advice needed --> advice taken -->update July 27

christyf5 · #1 07-07-2009, 03:22 AM

Bleh, I just took a hard look at the tank. Some wicked RTN goin on in there. God I hate this hobby sometimes

Myka · #2 07-07-2009, 03:29 AM

Oh Christy...this sucks!!!

I would be doing a 50-75% water change, and checking all the levels. Ammonia would be my biggest suspect right now. Have you checked temp and salinity (sometimes we over look the simple things).

I'm so glad my tank move went to smoothly...I thank my lucky stars every time I look into my 90.

naesco · #3 07-07-2009, 03:36 AM

I had a similar problem
Get an additional powerhead in the tank (place it just below the water line) that will stop a natural decline in the oxygen levels ASAP

michika · #4 07-07-2009, 03:39 AM

So um yeah, I totally hate to be the bearer of bad news here, but yeah, um when this happened to me we all know what happened...my tank suffered a complete wipe out. While I'd be thrilled for your tank to recover, and I hope it does, unfortunately in my experience it didn't.

I did water changes, I ran carbon, and loads of it. But really all I could do was wait it out. The milkiness is from your SPS dying off, and it takes about a week to clear, or did when it happened to me. The next step after the milk-water is the stench of doom, the smell is in the water, and it takes about another week of 5% daily water changes to get it out.

Something you should probably do as soon as you are able is to pick up a few new pieces of rock. The low temperature seems to kill off some of the much needed bacteria in your system, and in my case my system (back in 2007) was unable to sufficiently repopulate the lost bacteria. I experienced SPS death after SPS death for 8 months before I figured it out.

I'm so sad to read this.

christyf5 · #5 07-07-2009, 03:44 AM

well bloody hell catherine, that is not what I wanted to hear at this point

naesco, I already have a powerhead in place at that location, hopefully it helps

as for the waterchange, I'm making water but it just isn't happening fast enough for my liking

michika · #6 07-07-2009, 04:09 AM

Sorry. I hope you can turn things around though with your WCs. Your tank is smaller then our 180g which makes WCs considerably simpler.

PoonTang · #7 07-07-2009, 04:20 AM

If you have rtn then i would start fragging fast. If the main tank is still OK then throw the frags in there and hope for the best. When i moved my tank it was in the middle of january during a cold snap. By the time I got everything home the water was 68 deg.F . I never lost a thing although I didnt have any SPS at the time. Hang in there, theres still hope.

christyf5 · #8 07-07-2009, 04:21 AM

no its the main tank going down the crapper now, I had moved most of the stuff in the sump into the main tank. Not sure if that sparked it or it was inevitable anyways.

Aquattro · #9 07-07-2009, 04:24 AM

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Originally Posted by michika

The milkiness is from your SPS dying off, and it takes about a week to clear, or did when it happened to me. The next step after the milk-water is the stench of doom, the smell is in the water, and it takes about another week of 5% daily water changes to get it out.

Yup, gotta agree with this. Cold temps moving into my 150 did the same thing. I did recover though, and after all was said and done, it turned out ok. Don't give up hope yet.

christyf5 · #10 07-07-2009, 04:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Aquattro

Yup, gotta agree with this. Cold temps moving into my 150 did the same thing. I did recover though, and after all was said and done, it turned out ok. Don't give up hope yet.

did you wait it out? do waterchanges constantly?

I'm thinking its a good thing I stocked up on salt