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![]() If the sand released anaerobic bacteria you wouldnt see it and tests wouldnt pick it up. This also could mess with the oxygen in your tank.. fish ok?
I dont think flow change would kill them this fast. |
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Fish are fine. Water is crystal clear and actually I was amazed at how clear it stayed through the whole process. One thing I learned from this was that my old tank was VERY clean. No detritus anywhere. I was super happy about that. |
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![]() Jeez! Sorry to hear this. IMO you did just about everything you could have in the transfer. Something obviously got out of whack, but why? Hopefully everything else makes it.
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Still what baffles me the most is that some of the hardy stuff like monti caps, birdsnest and gorgonians died??? So weird. |
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![]() Wow that just flat out sucks.
In all my previous tank moves/upgrades I did EXACTLY what you did, right down to the rinsing of the sand, etc. Everything was always fine. Although the one time I didn't transfer the sand at all, I had a crash, but I also moved from Edmonton to Calgary...so who knows with that. I hope everything improves, or maybe you can create some frags and send them to heal in a friends tank. At least then you might have a chance of keeping something that might otherwise not make it. |
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I am amazed that this hasn't really affected my acros more. A horn coral dies overnight??? Those things have always been indestructible in my tanks, same with birdsnest. I didn't even realize birdsnest could die ![]() One of the acros that died had only been in my tank a few weeks and come from another members tank, so perhaps all the moves were too much. Quote:
It just sucks because most of them were getting quite big and I can't afford to replace all this stuff anytime soon. I actually think I am going to just keep whatever sps lives and then add more LPS instead of new sps. Even a few more softies. |