Alfredshouse is gone.....

Tangman · #1 03-18-2009, 02:56 AM

I (and I'm sure others as well ) didn't know that there are glass lids on this tank, The lids as well as no surface skimming due to the canister filter is why there is no oxygen exchange at the water surface..... THE Glass lids have to go !
The PH will rise as the O2 levels go up and the CO2 levels go down ( CO2 drives PH down, same principle as a calcium reactor)

alfredshouse · #2 03-18-2009, 03:26 AM

Yah, i have really learned alot in the past two days. I no longer have lids and and my sump is being built as we speak. I am really grateful to everyone that tried to help, especially Belezuth, who spent hours helping me change water and do repeat testing. And another thank you to AA who spent alot of time troubleshooting and determining to cause. Thank you all again. Right now my tanks are being aerated and closely monitored, they have white board marker test results all over them.

Myka · #3 03-18-2009, 03:31 AM

You can put your lids back on once you get a skimmer. I have had lids on some of my tanks (with skimmers) with no troubles. Help keep evaporation down as you already know. Now that you have an O2 kit, you can always test just to make sure!

Expensive lesson to learn, but you can scratch that one off the list on newbie mistakes now.

subman · #4 03-18-2009, 03:53 AM

an absolute tragedy, but I learned a ton just by tagging along. I am truly sorry for your losses but thanks for sharing it with us.

rocketlily · #5 03-18-2009, 04:07 AM

I also am very sorry for the losses you have ocurred but I want to thank you for sharing it with us so that we all can learn a little more about this hobby.

es355lucille · #6 03-18-2009, 05:26 AM

Really sorry for your losses. Much more gained by the rest of us tagging along on this thread. I have learned a great deal from this incident.

Good luck with getting back up....I hope the rest of your tanks inhabitants make it.

Brad