help

[saltwater6900]

my friend had a carpet anemone and it got sucked up in a power head he pulled it off and it looked ok but when he got home his fish were dead could there have been a chemical war that killed them from the anemone. the anemone is still alivehere is another thing that could have happend he set the tank up last week but it is a 29 gal with about 18 gallons of water out of my show tank and 10-12 new water so it was like a big water change could that have done it?

 

[RobynT]

Re: help

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12429995#post12429995 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by saltwater6900
my friend had a carpet anemone and it got sucked up in a power head he pulled it off and it looked ok but when he got home his fish were dead could there have been a chemical war that killed them from the anemone. the anemone is still alivehere is another thing that could have happend he set the tank up last week but it is a 29 gal with about 18 gallons of water out of my show tank and 10-12 new water so it was like a big water change could that have done it?

It's so easy for people to want to go fast in this hobby but it rarely works out well from what I've read here and on other boards. A carpet anemone needs a very mature and larger tank from what I have read. It's hard to say if the stress is what had the carpet anemone moving and what might have killed the fish (how many fish??). You have to be patient in this hobby or you are just wasting the lives of these valuable creatures and throwing your money down the drain.

 

[ZLTFUL]

Some things to keep in mind about a carpet 'nem...
Minimum Tank Size: 30 gallons
Care Level: Difficult
Temperament: Aggressive

They also like High lighting and moderate flow.
Chances are, chemical warfare had nothing to do with it (even though it didn't help in this case). What most likely happened is in the week that the tank was set up, even with your "big water change" things cycled nicely and wiped out the tank.

Like Robyn stated, this is definitely not the hobby for folks who want results now. Thousands upon thousands of people came before us and found out the best ways to create a thriving aquatic environment and they discovered that letting things stabilize before adding livestock was the best way to minimize the risk of losing the animals in our care. Just setting up a tank and throwing some stuff in is best left for fresh water WalMart fish.

I want to scream every time I read a post that goes something like, "My tank has been set up for a whole week...suddenly my fish are all acting sick...I only have 5 or 6 fish in a 29 gallon tall...can someone tell me what happened?"

Sure can...you were impatient and your impatience killed your fish.

 

[phishcrazee]

If it was injured and sitting in such a small tank, I'm sure it put out some toxic chemicals. Was a water change done after the powerhead incident? Did they run some carbon after the accident? It was probably a combination of throwing a tank together way too soon, adding a bioload way too soon and then the injury was just the icing on the cake, so to speak. Even if you use water from an existing tank, it still takes time for the beneficial bacteria and the delicate chemical balance to become stable. Hopefully, lesson learned.

I always feel bad for all the wonderful creatures who come to this sort of end in a tank somewhere....... remember, most fish and many inverts in the saltwater trade are still wild caught, so do your homework before deciding to set up a tank! One less anemone in your tank is one less anemone in the ocean somewhere.........

 

[Nanemene]

Re: help

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12429995#post12429995 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by saltwater6900
my friend had a carpet anemone and it got sucked up in a power head he pulled it off and it looked ok but when he got home his fish were dead could there have been a chemical war that killed them from the anemone. the anemone is still alivehere is another thing that could have happend he set the tank up last week but it is a 29 gal with about 18 gallons of water out of my show tank and 10-12 new water so it was like a big water change could that have done it?

You honestly can't tell what went wrong? Really? God help that 90.

 

[brtfreud]

^ What I was thinking but didn't want to say it.

I would suggest taking it slow and learn from the mistake.

Is that 23 fish in a 90 or 23 corals and fish? I have a hard time keeping more than 6 fish in my 75 happy.

 

[ipiniowa]

I think my first tank I let sit for 1 month before adding anything to it. No matter if you take used water out of an established tank and add new water with live sand and live rock, the tank is going to cycle.

I have moved a 90 from one house to another as well as moving the 90 to a 210. In both instances I lost at least one fish, and that was with keeping ALL of the water out of the 90. Each tank went through at least a small cycle.

 

[saltwater6900]

it is 23 fish in my tank. and they are all very happy and 5 are tangs i have 2 big hippos a purple tang yellow tang and a salfin tang but all fish doing great. but i helped my friend set his second tankup and he did the 18 gallons old water out of his show tank and the rest new but i thought there would be nothing wrong with that he had 3 fish in there and the damsel was in there for 3 days before the other went in. but when i switched from my 72 to the 90 i had everything in buckets and switched it all in the same night i put as much water out of the 72 in and then the rock and i ended up putting in 45 gallons of new water so half of the tank. but i had the fish and corals in a bcket so i let it sit an hr and then put everything in and i never lost one thing. i have a rbta and gbta and a carpet and nothing was harmed and no fish died so i figured his would be fine but idk what when wrong

 

[glaspie69]

How often do you test your water or do water changes?

 

[saltwater6900]

in my tank i change about 15 gallons a week and never test ussaly when i change water