer stopped running you could have possibly had to many toxins in the water!!

When you pulled the dead fish out of the water where their mouths wide open, cause thats a sign that they died from not enough oxygen!

I have 3 fluval 404's with the sponges and those cylindical filter media, other than that I have a phosphate media bag in one 404 and carbon in the other The third one has the fine mesh polishing filter.

Interesting point of the bioload and toxins. when my coral died, I left it inthere four a couple days to see if it would recover. I wonder if that may have caused it but then again I only lost them after the water change which would be odd. Good point of the fish well the sail fin had its mouth wide open but I didn't notice it on the other fishes. Maybe I was still in shock about the sailfin tang. I'm going to check the water parameters again to see whats going on.