help!! fish dying...my coraline has turned white

[Maui4Me]

Ive been dealing with ick in an 80 gal tank. 3 of my 6 fish died in 3 days. My saline is. 024 ph 8.1 amonia.50 nitrate 5.0 phosphate. 25 temp 81. I have still have 2 clowns, a wrasse and 2shrimp 20 soft corals, feeding frozen plankton,shrimp,blood worms

[Mike-fish]

how old is the tank

[gregzz4]

Judging by your params I'd say you need to do some WCs
Get that ammonia in check and test for nitrites as well as nitrates

What are you doing for the ich ?

[gregzz4]

Originally Posted by Mike-fish

how old is the tank

And that ...

[gregzz4]

BTW ...

You don't need to post this issue in multiple forums

Either Reef or FOWLR will get you help

Placing it in multiple locations will be harder for you to glean all the info as we all will read each others' responses and respond accordingly

[Maui4Me]

I moved a friends 3 year healthy system to a different used tank at my place. We replaced the silicone seal as it was previously fresh water, I will test tomorrow for nitrite. How can I get my ammonia down ? I've been treating ick with temp increase 79 to 82 and a reef safe natural product herbtana but I was to turn off protein skimmer

[gregzz4]

You haven't clarified how new this system is

I suggest you read up on the nitrogen cycle on the web so you have a better understanding what's going on. You've led me to believe you don't understand it with your initial comment about having .5 ammonia

So ... I should have been a bit clearer with my comment about your ammonia
0.5 isn't bad but it's getting there. It just means that you are going through a cycle. This can happen any time you transfer stuff between tanks.

You should initially test for all 3 and keep note of the results
Ammonia NH3
Nitrites NO2
Nitrates NO3

Keep an eye on your NH3 and if it goes over, say, 1.0, do a 10 or 20% waterchange. And test your ammo more than once a day.
Don't change more than 75% water over a 24 hour period !!!

Keep an eye on your ammonia and, when it drops and goes away, then your NO2 will be most likely in the mid-point of it's cycle. Eventually your NO3 will take over and you're finished with the initial worrying.
As I stated at first, read up and understand what's going on !!!!!!


You should also be adding some air to your tank right now as the oxygen is probably low. Either an air pump, or some kind of surface agitation with the top open to the room. I'm not saying expose jumping fish, but you have to let the surface air exchange happen

[Slick Fork]

Try adding some Prime to the system. It's supposed to detoxify ammonia and nitrite

[gregzz4]

Originally Posted by Slick Fork

Try adding some Prime to the system. It's supposed to detoxify ammonia and nitrite

Sure, Prime works great in a pinch, but what about knowing what's going on and learning how to deal with it ??

[Slick Fork]

Originally Posted by gregzz4

Sure, Prime works great in a pinch, but what about knowing what's going on and learning how to deal with it ??

Absolutely, but right now they need something that works in a pinch