So what is next

[badassapd]

So within the last two days i have lost my whole tank to something mysterious. All my fish have past 6 all together all my shrimps are alive snails and hermit crabs. What should i do now that i have lost everything. I am asking all the reefers out there. do i dump the water and put new do i put a chemical in there to make sure if it was a parasite its gone do . Should i let it cycle out????
HELP i do not want to make a mistake again

 

[DEEPWATER]

Hey Bad

what you should do next ,Is just take it easy ,do weekly water changes and enjoy your tank for a few months without adding anymore fish. (do this for a few months no matter how ichy you get to buy anything)

Get a QT tank with the proper medication (copper) with a good test kit (salifert) purchase any other test kits needed as well. This could be a 10 gal with an air stone and a power head

After time has past with no fish in your tank ,whatever was ther will die with no host . Before you are ready for purchase fish .Start a thread with the progress .after all this you will be well on your way to restarting your tank. But be patient that is the key to your success

I got this far ,and your tank is up and running ,DO lots of reading and make sure you have the right equpiment ,HTH

Ronen

 

[DEEPWATER]

Most important ,do not add anything to your main tank (except freshly made saltwater for water changes )

 

[NYreefNoob]

lost

what did you lose everything too ? how old is the tank ? did the fish have ich ? ect. need more info

 

[badassapd]

i have a 72 gallon bow 25 sump 220 cora life super protein skimmer 150 pounds live rock 80 pounds live sand cora life cf lights
I bought this set up with live rock from a established tank for 2 years kept the rock alive ect...this tank is in my care for 2 months without 1 problem i bought fish sat from 86st and 17 18 ave and did a water change on sunday and thursday 2 fish down friday 3 fish down today last one down they started to breath fast and got alittle slimmy then swam weird then byebye mind you for 2 weeks prior everything was good??? What should i medicate the water with ect...?

Greg
Thanks
:tank::tank::tank:need to kill the infection..

 

[marrone]

Just do like Ronen said and leave the tank along, except for water changes, for about 2 months. Then you can start to add fish.

You also want to quarantine all your fish for at least 2 weeks before you place them in the tank tank.

In the mean time do reading about tank, fish and quarantine.

 

[badassapd]

thank you guys..

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

CAn you post wour waters parameters please?

SG, Nitrite, nitrate, ammo, temp, ph?

 

[NYreefNoob]

tank

how do you top water in tank off for depletion ? you check your salinity ?

 

[badassapd]

salinity was good pd at 8.1 nitrates 10 nitrites at .5 kh at 80 hg at 120

 

[badassapd]

i use a ro di unit for top off..

 

[marrone]

Is this a reef tank and if it is what types of corals are you keeping and how it the tank doing, outside of the fish dying.

 

[taat2d]

Is this a reef tank and if it is what types of corals are you keeping and how it the tank doing, outside of the fish dying.

It's FOLR right now. I'm a good friend of bad's and been helping with the tank from the get go. The only invert that was in the tank was a purple tip anemone. He got sucked up a PH intake tube the other day and checked out as well.

 

[marrone]

Well at this point the only levels he needs to worry about are SG, Ph. He can check for nitrates but they're not as important as in a reef tank.

So basically he needs to leave the tank alone, except for water changes, for a couple of months. That should get rid of whatever he had and give him some time to QT any new fish.

 

[NYreefNoob]

fish dying

that [urple tip might have been a condi. this is what killed half the fish in my other tank. they will sting them or catch them. got rid of it and didnt lose any more fish

 

[marrone]

that [urple tip might have been a condi. this is what killed half the fish in my other tank. they will sting them or catch them. got rid of it and didnt lose any more fish

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That wasn't the case here. All his fish were fine before he introduced a couple of fish without QT them. They had something and gave it to the rest of the fish.

 

[badassapd]

now i will qt all fish ect before i put anything in the new improved tank....

 

[badassapd]

the starfish and invertibres are still alive..??

 

[Lubu]

Any idea on what kind of disease that was? Marine Velvet?

 

[taat2d]

The powder tang had what looked to be white cottony fungus.