FlyPenFly
SPS Killer
I had a thriving tank that was running on a HOB filter (Aquaclear). I decided some time ago to upgrade it to a sump as I had some space in my stand and wanted to get everything out of the tank I could as well as run a skimmer.
My eshopps nano overflow came in and I proceeded to install the sump. I also installed a eshopps nano skimmer as well as some chaeto from another tank. I moved my EHeim from the display to the sump.
Two hours later, everything seemed to be working great. I added some more dead rock to rescape the tank and thought I was done. I went to sleep.
I woke up the next day and saw my Valentini puffer on it's side unresponsive. I took him out immediately and thought he was a goner but he actually looked like he was still breathing. I moved him to another tank. He had a few sudden darts in the new tank, survived for about 30 minutes then completely expired.
I then saw that one of my snowflakes was also lying on the sand almost as if he was sleeping. I knew this was bad news at 11am so I moved both fish to my coral only tank.
I'm not sure what caused this. The tank has near perfect readings with a bit of ntirates the day before. The cleaner shrimp in there is doing fine as well as some of the snails and hermit crabs. I threw in some carbon in the sump and I'll have to figure out what the hell happened to this tank that was fine. The readings from a few minutes ago are fine, 0 ammonia, 0 nitrites, and 20ppm nitrates. This is a fish only tank.
The sump is a Fluval Chi that I had been using for freshwater up until a few days ago. I rinsed it out well and cleaned it with vinegar. The return pump is also a pump that came directly from a thriving tank as well. It's bare bottom, no sand.
The fish seems to be struggling now and I don't expect him to make it. Here is some video and two photos. :headwalls:
Interestingly, her mate hasn't left her side even to eat in the last 24 hours.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IK59itkhFYQ&feature=youtu.be
My eshopps nano overflow came in and I proceeded to install the sump. I also installed a eshopps nano skimmer as well as some chaeto from another tank. I moved my EHeim from the display to the sump.
Two hours later, everything seemed to be working great. I added some more dead rock to rescape the tank and thought I was done. I went to sleep.
I woke up the next day and saw my Valentini puffer on it's side unresponsive. I took him out immediately and thought he was a goner but he actually looked like he was still breathing. I moved him to another tank. He had a few sudden darts in the new tank, survived for about 30 minutes then completely expired.
I then saw that one of my snowflakes was also lying on the sand almost as if he was sleeping. I knew this was bad news at 11am so I moved both fish to my coral only tank.
I'm not sure what caused this. The tank has near perfect readings with a bit of ntirates the day before. The cleaner shrimp in there is doing fine as well as some of the snails and hermit crabs. I threw in some carbon in the sump and I'll have to figure out what the hell happened to this tank that was fine. The readings from a few minutes ago are fine, 0 ammonia, 0 nitrites, and 20ppm nitrates. This is a fish only tank.
The sump is a Fluval Chi that I had been using for freshwater up until a few days ago. I rinsed it out well and cleaned it with vinegar. The return pump is also a pump that came directly from a thriving tank as well. It's bare bottom, no sand.
The fish seems to be struggling now and I don't expect him to make it. Here is some video and two photos. :headwalls:
Interestingly, her mate hasn't left her side even to eat in the last 24 hours.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IK59itkhFYQ&feature=youtu.be
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