Laurafishgal
New member
Hi, I hope someone can give me a hand. I am new to the hobby, I've had a72 gal tank for about 4 months now. My #s have all been great until this Sunday. Sat afternoon I did my normal routine and checked everything, Ammonia & Nitrates were 0 (everything except phosphate was normal, I've had slightly high phosphate for a while).
I have ~100 lbs of live rock, coral beauty, hippo & yellow tang, 2 clowns, Orange Linkiia, algae blenny, leopard wrasse, cleaner shrimp, 2 bubble tip anemones, 2 peppermints and a few turbo snails and blue legged crabs. All of which have been living together for over a month at least. I added a little Mandarin and a Seahare on Thursday.
Sat around 8PM, my Coral Beauty started to go crazy, up to the surface- then float down upside down.. repeated about 50 times before she fell to the bottom and sat there breathing on her side. I eventually pulled out 5 gal of water and put her in the hospital tank where she died about 5 hrs later. When she was running to the surface her belly was more orange than usual and gills were red.
I tested the water on Sun AM, and my Ammonia was at .75 - big spike for the tank, especially considering I've had no trace of ammonia for months. I am not missing anything, and the coral beauty did not die in the tank, so I can't figure out what caused the spike.
On Sunday Afternoon I did a partial water change and Monday removed the Mandarin, Seahare and the Linkiia-- ammonia is about the same.
No-one else seems to be stressed this am, all eating fine. -- I'm concerned on what caused this spike (or what killed my Coral Beauty).---(other message boards and friends suggested that the CB ran into the anemone, it had cyanide poisoning, or it took a bite of the seahare.).
Any ideas?
I have ~100 lbs of live rock, coral beauty, hippo & yellow tang, 2 clowns, Orange Linkiia, algae blenny, leopard wrasse, cleaner shrimp, 2 bubble tip anemones, 2 peppermints and a few turbo snails and blue legged crabs. All of which have been living together for over a month at least. I added a little Mandarin and a Seahare on Thursday.
Sat around 8PM, my Coral Beauty started to go crazy, up to the surface- then float down upside down.. repeated about 50 times before she fell to the bottom and sat there breathing on her side. I eventually pulled out 5 gal of water and put her in the hospital tank where she died about 5 hrs later. When she was running to the surface her belly was more orange than usual and gills were red.
I tested the water on Sun AM, and my Ammonia was at .75 - big spike for the tank, especially considering I've had no trace of ammonia for months. I am not missing anything, and the coral beauty did not die in the tank, so I can't figure out what caused the spike.
On Sunday Afternoon I did a partial water change and Monday removed the Mandarin, Seahare and the Linkiia-- ammonia is about the same.
No-one else seems to be stressed this am, all eating fine. -- I'm concerned on what caused this spike (or what killed my Coral Beauty).---(other message boards and friends suggested that the CB ran into the anemone, it had cyanide poisoning, or it took a bite of the seahare.).
Any ideas?
