CRASHING and dont know why
- Thread starter DrCooper
- Start date
- Location
- Dingmans ferry PA
i would.till you get either a bigger tank to house them in or things start to get better in your tank.did you find the cause yet doc
OzoneParkGuy
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- Location
- Ozone Park
Hey Doc I read your entire thread.. you have 28 gal With a Remora Skimmer. I read you were testing your water and doing water changes. What kinda puzzled me was the plastic puffer you added. Was it made for a marine setup. Who knows where it was made and if the paint used on the figurine was lead based. Emerald crabs and snails tend to eat at coraline algae. What if the inverts ate away at the coraline and stripped the glazed coating off the paint and causing who knows what to leach out. Get rid of it 1st then do a 10% water change and post your results of water quality numbers. Also list what test kits you used to test with. Reading threw your thread, the die off has been telling you something, but you refused to see it.
I'm trying to help you resolve the issue. Try that 1st and we'll eliminate 1 step at a time.
++1 at a bigger tank
I'm trying to help you resolve the issue. Try that 1st and we'll eliminate 1 step at a time.
++1 at a bigger tank
- Location
- Flushing NY 11355
One of the the major reason for my tank crash before are electrical, check your stray current/voltages. Some powerhead, skimmer will become defective even with brand names if you are not sure whether chemistry plays a part.
That puffer was removed over 1 year ago!
Found the cause!!!!!!!!!!!
TAILSPOT BLENNY WAS DEAD and for some reason no clean up crew was near it. Removed it and will continue water changes! anything else i should be doing?
Thanks everyone for all the help. I am at work all day so will have to buy some water after since cant make any RO/DI then do water change tonight
DAMNNNN
Found the cause!!!!!!!!!!!
TAILSPOT BLENNY WAS DEAD and for some reason no clean up crew was near it. Removed it and will continue water changes! anything else i should be doing?
Thanks everyone for all the help. I am at work all day so will have to buy some water after since cant make any RO/DI then do water change tonight
DAMNNNN
DrHarryLopez
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- Location
- Ozone Park, Queens
One dead blenny did all that damage? Hopefully that should stabilize your tank. Good luck
Harry
Harry
Thats what im confused about. Was he the cause or did he die cause of what happened from something else??
we will see
- Location
- FREEPORT,LONG ISLAND
I lost ton of fish that I never took out due to behind rock and that never made tank crash?
I still think its something else
I still think its something else
I have also and never made my tank crash as well! the only thing that makes me think it was the tailspot is the fish was still intact with no signs of CUC trying to get rid of it. Either it just died or something was wrong with it so I am simply hoping that was the cause. I will search for other things but all the equipment is fine!
Is today the swap? Whomever is going have a blast, wish i could go
I always have a 50 gal rubbermaid container around in case something like this happens or my tank springs a leak. The containers are great for storing things and in an emergency they can be used as a spare tank. They are also very cheap, but don't plan on putting 50 gal in a 50 gal container. It really could only hold about 30 gal safely.
Not really easy in an NYC apt but good idea, i am using the 9 gallon nanowave for all my corals so we see! problem is all the corals on the rock still in tank with fishies!
Hey Doc, quick question, before the start of your problem when was the last time you did a water change? If it was recent, when did you last change the cartridges on your RODI? Last year the corals in my tank began to look bad and I happen to check the TDS on the RODI and they were over 20. The bladder in the pressure tank broke and the inside of the tank began to rust and clogged the filter cartridges... just a thought. Good luck, Neil.
i did a water change like one week prior to the crash but good thinking, i will check it out.
I am due to change them but they looked fine last i checked!
i hate being at work all day knowing my tank needs to be changed , i gota go buy water on way home!
I am due to change them but they looked fine last i checked!
i hate being at work all day knowing my tank needs to be changed , i gota go buy water on way home!
- Location
- Dingmans ferry PA
doc thats a good suggestion on the filters.also make sure look around and see if anything could have possible fell in the tank.i had a battery fall in the tank once.luckily nothing died because of it but im sure if i didnt find it right away i would have lost everything.i put one of those led stick lights over the sump and 2 hrs later i came back to see it was in the sump.wont make that mistake again
The way my tank is setup its impossible anything could fall in it but better to be safe and double check so I will again tonight
DrCooper.
I live In northern Tribeca. I have a 100 GPD RO/DI...if you ever need water, contact me, and I will start making as fast as I can. I can also hold fish/coral for you if you are in a pinch.
Best of luck from here. Sorry about your lose
I live In northern Tribeca. I have a 100 GPD RO/DI...if you ever need water, contact me, and I will start making as fast as I can. I can also hold fish/coral for you if you are in a pinch.
Best of luck from here. Sorry about your lose
thanks a ton man, appreciate the offer
- Location
- Flushing, NY
You should check the ammonia levels. If things were dying due to a dead fish, the ammonia levels should be pretty high
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