sheepdog43
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Ok, tank crashed obviously.
Spent all day on the tank.
Second time I have had a problem and always after I moved a power head. First time I lost all but one fish, this time, I lost all fish, but no inverts.
Now, the odd part...
Ammo - 0
Nitrite - 0
Nitrate - 30 High but not enough to kill fish typically. Plus amemone's, crabs, stars, snails are all fine.
The numbers were verified by a second test kit known to work.
What I did have was lots of macro algae.
From reading, I have heard that as it eats nitrates it can consume the oxygen in the tank. When I moved the powerhead, which was aimed at the surface, I guess I decreased the oxygen enough to cause a problem.
Am I correct in assuming this was the case?
As it is, I did a 95% water change (after putting what was alive in Q/T, luckily I listened to that advice there and got one), scrubbed my rock, dosed with Amquel+, and removed a lot of the macro I think was possibly masking a nitrate issue.
I really do not want to lose fish like this again, I lost some nice specimens. Still not sure if the coral will make it, but luckily I do not have much.
Spent all day on the tank.
Second time I have had a problem and always after I moved a power head. First time I lost all but one fish, this time, I lost all fish, but no inverts.
Now, the odd part...
Ammo - 0
Nitrite - 0
Nitrate - 30 High but not enough to kill fish typically. Plus amemone's, crabs, stars, snails are all fine.
The numbers were verified by a second test kit known to work.
What I did have was lots of macro algae.
From reading, I have heard that as it eats nitrates it can consume the oxygen in the tank. When I moved the powerhead, which was aimed at the surface, I guess I decreased the oxygen enough to cause a problem.
Am I correct in assuming this was the case?
As it is, I did a 95% water change (after putting what was alive in Q/T, luckily I listened to that advice there and got one), scrubbed my rock, dosed with Amquel+, and removed a lot of the macro I think was possibly masking a nitrate issue.
I really do not want to lose fish like this again, I lost some nice specimens. Still not sure if the coral will make it, but luckily I do not have much.
