Help with new 125 gallon build
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tassod
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Simon,
Could it be possible that the tubing that I am using on my UV sterilizer is doing something to my water? I am using black rubber tubing that i got from true value hardware store that is used for cars. I did not want to use the clear vinyl tubing due to the algae growth it creates inside the tubing from the light.
Could it be possible that the tubing that I am using on my UV sterilizer is doing something to my water? I am using black rubber tubing that i got from true value hardware store that is used for cars. I did not want to use the clear vinyl tubing due to the algae growth it creates inside the tubing from the light.
tassod
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Hey Simon, when i got home looked at the flower pot and its still completely closed but the skeleton is a light purple, could be my lighting doing that also. But when i look straight into the holes in the skeleton, i could see the small neon green polyps inside hiding. Does that mean its still alive? Just don't want to throw it away if it still can be saved.
tassod
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Another update on my tank - lesson learned
Another update on my tank - lesson learned
Well, i have to say i've learned my lesson 6+ months into this hobby and its about quarantinig all your fish which I did not do and now sadly paying the price! I've lost 50% of my fish in the last 2 weeks alone. Gone are:
1 Sargassum Trigger
1 oscellaris clown
1 powder blue tang
1 Naso tang
1 blue green chromis
It looks like marine velvet has stuck all of these. Did not find bodies for trigger and clown fish, they simply dissapeared. Here are some pick of the deceased tangs:
Naso:
PB:
My trigger which i loved dearly still yet to be found..just decided to dissapear, and soon after all the other fish that died starting falling one by one. Here is a picture of the trigger
I've started setting up a 75g QT tank and its currently cycling. Never again will any new fish get in DT without quarantine! Once my QT cycles, I will move remaining fish in QT and leave the DT tank fallow at least 3 months to get rid of this parasite. This will also allow me to plan my upgrade as well.
Another update on my tank - lesson learned
Well, i have to say i've learned my lesson 6+ months into this hobby and its about quarantinig all your fish which I did not do and now sadly paying the price! I've lost 50% of my fish in the last 2 weeks alone. Gone are:
1 Sargassum Trigger
1 oscellaris clown
1 powder blue tang
1 Naso tang
1 blue green chromis
It looks like marine velvet has stuck all of these. Did not find bodies for trigger and clown fish, they simply dissapeared. Here are some pick of the deceased tangs:
Naso:
PB:
My trigger which i loved dearly still yet to be found..just decided to dissapear, and soon after all the other fish that died starting falling one by one. Here is a picture of the trigger
I've started setting up a 75g QT tank and its currently cycling. Never again will any new fish get in DT without quarantine! Once my QT cycles, I will move remaining fish in QT and leave the DT tank fallow at least 3 months to get rid of this parasite. This will also allow me to plan my upgrade as well.
tassod
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Let me back track a little here so we can get a full picture here. Back in mid July, my lawnmore blenny died - and at the time I figured it was because he did not eat. I originally got him to help fight GHA in my tink which he did, but once it was gone he had nothing else to eat and would not touch any food given to him. Well after 4 months of not eating anything, he died.
So I decided to replace him with a long nose butterfly fish. I gave him his freshwter dip before getting into the tank ( he did not like that at all) and put him in. He only lasted 1 week, and the last day he looked like he was covered in ICK but at this point, could have been velvet. So found him dead on day 7.
A few weeks later I added the trigger. Picture of health and never showed any issues and was always swimming up front. 1 week later I decided I wanted to add another trigger, a blue throat trigger. Once he was introduced, the Sargassum did not like it one bit and chased him like crazy...so much so he chased him right into my carpet anemone - so that was a $40 dinner for him.
Since that incident, i did not add any new fish and on 8/30 the Sargassum trigger disappeared and few days later the demise started with all the other fish losses. That's my story in a nutshell.
So I decided to replace him with a long nose butterfly fish. I gave him his freshwter dip before getting into the tank ( he did not like that at all) and put him in. He only lasted 1 week, and the last day he looked like he was covered in ICK but at this point, could have been velvet. So found him dead on day 7.
A few weeks later I added the trigger. Picture of health and never showed any issues and was always swimming up front. 1 week later I decided I wanted to add another trigger, a blue throat trigger. Once he was introduced, the Sargassum did not like it one bit and chased him like crazy...so much so he chased him right into my carpet anemone - so that was a $40 dinner for him.
Since that incident, i did not add any new fish and on 8/30 the Sargassum trigger disappeared and few days later the demise started with all the other fish losses. That's my story in a nutshell.
tassod
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my parameters have always stayed stable..i've never had an NH3 spike..always zero. I forgot to mention that the one oscelaris clown also i cannot find...he looked very week a few days ago and then gone. and also...i had a royal gramma as well...cannot find that fish either..2 weeks now. I have been maintaining my 3 gal/per day water changes and I've also done a couple of 10 gallon changes in between all this.
