Emergency! Need help!

[paddyob]

Just a note... You can't set a skimmer using tap water. It reacts differently than salt.

Sorry about your issues.

Good luck.

[Sumfingwong]

Originally Posted by RedCoralEdmonton

As well I doubt it was the Herbtana, yes your skimmer overflows with it, hence the back of it saying to turn off your skimmer, my best bet is you didn't do that and you had skimmate in your cup... it overflowed back into the tank, thus stressing everything in the tank, as mentioned do a good size water change to try and get everything settled again....

Ive used this product for a long time and have never had a single problem with it, I recommend it to alot of people and never had they had ill effects....

Good luck from here on!

Steve

Hey Steve, I stopped treatment and turned the skimmer on a day after I dosed. I didn't have the skimmer running during treatment. I followed the instructions, turned slimmer off and removed carbon. I also only used 75% of the recommended dosage to "play it safe"

[Sumfingwong]

Originally Posted by paddyob

Just a note... You can't set a skimmer using tap water. It reacts differently than salt.

Sorry about your issues.

Good luck.

Hey paddy, I wasn't using the tap water to dial in the skimmer. I used it to help clean it out, I took the skimmer apart to rinse everything out, and left it running to just kick out anything that was inside the skimmer

[RedCoralEdmonton]

hmm i dunno then, but I highly doubt it was the herbtana....

Steve

[Nate]

I've used herbtana ramped up to 150% dosage with no problems and that was with epaulette sharks as well.

Good product, slow to work, but good product

[Sumfingwong]

Originally Posted by Nate

I've used herbtana ramped up to 150% dosage with no problems and that was with epaulette sharks as well.

Good product, slow to work, but good product

The only thing that has changed in my tank was herbtana, I didnt add anything else.

Originally Posted by Sumfingwong

P.S. I don't have a QT tank. However, 2 weeks ago, I took all my old LR from my office tank and scrubbed them. The tank still has all the LR, heater and powerhead running. It only has 40% water in the tank though (lots of rocks and very little swimming room). The remaining fish seem fine but you never know.

Actually, the remaining fish are kind of begging for food.

Is the office tank the one that you are having problems with or your tank at home? Or did you merge the two into one tank. if you did the later, since you scrubbed the live rock (under tap water?), and then introduced it to the main DT, wouldn't there be a huge ammonia build up from the LR die off?

Sorry to hear about your losses.

[Sumfingwong]

Originally Posted by Cugio

Is the office tank the one that you are having problems with or your tank at home? Or did you merge the two into one tank. if you did the later, since you scrubbed the live rock (under tap water?), and then introduced it to the main DT, wouldn't there be a huge ammonia build up from the LR die off?

Sorry to hear about your losses.

I started the new DT from scratch, 90% marco rocks and a couple LR from the LFS.

During the shutdown of the office tank, I scrubbed it in tank water.

[paddyob]

Originally Posted by Sumfingwong

Hey paddy, I wasn't using the tap water to dial in the skimmer. I used it to help clean it out, I took the skimmer apart to rinse everything out, and left it running to just kick out anything that was inside the skimmer

Sorry my misunderstanding. I thought you were testing it with tap water... as in trying to dial it.

Sorry sorry sorry!

[fishytime]

Originally Posted by Sumfingwong

I started the new DT from scratch, 90% marco rocks and a couple LR from the LFS.

During the shutdown of the office tank, I scrubbed it in tank water.

that could be your problem right there......if you started your tank with 90% dead rock and 10% live then you probably shouldnt have had more than 8 fish in the tank.....dead rock is DEAD rock and can not be counted as filtration........it may take 2 monthes, it may take a year for that dead rock to become "live"..we are seeing more and more people having problems, the more popular dead rock gets......if you for instance have 90lbs of dead and 10lbs of live then you need to stock the tank asd though you hav 10lbs of rock, not 100lbs.....I wish more LFSs would explain this to people....I know I make sure to tell folks this when they are buying dead rock...... again sorry for your losses