Squidward5
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Hey Zach any updates? How many coral & fish remain?
Help!!! 240g Sps Catastrophe!!!!!
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melev
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Seachem Prime can be found via Google, just for a visual. How your LFS owner could not know what "prime" is is shocking. It is one of the most basic products sold to anyone in the hobby. Here's a link to it on Marine Depot's site:
http://www.marinedepot.com/ps_viewi...emPrime2L&utm_campaign=mdcse&site=google_base
You can purchase it at stores like Petco and Petsmart. Ammonia and Nitrite are toxic to fish - it is poisoning them slowly to death. Prime locks this up to protect the animals gills. Corals don't tolerate it much better, as you can see. AmQuel would help too. There are quite a few ammonia-reducing products on the market. The biggest concern is that the product be new and not old from sitting on a shelf in your home for years. Same with those test kits. When a disaster like this strikes, you want the most accurate readings and products to use, even if you do have to drive an hour to and from that LFS.
I'm really sorry to read how badly this has turned out, as I was hoping for a reasonable bounce back due to your initial efforts.
You asked about how to maintain water quality in a quarantine system. Water changes are the best option, changing water every three days, or 10% daily if you find that is easier. In that tank, you'd also measure ammonia daily, due to stress from handling.
I'm glad you have some people in the area willing to hold onto your future livestock.
http://www.marinedepot.com/ps_viewi...emPrime2L&utm_campaign=mdcse&site=google_base
You can purchase it at stores like Petco and Petsmart. Ammonia and Nitrite are toxic to fish - it is poisoning them slowly to death. Prime locks this up to protect the animals gills. Corals don't tolerate it much better, as you can see. AmQuel would help too. There are quite a few ammonia-reducing products on the market. The biggest concern is that the product be new and not old from sitting on a shelf in your home for years. Same with those test kits. When a disaster like this strikes, you want the most accurate readings and products to use, even if you do have to drive an hour to and from that LFS.
I'm really sorry to read how badly this has turned out, as I was hoping for a reasonable bounce back due to your initial efforts.
You asked about how to maintain water quality in a quarantine system. Water changes are the best option, changing water every three days, or 10% daily if you find that is easier. In that tank, you'd also measure ammonia daily, due to stress from handling.
I'm glad you have some people in the area willing to hold onto your future livestock.
Tabatha
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My father is a master electrician, much of the DIY lighting on this forum is down right frightening, yours included -- especially without protection from the surface water, I'm surprised you haven't had a major fire by now. I've seen so many disasters on this forum I implore everyone to HIRE PROFESSIONALS to do their plumbing and electrics!!!
For one, our rules expect people to be nice. I'm pretty sure you can find a tactful way to express facts/opinions. This post is uncalled for.~dc
EVERYONE on this forum should heed this thread and learn from it!
For one, our rules expect people to be nice. I'm pretty sure you can find a tactful way to express facts/opinions. This post is uncalled for.~dc
EVERYONE on this forum should heed this thread and learn from it!
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marineaddict
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Your post may - yes may have merit - but not in this thread! The OP was asking for help, not someone to kick him in the head after he has been back over with a car. Perhaps this post in the DIY section.... Go debate it over there.
Zachtos - I'm in Michigan (Howell) - if I can help in any way. PM me and if I can help, I will.
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Squidward5
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drama07
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So sorry, man 
That has to suck. My deepest condolences and don't regret the DIY job you did. We all human right? Mistakes only make us stronger.
Anyways, I agree with melev's advice on dosing seachem prime. A friend of mine had a 10g tank. It had a sudden spike in ammonia because of some rather awkward die offs. To save his two clownfish and various corals, he immediately dosed some months old leftover prime. The ammonia levels went down to zero and stayed that way for weeks as he did water changes. Everything survived.
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That has to suck. My deepest condolences and don't regret the DIY job you did. We all human right? Mistakes only make us stronger.Anyways, I agree with melev's advice on dosing seachem prime. A friend of mine had a 10g tank. It had a sudden spike in ammonia because of some rather awkward die offs. To save his two clownfish and various corals, he immediately dosed some months old leftover prime. The ammonia levels went down to zero and stayed that way for weeks as he did water changes. Everything survived.
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marineaddict
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I'm sorry but you are the one not helping in this case. As I said, go to the DIY area and post away. In this case he wasn't asking for DIY help he was trying to save what little was left of his reef.
BTW - I don't disagree with some of what you said... Just wasn't the time for it IMO. Perhaps if the thread was "DIY plumbing and electrical advice"
Tabatha
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I oppose Squidward5's post accusing me of being a troll. I believe that my advice of hiring licensed electricians and, in this case, a licensed plumber, would have prevented this horrific disaster. To say that others can learn from this mistake, is not trolling in any way, shape or form. Further, I believe this statement is highly helpful and informative!
melev
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Tabatha - once a moderator steps in, you better back down quickly if you want to continue using Reef Central. Your point could have been made clearly and emphatically while still being diplomatic.
If you were to go to a job site full of construction workers and berate them, odds are it would be fine. However, if you start berating your homeowners that are hiring you to work for them, you'll be shown to the door quickly. I've worked construction, and know what that world is like. And I've been posting online on many forums for a long time, and know what that is like. The two worlds are NOT related.
If you were to go to a job site full of construction workers and berate them, odds are it would be fine. However, if you start berating your homeowners that are hiring you to work for them, you'll be shown to the door quickly. I've worked construction, and know what that world is like. And I've been posting online on many forums for a long time, and know what that is like. The two worlds are NOT related.
Squidward5
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+1 melev,,,,,,,,The guy just lost his entire system!!! That entire post was out of line for this thread!
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