gbpackers
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Hi. I'm not sure what's going on with my tank. I just switched yesterday from a 40 breeder with no sump to a 20 gallon long with a 20 gallon sump with PVC piping that I waited almost 24 hours to let dry before I ran it in the tank. I have a brand new reef octopus 110 skimmer. I used GE silicone from home Depot for the baffles and let that cure for 48 hours.
I have had this set up in various tanks for the last 8 years with no change in live rock or anything else. I only have two clowns and some soft corals.
I woke up this morning and one clown was dead. I came home from work at lunch today and the other one is dead. I did a add turbo snail yesterday and so far it is alive.
I just did my chemistries and pH is 8.4, nitrate and nitrite 0 and ammonia zero ( which is what they always are) with a red Sea chemistry set.
My corals have been closed since yesterday.
When I got home at lunch today I was thinking maybe it was a big temperature swing. I did keep a thermometer in both tanks as I made the switch and use the same water from the old tank in the new one. It did get several degrees different though, maybe 76 in the new Tank versus ad in the old.
I'm currently making water to try to do 10% water changes every day but it has to warm up and I have to make more.
I also started running a battery powered air pump into the tank in case it was an oxygen thing but I don't know how it could be with a new skimmer adding oxygen to the water and a wavemaker rippling the top of the water.
Any suggestions? Really annoyed that I killed both my clownfish that were 8 years old. Possibly not long enough for the silicone to cure?
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I have had this set up in various tanks for the last 8 years with no change in live rock or anything else. I only have two clowns and some soft corals.
I woke up this morning and one clown was dead. I came home from work at lunch today and the other one is dead. I did a add turbo snail yesterday and so far it is alive.
I just did my chemistries and pH is 8.4, nitrate and nitrite 0 and ammonia zero ( which is what they always are) with a red Sea chemistry set.
My corals have been closed since yesterday.
When I got home at lunch today I was thinking maybe it was a big temperature swing. I did keep a thermometer in both tanks as I made the switch and use the same water from the old tank in the new one. It did get several degrees different though, maybe 76 in the new Tank versus ad in the old.
I'm currently making water to try to do 10% water changes every day but it has to warm up and I have to make more.
I also started running a battery powered air pump into the tank in case it was an oxygen thing but I don't know how it could be with a new skimmer adding oxygen to the water and a wavemaker rippling the top of the water.
Any suggestions? Really annoyed that I killed both my clownfish that were 8 years old. Possibly not long enough for the silicone to cure?
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