Can't stop the losses

[Doug]

Crap Jason. I was just looking at your totm thread again to see if anything popped up. Nothing though. All those beautiful acros.

First, I thought taking a tank of something like Zeo or the others, had to be done slowly? Could that now be adding to the original problem.

Second, whenever a tank is stunning, Zeo or again, whichever other prodcuts one uses, gets the credit. Could there possibly be something in the regiment that could cause these problems, perhaps if one of the additives was a bad batch or something? I dont know, like the others, just throwing things out.

[Jason McK]

I thought, when I pulled off the Zeovit reactor I would see a noticeable decline in the tank. But nothing accelerated in it's downward trend. So I concluded that the Zeo pull did not effect the tank too harshly.
But that is just the theory

J

[Samw]

You don't use Instant Ocean do you? I believe I had a bad batch of Instant Ocean recently (about 2-3 months ago). My powerhead turned white when mixing it. The newly mixed water stayed cloudy after mixing for a day. My mixing tank had a film of white residue that won't dissolve. I used the water anyways for my water changes. Not surprisingly, I lost a few corals and many declined after that. I stopped using that batch and I bought a new bag of Instant Ocean which mixed fine and my corals have recovered.

[Jason McK]

Nope I'm using reefers Best. But at this point I'm not sure why I'm using such an expensive salts for what is esentially a fish only system

J

[fkshiu]

Perhaps you can try a mini-reboot to the system. Take a few pieces of LR and a couple of coral and put them into a completely separate and brand new 10 gallon system, for example, and see what happens.

[Snappy]

Sorry to hear about this Jason.
When I read this my immediate thought was perhaps some kids used your tank as a wishing well or as Snaz said something is leaching into the system.

[Red Coral Aquariums]

Sorry to hear about your losses.

Some thoughts that come to mind that might be worth consideration.

Stray Voltage?
Recent MH bulb change and bad bulb (rad++)
Painted or lead objects in tank
R/O problem ( bad filters)
Change in air quality ( something in air) air conditioning etc.

Good luck
Kevin

[Sebae again]

I had a bad batch of RBS. I think if we get the top or bottom of the batch it might not be mixed well.Heavier elements will settle to the bottom and it is something we dont test for.Also small amounts of something over time could build up to toxic levels.