Help me please,,

[Jedi4lif]

Thank you for all the advise.

Xeo I did it all at once.

They have taken the Bridge and the Second Hall. We have barred the gates, but cannot hold them for long. The ground shakes... Drums. Drums in the deep. We cannot get out. A Shadow moves in the dark... We cannot get out... They are coming. They are here.

 

[mcgyvr]

I don't know what "life rock" is supposed to mean but I certainly wouldn't recommend using bagged "live sand" in a tank transfer situation as it typically contains a lot of dead matter that can cause ammonia spikes...

Had you asked here first I probably would have #1 recommended against the live sand and possibly the "life rock".. at the same time and may have recommended using prime during the process..

Its best to avoid multiple changes at once..
I think had you just moved over what you had and waited on adding new stuff I'd think you would have been fine..
But its all too late and we will never know..

Sorry.. Sometimes life sucks for a little while..

 

[monkeysee1]

No problem, Jedi.
A side note:
for future livestock purchases, it probably wouldn't be a bad to order pre-quatantined fish and corals from Blue Zoo (Collector's Choice) or Live Aquaria (Diver's Den) if you DON'T have a quarantine tank. You don't want any nasty little things like ich, brook, bristleworms, etc - in your new system. They BOTH have lots of tank raised fish and corals to choose from. Just saying.

 

[MuShu]

What test kit are you using? I'm thinking that your tank is cycling, even though your tests aren't showing that.

Adding new rock and adding the sand from your old tank are almost surefire ways to set off a cycle. I'm really surprised you didn't see at least a bump in ammonia.

Second guess would be that your refractometer needs to be calibrated.

I'm sorry for all your losses. That really stinks.

 

[Jedi4lif]

I do have a quarantine tank and ill take your advise about it. Thanks for everything.

It appears that this transfer may have been to much for a newbie to handle but this is how we learn and learn I have from this mistake. Now only thing to do is move forward. I enjoy this hobby to much to just give up.

Thanks again all.

 

[mcgyvr]

^^good that you can look at it like that and not give up..
Stuff happens.. learn/adapt..

 

[on the spot]

Current parameters:
Ammonia 0
Nitrates 0
Nitrites 0

If your tests were showing zero for everything your tests are suspect IMO.

It wouldn't take much ammonia to have a bad day.
The other limb I'm climbing out on is low oxygen.

None of that helps much though. Sorry for your losses.

 

[wrott]

Likely all of the fish were affected the same from the initial transfer--if it was an NH3 burn, some would die fast and others would/could die a few days later.
Did the FF and dotty look to be in distress the last couple of days--breathing hard, not eating, lethargic...?
Inverts can handle stress from the environment (hypoxia, NH3, NO3, NO2) better than fish in the short term. But acros and other sensitive organism may start to die weeks later.

I doubt that you have a toxic contaminant, but something like pesticide would definitely cause death--but i think it would wipe-out the tank more suddenly. You could run a lot of carbon if you really think there is a toxin, and like you stated WCs can't hurt.

 

[mhurley]

I've merged your two threads into this one.
One thread per topic please.