Yesterday, I awoke to find my sebae anemone that had been struggling dead. I removed it, and went to work. Upon return, I found nearly all of my corals and inverts dead or dying. All of my fish seem fine. I did a 20 gallon water change yesterday, and a 30 gallon today, but things still look grim. I have added Cycle in a maximum dose, added extra chemical filtration including Chemipure bags and extra carbon, and increased aireation. Is there anything else I can do? Any ideas to what happened, I have heard that it would not be possible for my anemone to cause this much damage. I had a minor ammonia spike and a pH drop, but neither would have been enough to cause this kind of massive dieoff. Any suggestions or thoughts about possible causes would be helpful. Also, how do I know when my corals are dead and I should remove them?
Wipe Out In Progress!!!!!!
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This happend to me when I had a carpet anemone die. I lost everything, but i was slow on getting it out.
When I had an anenome get stuck in a power head it severely ticked off the tank for a good month. The toxins are in the water and if you are in dire shape maybe large water changes/carbon would be a good idea.
i'm a newb, so take my advice for what it is worth.
But just the small incident with my small anenome took a month or more for the tank to fully recover.
Also corals are pretty resillient so they may not be dead. Just really stressed/agrivated. They are dead when there is no soft tissue left...and even with no visible tissue you can nurse them back to health.
i'm a newb, so take my advice for what it is worth.
But just the small incident with my small anenome took a month or more for the tank to fully recover.
Also corals are pretty resillient so they may not be dead. Just really stressed/agrivated. They are dead when there is no soft tissue left...and even with no visible tissue you can nurse them back to health.
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