Well it finally happened, I am two months into my tank and suddenly, wham!!!, I have a major die off. My wife and I almost cried this morning. And to think last night I ran all my water tests and they came back normal (or close) and I made no adjustments to my tank. I am down-hearted and just trying to understand how to not have this happen again. I actually and foolishly thought I understood water chemistry... I am just bewildered by the whole experience.
Here are my water parameters from my Fish Log last night:
Temperature: 78.4
Salinity: 1.023
Ph: 8.4
Nitrates, Nitrites, and Ammonia: 0
Here is what died:
1 Condylactus Anemone
1 Clown fish
1 Flame Fin Gobi
1 Neon Blue Damsel
1 coral banded shrimp
Here is what survived:
my corals (at least as of today because my green fuzzy mushroom coral has 6 out of 22 split mushroom heads)
1 black stripe damsel
3 hermit crabs
1 snail
I did a 20% water change this morning and tested the water to the following parameters:
Temperature: 76.1
Salinity: 1.023
Ph: 8.2
Nitrates, Nitrites, and Ammonia: 0
Any thoughts on the cause and how to prevent it? Should I do another 20% water change tonight?
I have an Aquapod 24 with 25 pounds of live rocks.
Here are my water parameters from my Fish Log last night:
Temperature: 78.4
Salinity: 1.023
Ph: 8.4
Nitrates, Nitrites, and Ammonia: 0
Here is what died:
1 Condylactus Anemone
1 Clown fish
1 Flame Fin Gobi
1 Neon Blue Damsel
1 coral banded shrimp
Here is what survived:
my corals (at least as of today because my green fuzzy mushroom coral has 6 out of 22 split mushroom heads)
1 black stripe damsel
3 hermit crabs
1 snail
I did a 20% water change this morning and tested the water to the following parameters:
Temperature: 76.1
Salinity: 1.023
Ph: 8.2
Nitrates, Nitrites, and Ammonia: 0
Any thoughts on the cause and how to prevent it? Should I do another 20% water change tonight?
I have an Aquapod 24 with 25 pounds of live rocks.