please help me, tank is crashing!
- Thread starter ryanhayes96
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WarDaddy
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A tank does not go from 0 to 180 in a day...
This has to have been going on for months.
Questions that need to be answered...
When was the last Nitrate Test?
What is the Water Change Schedule?
What method of Nitrate Export are you using (Macro, Deep Sand, Water Change)
What is the maintenance routine?
What is the bio load?
How often and What is being fed?
Skimming, if so what kind, how much skimmate?
Beyond getting the nitrates back down, we need to figure out what happened and get some procedures in place to prevent it from happening again. Let's see what we can do to help the poor guy. Nothing is worse than a tank crash. The feeling of helplessness often leads to people getting out of the hobby, and no one wants to see that happen!
This has to have been going on for months.
Questions that need to be answered...
When was the last Nitrate Test?
What is the Water Change Schedule?
What method of Nitrate Export are you using (Macro, Deep Sand, Water Change)
What is the maintenance routine?
What is the bio load?
How often and What is being fed?
Skimming, if so what kind, how much skimmate?
Beyond getting the nitrates back down, we need to figure out what happened and get some procedures in place to prevent it from happening again. Let's see what we can do to help the poor guy. Nothing is worse than a tank crash. The feeling of helplessness often leads to people getting out of the hobby, and no one wants to see that happen!
cowboyswife
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Those are good questions!
ryanhayes96
New member
last test was around 2 weeks ago before this it was at 10. This is why im not sure if the test kit is so accurate its an api test kit.
last water changes were around 3 weeks ago. but they were like 3 20 percent ones.
I use a in tank refugium with chaeto, i hae a HOT filter with a phospahte bag and a filter, a caoralife 125 skimmer and a uv sterilizer.
i clean the glass every day and clean the powerheads / clean the rock etc, all that every sunday.
2 false percs
2 yellow watchmen
1 powder blue tang
1 kole tang
1 Pygmy angel
fed a good sized sheet of nori everyday and fed pellets or mysis every other day.
i prefer a rather dry skim. like coffee balck color but its now set to a wetter one.
ryanhayes96
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and to this moment we have not lost ay fish which also leads me to belive that the test kits are not as accurate
skinnyjoe1976
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you clean the rock? this could be the concern that you are having. why do you clean the rock? and why so much nori? try to supplement with other foods.
ryanhayes96
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well not really lean te rock. i suck the detrius off of it with a syphon.
ryanhayes96
New member
okay the new numbers
trate 80 ( 80 and 180 look almost identical)
trite 0.75-1
ammonia 1
trate 80 ( 80 and 180 look almost identical)
trite 0.75-1
ammonia 1
ryanhayes96
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wen to aquaholics
8 gallons of saltwater( changed waer agian)
amquel +
meds for the bacteria infection on my tang.
Going to test agian soon. Dont worry i will be buying an ro unit off internet soon
8 gallons of saltwater( changed waer agian)
amquel +
meds for the bacteria infection on my tang.
Going to test agian soon. Dont worry i will be buying an ro unit off internet soon
ryanhayes96
New member
i dont kow what a jaubert system is, only sponges that are on some lr. I havent stirred the sand bed in like 3 weeks its 2 inches think. i only did becuase of cyano algae
Fuzzy
New member
Try bigger water changes and add some carbon.
I'm not a fan of adding medications to the tanks....
If you are fighting Ich try soaking the food in Garlic Extreme, Selcon, and Zoe.
Use a different suppliment each day when you feed your fish.
The trick is to build up the fish's immune system naturally and they will get rid of the ich on their own.
If it is really bad a cleaner Goby will help too.
Don't ask me how I know........
(ps thanks Carole........)
Once the ich is gone I still suppliment a couple times a week.
Good luck!
Fuzz
I'm not a fan of adding medications to the tanks....
If you are fighting Ich try soaking the food in Garlic Extreme, Selcon, and Zoe.
Use a different suppliment each day when you feed your fish.
The trick is to build up the fish's immune system naturally and they will get rid of the ich on their own.
If it is really bad a cleaner Goby will help too.
Don't ask me how I know........
(ps thanks Carole........)
Once the ich is gone I still suppliment a couple times a week.
Good luck!
Fuzz
ryanhayes96
New member
i also an running carbon
NEW LEVELS
trate 40-80
trite .5
ammonia .25-.5
NEW LEVELS
trate 40-80
trite .5
ammonia .25-.5
