CRASHING and dont know why

[DrCooper]

so yesterday my tank had an odd look to it and when i smelt the water it smelt a bit "off"
Did a water change and came home this am and all my sps is bleached and tank water is slightly cloudy

NO IDEA WHY

doing as much water changes as my RO DI unit will pump out but i fear this is the end of my tank


i am kinda freaking out
2 years of love and dedication all going down the drain in front of me and I cant do anything

does anyone have any advice?

i checked everything and its all normal, no idea what is going on

didnt test water cause i know something is off so just changing out as much as i can

 

[ryangrieder]

there is no way any fish died recently are sitting someone where behind the rock work? you change your pads frequently to get it cleared? and carbon products to remove smell? i guess keep using your ro water and do water changes. sorry to hear about this i hope it turns out well and you dont quit!

 

[JimmyR1rider]

I would test even though your doin lots of changes- may clue you in to whats going on. Testing can never hurt

 

[NYreefNoob]

anything die ? u check parms ? temp ? have something as back up to chck temp ? running carbon ? salinity correct ?

 

[DrCooper]

salinity is normal. all products are clean and normal
i am not seeing 2 fish but no idea where they may be

oh man this is sad!
i keep checking everything

thanks everyone for the fast responses

 

[DrCooper]

1 fish MIA just saw the other guy

should i turn lights off? does that help

 

[DrCooper]

do i move fish into my 9 gallon? HELP

 

[JonnyJ]

I personally would just run carbon in the tank and do a lot of water changes over the day and next few days. What are your tank params? did you get an ammonia spike from a dead fish? what were your parameters normally at?

If your RO isn't producing enough water for the changes i would ask someone on here that is near you to give you some.

 

[duke62]

whenu say your water is cloudy, how cloudy

 

[DrCooper]

just very minor (cloudy)

 

[BILBO913]

i lost an anenome in my tank it made the water smell and tank turned cloudy.
just my cents
good luck with finding the problem

 

[ming]

Test the results of your water and tell us what you're using to test with. "Normal" isn't a result, we need numbers

 

[duke62]

do me a favor.take out your macro algae and put it somewhere with a small pump to give it flow so it wont die.run some heavy carbon and see what it looks like in a couple of hours

 

[KathyC]

If you are making good clean water - take out whatever corals & fish you can so that no further damage is done and put them in the new water.

Then test tank water so you may get an idea what is wrong.
Continue with water changes and run carbon

Don't move any SPS that look like they are bleaching into the new water - they will just foul that water.

 

[JARRETT SHARK]

maybe a heater broke and leached out stuff?

 

[Josh]

Take out a cup of water, test it.

Run carbon, change 20% water minimum.

 

[Slamajamajama]

Whoa folks lets slow the info train...
how many gallons is set up...if its more than 50 gals then a dead fish shouldnt cause all this damage...
Second, hes doing all kinds of water changes already, if his total gals are 90 gals or less, his numbers will "look" good cause its all new water by now.
third, the cloudy water is probably the result of the mass die off of the SPS, they release toxins in the water....
I would check your PH...leave the tank alone for a bit, put a filter sock if you havent already, run a SMALL amt of carbon, but not much (dependent on water volume)...
to be cont.

 

[Slamajamajama]

maybe a heater broke and leached out stuff?

now maybe this could have caused a die off of SPS...a rusting screw in your sump or like posted salt water running through a damaged heater...

Now, have you added or done anything different to your tank?

and

it sounds like youve changed all the water, the build up wont happen over a short time span, at this point you should just look for a dead body, check the heater, and test water after about 4 hrs including PH and CA

 

[duke62]

cooper.check the heater as well.make sure nothing happened to it.check for any stray current

 

[DrCooper]

was out at lectures all day and came back and fish are ok in the tank (cant move into 9 gallon cause its too small for them????)
am running out sadly again but checked all my hardware and all is normal
heater is working fine
I have had fish die before and the clean up crew would take care of it without anything happening to my tank
i think the tailspot blenny is MIA so may be the cause, i hope to find out everything tonight / tomorrow

will test water also and get numbers