uh oh

[Reefhawk1]

Is it possible you had a nitrate spike? you have a reading of 5 is this normal for your tank?

When you changed your power heads did the flow increase disturb the sand bed?

[tgoeujon]

i think i found the problem. i was focusing on the fish and inverts and missed something obvious. my magnificent anemone was missing. found him chewed up in the pump. dont know why the testing didnt show anything wierd though. time for a new test kit im thinking. thanks for all the suggestions im hoping that was the problem. the powerheads dont seem to be disturbing the sandbed noticeably

[banditpowdercoat]

Anemone chewed in pump, darn. Glad I went closed loop, no powerheads in my tank. I hope thats the cause. Sure is alot of fish$$$ to lose all at once

[tgoeujon]

it was a painful loss but i was way overstocked though now i can work more on my corals without the fish in the way. turns out there are 4 fish left. a percula, a scooter blenny, a yellow spotted tilefish and a citron goby. hopefully they make it to the new tank

[banditpowdercoat]

If ya had to many fish, I woulda taken some LOL.

Got any pictures of your tank?

[mark]

Too bad about the fish.

Bandit, important to guard your intakes even with a CL.

[untamed]

My guess is that your ammonia/nitrite test kits weren't showing you what was there. When the anemone died, it could have produced a good spike in those parameters.

Would fish actually be MORE sensitive to ammonia than corals? I'm thinking...yes.