Downward Spiral

[PrinceMist]

I've got a 90 gal Reef tank that's been set up for about a year. Never had a problem with anything until recently. I had a powder blue die somewhere which brought my ammonia up to toxic levels (don't remember exact level but it turned xmas tree green) and Nitrate was like 40ish. All my coral seems fine, LPS still all swollen up and eating well; same thing with SPS. Never would guess there is a problem with anything. So I did a small water change (like 20 gal) which helped a little then 3 days later, did a major water change (like 40 gal). I'm using Tropic Marine pro reef salt, and adding Stability to help. Got the ammonia down to about .25ppm and Nitrate gone. Haven't fed tank for a week and now my I have a flasher that looks sick. Mandarin is getting something that looks like ich (not white spots but bumps all over his body) I'm going to do a regular water change today to get rid of the ammonia.

Stock list of fish:
Purple tang
False Perc clown
Purp. fire fish
Blue damsel
Blue Fin Flasher (M) (looks sick)
Carpenter's Flasher (M)
Mystery Wrasse
Spotted Mandarin
Randall's goby

All have been in the tank for over 4 months, no problems. Tank is 90gal Reef w/ at least 150lbs of rock. Various LPS, SPS, softies, 'shrooms. All doing well.

I'm getting really bad diatom algae bloom now too.

 

[seapug]

If you have ammonia but not nitrate that means the biological filtration in the tank was zapped. Your tank needs to re-cycle The fish are probably sick from the ammonia. The only real "fix" is to let it do it's thing, but for the sake of the fish and corals it might be a good idea to take them out. Rubbermaid tubs with an airstone and heater will suffice for a while. Otherwise see if a friend or local store will house them temporarily.

 

[stuccodude]

a week is a long time without food too. good luck, i hate stories like this