125g reef tank (tangs, clowns, bunch of different coral)
2 weeks ago I did a 40-50 gallon water change bc I was deal with cyano. Blew off the rocks extremely well, did the water change, did lights out for 3 days. Now I went out of town right after the water change and monitored the tank through my apex and camera. Girlfriend always takes care of the tank when I leave. All corals and fish looked awesome but she couldn't get the eel to eat. I get home last night after 2 weeks and it's laying on the sandbed gasping for air, this morning it's dead. Now all my levels are in check but ammonia is like .5 (light/med green on API). I fed him some raw catfish I got at the store out of the fresh seafood section the day before I left and he was eating just fine. His mid section was a lot bigger that the lower 1/3 of his body and Iv always felt with him throwing up sometimes like an hour after I feed him. He was only like 11-12". I'll know when I check the ammonia in the morning if it's a problem, I would think my tank would be able to cycle it out in 12 hours. I have roughly 200lbs of liverock with a big reef octopus skimmer (rated for 320g)
Thoughts on why it died,
1-starved himself
2-me killing off a bunch of cyano made my ammonia go up when I left town (mind you the other fish and all my corals are fine)
3-was allergic to the raw pieces of catfish I fed him the day before I left
4-something things just die
2 weeks ago I did a 40-50 gallon water change bc I was deal with cyano. Blew off the rocks extremely well, did the water change, did lights out for 3 days. Now I went out of town right after the water change and monitored the tank through my apex and camera. Girlfriend always takes care of the tank when I leave. All corals and fish looked awesome but she couldn't get the eel to eat. I get home last night after 2 weeks and it's laying on the sandbed gasping for air, this morning it's dead. Now all my levels are in check but ammonia is like .5 (light/med green on API). I fed him some raw catfish I got at the store out of the fresh seafood section the day before I left and he was eating just fine. His mid section was a lot bigger that the lower 1/3 of his body and Iv always felt with him throwing up sometimes like an hour after I feed him. He was only like 11-12". I'll know when I check the ammonia in the morning if it's a problem, I would think my tank would be able to cycle it out in 12 hours. I have roughly 200lbs of liverock with a big reef octopus skimmer (rated for 320g)
Thoughts on why it died,
1-starved himself
2-me killing off a bunch of cyano made my ammonia go up when I left town (mind you the other fish and all my corals are fine)
3-was allergic to the raw pieces of catfish I fed him the day before I left
4-something things just die
