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09/07/2010, 04:14 PM
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Skimmer?
So i was thinking i was wondering why i lost a hang full of fish/corals recently. i am running a U.V. a long with a 15 gallon fuge and a euro reef rs 180. so far i lost 2 clown fish, 1 clarkii clown fish, 2 spotted jawfish, 10 chromis(in different rounds)Bi color blenny (All pretty easy fish) Right now i have 3 tangs in a 170. Is it because my skimmer is not keeping up with these guys or something. Also i only have 125lb of LR i do regular water changes along with testing. and they are always good.
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09/07/2010, 04:23 PM
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Well, there is something clearly not good, and I doubt its due to your lack of skimmer.
Whats your water flow? Whats your temperature? What are your specific test numbers (ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, pH, Alk, Salinity)? How often do you do water changes? What is your water source?
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09/07/2010, 04:31 PM
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water flow....maxi jet mod and hdyro 1100 on a wave maker (soft coral tank.)
main pump Mag drive 2400 aMMONIA IS 0 NITRITE 0 PH 8.18 (RKL) ALK in the Safe range Salinity 1.024 |
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09/07/2010, 04:32 PM
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i have a brand new ro unit
GFO reactor 33 gallon once a week |
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09/07/2010, 04:33 PM
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200 gallon full system
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09/07/2010, 04:35 PM
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+1 either your parameters are off or something is going on with your water like stray voltage, foreign contaminants etc..
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09/07/2010, 04:42 PM
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i have a ground probe....could it have gone bad..
so if is something got in there is i had a better skimmer wouldn't have taken it out. |
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09/07/2010, 04:57 PM
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Whats the condition of the fish before going south or just after? "Breathing" hard? Listless?
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09/07/2010, 07:36 PM
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breathing weird. and scales missing
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09/07/2010, 08:30 PM
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09/07/2010, 08:37 PM
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what is ground probe made of?
hopefully not a copper one |
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09/07/2010, 08:38 PM
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no i got it from DFS it was like $30
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09/07/2010, 09:27 PM
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09/07/2010, 09:35 PM
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Maybe the water co is suddenly using chloramines? I know this is out there but the if your RO isn't setup forit? Please update, I am curiously following.
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09/07/2010, 09:37 PM
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09/07/2010, 09:38 PM
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well the thing is i have 3 tangs all of which are doing fine powder blue, yellow, and hippo. but that is a good point tho
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09/07/2010, 09:39 PM
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carbon removes this tho right.... i am not running carbon
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09/07/2010, 11:13 PM
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do a water test after like 2 or 3 hours after the lights go out cause your ph jumps or go's low also when you make your saltwater do you leave it sit for about a day?? if so test the water before you put it in the tank you should always leave you saltwater you made sit about a day
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09/08/2010, 12:26 AM
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by the way, you never said what skimmer you where using.
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09/08/2010, 01:16 AM
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I'll be following to see the cause of this. I am curious...
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09/08/2010, 07:37 AM
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euro reef RS 180
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09/08/2010, 07:39 AM
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i am going to be rebuilding my UV ASAP and moving it to the other side of my tank for slower flow.
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09/08/2010, 07:46 AM
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at first i thought it was a sea cumber that died but its still alive and kicking. I think i might know what it is but i am not going to say because the person that told me to add it is on RC. its something for PO4. put it that way. It all started after that. I lost a star fish right after that. 3-4 weeks since then and i stopped adding it.
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09/08/2010, 07:48 AM
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i ran carbon to try to get the stuff out. I also did 3 water changes since then. 33 gallons each.
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09/08/2010, 08:09 AM
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so the 3 tangs survived while all the others died? or did you just get the 3 tangs?
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