Sikryd April 10, 2009 Share April 10, 2009 I can't believe it.....this sucks..... I've lost about 25 frags/colonies of sps so far, 5 chalices, with a bunch on the way from the looks of it. I did a 30g h20 change, changed out the carbon, and moved everything I could to a 12g QT tank that I have some of my fish in right now. Looks like I am going to loose everything..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowardofNOVA April 10, 2009 Share April 10, 2009 What happened? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sikryd April 10, 2009 Author Share April 10, 2009 not 100% sure yet. Contaminated sand most likely. It is the only thing I added besides re-aquascaping. All tests were good. Only one I don't have is copper. Could have been a screw that fell into it since it was in my garage. But I keep it pretty clean in there so who knows... See the rest of the damage in the a.m. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coral Hind April 10, 2009 Share April 10, 2009 Sorry to hear about the loss! First James and now you. I would throw some "poly-filter" in. I always keep a few packs on hand for an emergency. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highland Reefer April 10, 2009 Share April 10, 2009 Sorry to hear about this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blaze98 April 10, 2009 Share April 10, 2009 Oh man that sucks, it was looking so beautiful too. I still have the bonsai for you and a few more frags you can have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flowerseller April 10, 2009 Share April 10, 2009 Very sorry to hear. When was the sand added? I'd look at ammonia recycle. I have stuff when you settle down and start back up. what are your water tests? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesbuf April 10, 2009 Share April 10, 2009 I feel you pain man. My fingers are crossed that you won't lose the rest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sen5241b April 10, 2009 Share April 10, 2009 (edited) Test water for everything! What are you parms? You really want to try to find the root cause? Then do another water change. Edited April 10, 2009 by sen5241b Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MLazar April 10, 2009 Share April 10, 2009 So sorry to hear about your loss. Let us know how things are recovering, I hope you don't lose everything. Maureen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Origami April 10, 2009 Share April 10, 2009 darn, these things happen so quickly.... Good luck with the save efforts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sikryd April 10, 2009 Author Share April 10, 2009 Thanks guys. Still not sure what happened. Po4, NO3, no4, calc, dkh, mag, ph, nh3, and sal are all good Chlorine is possible since I used hose water to wash the sand out. Not sure what has made it since the stuff I tried to save is stacked like tetris pieces in one of my QT tanks. Off to get a poly filter here soon. Still making up h20 right now. I am hoping it is a spike I missed. Very possible... That would be a blessing at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.fishnreef.com April 10, 2009 Share April 10, 2009 Sorry about your tank crash. Seems very strange. Heaters? Let us know if you need help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHUBAKAH April 10, 2009 Share April 10, 2009 Did you start Neozeo yet? If so, what have you been dosing so far and how much? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phisigs79 April 10, 2009 Share April 10, 2009 Does your water company use chloramine? Chloramine will mask ammonia on a test kit which is why you may not have a reading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sikryd April 10, 2009 Author Share April 10, 2009 Just tested again in case I missed something in the frenzy last night - Ammonia spike - ~ 2 right now. Tons of carbon, water change coming again... Any other suggestions... At least it is something I can turn back around and I know the problem now. I HATEEEEEEEEEEEEE not knowing what is going on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amuze April 10, 2009 Share April 10, 2009 the ammonia spike your seeing today could be a result from the die off in your tank yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sikryd April 10, 2009 Author Share April 10, 2009 No fish or inverts were in the tank Still possible from the corals? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zygote2k April 10, 2009 Share April 10, 2009 Could this be new tank syndrome? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Origami April 10, 2009 Share April 10, 2009 No fish or inverts were in the tank Still possible from the corals? Absolutely. Sounds like a pretty large water change is in order to pull that ammonia reading down. Do you have some AmQuel on hand to help lock up some of that ammonia while you wait for the water? At 2 ppm, you're probably looking at cycling the tank again to regain your biological filtration. I suspect that a die-off of your sandbed's macrofauna is probably contributing to the spike now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F&Fmgr April 10, 2009 Share April 10, 2009 marineland Bio-spira....our saving grace on recycling systems Sean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugar Magnolia April 10, 2009 Share April 10, 2009 Tom's right on, you'll be recycling your tank. Sorry for the losses. It's so hard to bear, especially on such a large scale. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason the filter freak April 10, 2009 Share April 10, 2009 darn man sorry! send me a shout if you need anything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanman April 10, 2009 Share April 10, 2009 Sorry to hear about that... I cross my fingers everytime I drive home from somewhere these days - lots of bad luck lately! bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L8 2 RISE April 10, 2009 Share April 10, 2009 Darn, sorry for your losses. Hope you don't lose anything else. Was this just a frag tank or something as you say there were no fish/inverts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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