My 300 gallon acrylic tank

[Elliott]

sounds like a good plan

 

[steve the plumb]

Well I hope its a good plan.I see some cyano forming in a spot on the rocks.One of my concerns is I might not have enough flow in the tank with just the 8 way and the return pump.My flow is good but its not crazy flow.

 

[Goodwin9]

I might have missed this some where in the thread, but did you get your new skimmer and is it running on your tank?

 

[steve the plumb]

no not yet I am still running my tunze.I also don't have my lights.I did see my fox face this evening so he isn't dead yet.I will get the skimmer and lights next weekend(for sure this time I have waited long enough)I don't think I am overfeeding in fact feeding very little.My snails are still alive.Usually they will be the first to go if the tank has toxins in it(yes or no) I know inverts are more sensitive but I am not sure if snails would be considered as an invert)

 

[steve the plumb]

Chuck I have been running into problems you would think that I have done this before.I have been having some bad luck.I feel like a real noob.I do hope things turn around or else I will give up.With everything that I spent and all the waiting you would think I have done something right.I hope it was the soap and silicone and now I am past the worst.

 

[steve the plumb]

I am wondering if I should even wash my filter socks in the laundry.Maybe better off doing it by hand.

 

[raddogz]

I have been washing my filter socks in the laundry with a bleach solution for years and it has never been a problem. I think I bought six or eight just so I could always have one in use while the others were being washed and air-dried (24-48 hrs)

 

[steve the plumb]

Thanks I used a bit of soap once and I won't do that again.I have had my blue throat trigger die on mt.I don't expect any of the fish to live longer than a month.I shall see if removing the silicone helped.I see that my fox face is still alive but he isn't coming out to eat so I would think he will eventually die.Only time will tell

 

[erics3000]

man that sucks.keep trucking

 

[steve the plumb]

thanks my luck hasn't been that good the last few months.I hope it starts to turn around to the better.Being out of work and then having the tank not do so well was a bummer.

 

[steve the plumb]

well what do I have to report my fox face isn't dead but he is on the verge of death.I should have brought all my fish back to the store but I don't know if they would have taken them.I do have a goby,niger trigger and a blenny that are alive.They don't seem to be fazed by any toxins.Not yet anyways.I am hoping for the best.I have pretty much been very upset with this whole scenario.I am wondering if the tank will heal itself or am I doomed.Its been plaguing me since I don't know what I will do if all the fish die and then I add some chromis(in 2 months) and they kick the bucket.I know I know its not there yet but after this much time and money spent it seems that my dream is going to be flushed down the toilet.What was a happy time turned around 360 degrees.Hey I have to vent its not like anyone else will listen to me.My wife did say ohh your fish are all dead!She hasn't dug into me about it luckily she has been good about it.She also doesn't know how much money I lost.I feel bad for the poor fish.

 

[chris wright]

We've got our fingers crossed for you mate

Cheers

Chris

 

[pcostanzo]

Don't give up Steve. At the beginning of the year I almost threw in the towel. It started when I changed my lights. That plus an undersized skimmer caused a huge algae bloom. SPS were the first to go. Thought I could help out with some more algae eaters while doing water changes to get it under control. I put a couple fish in the tank way too early out of QT because I was having bio-load problems in the small QT tank. Needless to say it developed ich and by the end of 2 weeks 12 fish died. I got rid of the softies that were left, saved 4 fish, rid the main tank of ich and thats when I started my thread to re-build my system. I really thought about what I could do with the huge hole in the wall after the tank was gone but couldn't do it. I spent so much time over the years with this I knew I would regret it if it was gone. It took several months and its just now back in good shape. So don't give up. You'll miss it if its gone.

 

[steve the plumb]

Thanks for the boost I have been down because of this.I am not working and to top it off this is my only hobby.I don't go out drinking,I stopped playing paintball a few years back.This is the one hobby that I have always loved but man it sucks when you do something stupid.I can't afford to strip the tank down and find every piece of silicone.Was a real dumb thing to do I should have used the window and door.I do see bugs moving around in the live rock so the tank is being seeded.# fish are still alive.If I get threw this my next step is to get a QT tank.I don't ever want to go threw this again.I hope not.Thanks everyone for the kind words.I don't talk to people about my tank.(very few)People would think I am crazy for having such a large tank and would think why are you worried about some fish dying.I hate having fish die on me.Its enough we take them from the ocean I feel bad just for the fact that they died because of my stupidity.They could have been living in someone else's tank.I am not a tree hugger or anything but If you think about how many fish and corals I have lost in the past I should have known better.On another note I do have a small spot of cyano right in the middle of the tank.I am wondering if not enough floe is getting to the tank.I do have power heads but I didn't want to place them in the tank.I did think of getting 2 x vortech wireless pumps to make some wave action but not to stir up the sand.That or the mj mod(sure grip) I would place 2 pumps in the tank(on the overflow) and run them with my controller.I think the controller has 2 options when it comes to wave making.I think its a cheaper solution.

 

[steve the plumb]

Now I have caught my Niger trigger.I put him in a glass to try and get a better pic of him.I don't know if you can see the discoloration and flaking of the skin.I think maybe some of the fish that lived got sick.The fish that didn't eat died fast the fish that lived there skin started flaking and then they died or were near death.I am not sure if the silicone poisoned them and then the fish that didn't die got sick.

 

[steve the plumb]

 

[steve the plumb]

the fish become less active and tend to hide and eventually die.The niger is still eating

 

[steve the plumb]

You can see now how the skin is flaking and discoloring.The fish that wouldn't eat in the beginning didn't look like this in fact they showed no signs of any illness.I do think the fish got poisoned then I changed the water but maybe one got sick and gave the rest of them an illness.I am not sure.

 

[michika]

Those are quite the photos. I hope your trigger makes it.

 

[steve the plumb]

Well I placed him in a cup because there isn't much light in my sump plus he won't sit still.Most of the last fish that died(recently) all had this.I don't know if its a disease or it was brought on by the silicone.My tangs, butterfly,blue throat,fox face all had this.The other fish that died were fine they just stopped eating.I don't know if this pic helps.You see the skin is flaking.The fish is eating the other fish that died like this eventually got this all over the body.Its not ich its like the skin has something wrong with it.Peeling I don't know how to describe it.I am afraid that this fish will die also.I have learned my lesson I will get another tank and place any fish or corals in there first.I also won't rush out to buy more fish.