accidental messup/need help!

[magicbuddha19]

i recently checked my water levels on my saltwater tank and realized my alkalinity was lot. i went to my local store and he gave me a dose to the seachem reef builder alkalinity stuff to build it up. unfortunately, when k was getting ready to start my second dose k realized i was doing it very wrong. instead of putting one teaspoon of the mix i made per day, i put the whole 7 teaspoon/7 ounces of ro water mix i made at once yesterday and today my naso tang is not doing good. i changed 5 gallons of the water to the ro water i had left and will do more when i make more, but does anyone know of any other quick solutions? or if the naso tang has a chance? thanks

 

[KathyC]

We need more info to help you..what size is the tank and what are your alk, Calcium & magnesium levels now?

 

[magicbuddha19]

its a 72 bow reef. the only level i checked was the alkalinity and it went from 3.5 to 6 in 2 days. i will check the calcium levels today

 

[BioMan]

The ocean is a violent place,I'd turn off the pumps and stir the tank n sand bed up a bit then do a 25-35 gallon waste change. I had high alk not to long ago and that is how I kept EVERYTHING alive.

 

[duke62]

No do not stir your sand bed up. Our tanks are nothing like the ocean. Your alk is not high and matter of fact it's low. I never heard of alk rising to fast hurting fish just corals but I could be wrong. You need to tell us all about your tank before anyone can answer your question including when you set up your tank

 

[BioMan]

No do not stir your sand bed up. Our tanks are nothing like the ocean. Your alk is not high and matter of fact it's low. I never heard of alk rising to fast hurting fish just corals but I could be wrong. You need to tell us all about your tank before anyone can answer your question including when you set up your tank

Duke I know you know your stuff but I looked at his past posts and the tanks been up n running for 3 weeks! I have a tank that I have never posted and never will and I actually place sand on the rocks and it combines with coralline algae to form a nice cement. Sps encrusts. In my opinion, and I know that many people disagree but I don't look at my sandbed as a carpet to be vacuumed up if I see cyano or detritus. My cycle lasted over 2 months int the tank I'm referring to. And I disturbed the sandbed every other day when the pumps are off and I do my water changes. Back to topic, listen to everybody and give more info because something you might think is irrelevant could be a major factor.

 

[magicbuddha19]

No do not stir your sand bed up. Our tanks are nothing like the ocean. Your alk is not high and matter of fact it's low. I never heard of alk rising to fast hurting fish just corals but I could be wrong. You need to tell us all about your tank before anyone can answer your question including when you set up your tank

... i had a 46 bow front and switched to this tank a couple of months ago. i have 29 gallon sump and sol led lights. the corals are all find including the anemone and all the other fish are fine..
. the naso dies this morning though

 

[BKLYNREEF123]

Something does not make sense I recently overdosed phosban and stripped the alk from my tank. It caused most of my acros to STN. I had no fish losses and even after making adjustments lost most of the acros. I agree with everyone else who posted more info is needed to determine what could be going on.

 

[BioMan]

How fast you lose your alk that happened you don't test? I test weekly or after I make changes. How fast can you lose alk is what I mean because I tested high 18dkh then did water change got it to 14 now I'm sitting at 8-9dkh. I think I put too much acropower

 

[BKLYNREEF123]

I made the mistake of not testing thinking that I could forgo testing and "use how my corals looked to determine if parameters were on point". I also lost faith in hobby grade test kist because I felt they were inaccurate. This did work for awhile. I had amazing growth and good color, but ultimately this methodology failed me. It's hard for me to quantify how long that took. Not very long, I spent hours searching for an answer to my coral woes. I was convinced I had aefw, red bugs, both and other coral monsters. Since I was not testing it took an experienced reefer to get me back on board with testing. Not only am I testing again I'm doing it on a daily basis for now. I am also in the middle of a new build that includes a ghl dosing pump as well as an apex. I learned the hard way that cutting corners does not pay off in this hobby. Back to the OP I think you owe it to yourself for the time and investment you put in, and more importantly the animals you keep to test all of your parameters regularly.