Need Advise

[timmyt89]

I need some advise, I did a water change fri and within a few hours the tank went cloudy and by today i cant see but a few inches into the tank. I tested the water parmas and all are good.
I did notice there is alot of fiber like things allover the LR and there is a horriable smell comming from the tank since Sat. The skimmer pulls a slimmy thick goo not like watery before this event. All livestock are alive . The sump is also full of this clear or white slime.



Any help woud be thankfull

[spw4949]

Hard to say, did you add any supplements? Calcium maybe? If you notice a foul smell I would recommend another water change, it would help if you llisted your parameters as well as what equipment you have on the tank.

[Michael]

how much water did you change timmy, and do you use tap water, has your tank cycled yet?

[IslandCrow]

Talk us through how you did the water change. That sounds very strange, and personally I don't even have a good guess. It may very well just be coincidence that this happened right after your water change, but if there's an issue with the water change itself, doing another one the same way is probably the last thing you want to do. Here are some of the specific things I'd want to know:

- What was your water source (tap water, RO, RO/DI, etc.)?
- If you were using tap water, how did you dechlorinate it?
- How did you mix your salt?
- How long did you mix the salt?
- How did you test the salinity/specific gravity?
- How was the salt water stored (type of container and location)?
- How did you add the water to the tank?

The answer may very lie somewhere I haven't covered in the questions above, so just take us through what you did step by excrutiating step.

[timmyt89]

I changed 25 gal , amm 0, trite 0, trate 0, ph 8.2 thats all i have kits for, i switched salt mixes from red sea coral pro to Coralife , 80lbs LR ,1 in sand bed, AquaC pro skimmer , Temp 80, R/O DI water.

[timmyt89]

Tank been running about 7 months

[WaterKeeper]

Sounds a bit like a bacteria outbreak. Missing any livestock lately?

[timmyt89]

I have been gone for a month , I asked the wife and she said she added a fish dosent know what it was "was pretty" and has not seen it in a week ,I just found out now She tought it was hiding and was a suprise for me, so I think thats the problem . Now how do i clean up this mess ,she is ready to through me and the stinky tank out in the cold?

[WaterKeeper]

Hey she is the one that added the "Pretty fish".

By now it is pretty much decomposed. Just do some large water changes and give it a couple more days. Once the food source is consumed the bloom will disappear as fast as it started.

[timmyt89]

will the white film thats in the sump and on the rocks go away with the water changes or do i need to hand clean th LR and sump?

[timmyt89]

and how long might the bloom last , how big and frequent WC's

[eyesinthedrk]

does she kow anything about acclimation? i know my LFS doses copper in its FO display tanks,

if she treated it like a fresh water fish and just pored it into the tank that myght be your inverts and not the fish, i hate to say it but that sure does look like alot of the s.w. tanks here in louisiana after gustov and ike killed the power for a week

[WaterKeeper]

If you have a tank vac I'd siphon that film off. I'd do four 20 gallon water changes over the next week and hopefully the bloom will be over by the last one. The water changes not only help quell the bloom but also lessen any algae outbreak that can follow a bacteria bloom. Watch your fish for breathing difficulty as a bloom can reduce tank oxygen levels. If that happens increase circulation to provide more turbulence in the tank.