Frag issues

[Trabby]

All of our frags from the swap are doing really well, with the exeption of one small frag that didn't make it. Did all of your pieces go downhill at once or over time? Do you use tap water or R/O?

[Scubasteve23]

Unfortunetley im using tap water I always leave it out in a 5 Gallon pail for at least 2 days before i use it though. i have just noticed in the last couple weeks that its been happening..started with 2 birdsnests and now my devils hand looks like its dieing. My naso tang died about a month ago and 3 days ago one of my chromis died that i have had for like a year. no signs of issues..i dont know what the heck is going on. all parameters seems to be fine.

[cuz]

do you test your tap water?
with all the warm weather and snow melting I'd suspect your town water has upped its chemicals to deal with the run off.

[daniella3d]

well...search no further. Why not an RO/DI unit? it's not that expensive and at the end you will lose more money in frag and RTN.

If you have chloramine in your tap then 2 days is not going to remove all. You can't trust the water company as they sometime put desinfectant etc. in the water that is safe for humans but not for fish or corals.

I would never trust tap water without treating it with Prime at the very least. Even then, you should test for copper as well.

[Scubasteve23]

I understand that using tap water isnt the greatest but i know lots of people that live in the city, even very close to me that are not having any issues

[Ryan]

Ive used tap for years now with no issues, Mike as well, no issues. I was a little worried when I moved to Lethbridge but once again no issues.

When I started reading this I thought maybe because of your 2hr drive something happened. It did to me during one of our calgary trips. Not sure if the corals got too hot or cold in the cooler but I lost half of my SPS.

Now I see your loosing a bunch of your fish which tells me its not the coral its the water. Something has gotten into your tank whether its from a water change or maybe some cleaning chemical indirectly or chemical from work.

Chemicals wont test on a aquarium test kit. So i'd guess its that.

[wingedfish]

Hey Steve, I purchased some from mostly everyone there and everything is doing great. I'm actually quite happy with my tank at the moment.

We don't use chloromine and 2 days in open air would easily get rid of chlorine. I don't believe it's tap water related.

[Ryan]

Perhaps some cleaner or something was on your hands when you put them in the tank?

[Scubasteve23]

I would just like to clarify that i am not saying that i think that this was caused from the original corals cut or from the owners they were purchased from. I am merely asking if it happened to anyone else. I believe i got amazing deals at the swap and would definitely buy from everyone again.

[sumpfinfishe]

IMO i would check check and recheck water peramaters, loosing both fish and coral in high numbers could be caused by so many things. It could be from something like dirty hands or too much hand in the tank, to evaporation swings, to complete water chemistry's being out of whack. Think about any changes made in the last few months that you may have over looked-good luck.