Guest goblinshark March 30, 2005 March 30, 2005 Heloo, we just got home from visiting relatives in PA and discovered that the water in my reef tank was green!!!! It looks like somer sort fo spawning event (calurpa) bu my tank looks bad! I DONT HAVE ANY SALTWATER READY TO DO A WATER CHANGE AND NEED SOME VERY BADLY!!!! IF ANYONE HAS SOME WATER MADE AND COULD COME BY AND DROP IT OF, IT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL! I HAVE A 46GALLON TANK AND THE WATER ISD VERY GREEN SO I MAY NEWED TO DO A BIG WATER CHANGE. WE LIVE IN BETHESDA, MD AT 4317 KENTBURY DRIVE, CALL ME IF YOU ARE COMING BY, 301-656-7547, PLEASE I NEED THE WATER TONIGHT, THE TANK PERAMS ARE MESSED UP, I THINK I MAY HJAVE THE BEGGININGS OF AN AMMONIA SPIKE!
scott711 March 30, 2005 March 30, 2005 I wish I saw this earlier. I could have helped you out. I can get you some in the morning if it is not too late. Let me know. I will check back in the morning. I live close to you. Scott Heloo, we just got home from visiting relatives in PA and discovered that the water in my reef tank was green!!!!
Grav March 30, 2005 March 30, 2005 Ben, Sorry, I can't help you with a water delivery tonight.... too far away. Don't freak out. Last easter I had a visitor (4 yr old) dump 2 years worth of food into my 33g tank. Daily 5 gal changes did the trick. What do you have? Carbon could help, and maybe replace some filter media. Crank up the skimmer and over skim would be a good idea IMO. Make whatever RO/DI you can, even just a 5 gal change in the morning. Good luck, and stay calm. Phil
Guest goblinshark March 30, 2005 March 30, 2005 Scott, i think itll be ok till morning, but i would still like some water, i may be able to pick it up, depending on car availability. everything looks ok, water perams are a tad high (a little ammonia, and nitrites) but there is polyp extension and all the fish are swimming around as usual. i think it may have been a calurpa spawn, i have a littlwe in my fuge. im over skimming right now and making some RO/DI. and to anyone else, you can drop off or i can pick up water tommorow. Thanks PS i think the clownfishes eggs hatched too, little thingys swimmimg all around the tank
Gatortailale March 30, 2005 March 30, 2005 add carbon if you got any. I had grape calerpa go asex. on me and turn water green. Carbon did the trick. Good luck
Grav March 30, 2005 March 30, 2005 That is good, even cool (clown hatch) to hear. BTW. I find 5 gal water cooler jugs with some plastic wrap and a rubberband are a great way to store watter. Keeping enough on had for a 10% or more water change is a good idea.
Guest goblinshark March 30, 2005 March 30, 2005 yea, i normally have water, but i did a water changfe before we left, so i was out and i broke my hydrometer, so i have no way of finding that salinity, added some new carbon and pulled all the grape calurpa out and sacraficed it to the toilet gods!
Guest goblinshark March 31, 2005 March 31, 2005 Thanks, but i got it covered. Everythings doing ok, fish are hungry and happy, looked almost clearafter i put the carbon in, perams subsiding, doing a few water changes
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