I don't know what happened or why, but when I woke up two of my fish were dead and now 12 hrs. later so is another one and two look like they are on the way out. I brought my water in yesterday to have it checked (the tank was doing fine at the time, just wanted the calcium checked) They checked for everything and it came back normal. Calicum was at 350 so I was told to do some extra of the purple-up. We also did a 10% water change lastnight. We had that water checked too and it was fine. I don't know what happened or why but I'm scarred I'm going to loose all of my fish. Does anyone have any suggestions?
Help!!!! All my fish are dying!!!
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Tanks been up for two months. Whay died was a blue tang, a fire fish, and a henioco( I know, this one was bad, but I didn't know it until I brought it home and researched it. I was going to bring it back in when the store opened up on Monday.) I still have another fire fish, a flame angle, a cardnial, and a clown fish. The second fire fish looks like it is having a hard time breathing. And it's it's lethargic. When I tested everything yesterday it all came back normal. I took the water to Blue kingdom. I just tested it today with one of our quick strips (know they're bad that's why I took the water to be read) but I figured if my fish are dying I need to know why now. The P.H. came back at 7.8. It was 8.2 yesterday. That's the only difference.
he told me it would be okay to put him into the tank and it would be a good fish!! I was completely upfront about having a newly established tank!!! why would you do that!!! He was really pushing the Moorish Idol, but that was more expensive so we went with the henioca. (not saying it was his fault, just mad about the way things went down esspeciall after spending 40$ on it only to have it die)
Sounds like there potential overload condition if your tank is that new and you have rapidly added that many fish. How many gallons is it? Are you sure your ammonia and nitrates are in check? Also, if that PH change was rapid it could've caused problems. Better try to keep it in check. Dont try to raise it, just dont let it drop more. PH changes should be done slowly.
My best guess right off hand is that the water used in the water change was wack, but maybe not.
My best guess right off hand is that the water used in the water change was wack, but maybe not.
Give us a little more info on the tank size and type. What equipment are you running on it and have you dosed anything new lately?
Again The store was the one that checked it yesterday and they have the good drip test. I only assume it was in normal range. Could the heniochus put my tank in the downward decline? he was the first to go? I know when some fish die the emitt a toxin? Only reaching for things at this point.
The tank is a 55gallon. it's possible that it was an overload, but we were really cautious. We had the water levels checked every three days and they had been really good all things considering. I did add a large amount of live rock yesterday. Would that affect anything?
The tank is a 55gallon. it's possible that it was an overload, but we were really cautious. We had the water levels checked every three days and they had been really good all things considering. I did add a large amount of live rock yesterday. Would that affect anything?
IT's 55 gallons, it was orginally used as a freshwater tank, but we replaced all of the equipment. We have a marineland filter the emperor. A plastic heater, it's a stealt 250 watt. two current aquatic gardens powerheads #600.lighting is standard with 50/50 coral lights (next to replace).
<span style="color: black;">There could have been some die-off from the rocks that caused an ammonia spike or some other toxin on the rocks but the amount you added shouldn't have this kind of impact on 45-50 gallons of water. If there was a significant ammonia spike, it would make it very difficult for newly added or stressed fish to survive. Do you have saltwater available to perform a water change tonight?</span>
<span style="color: black;">It could be a long shot, but check if the heater is not leaking voltage to the tank. I have a friend that inexplicably all the fish die but a Yellow tang. When he checked the voltage, the multimeter showed above 7 volts. That is enough to kill any fish. </span>
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I do, but I'm worried that tank may be out of wack too!!! I did a 10% water change with this water yesterday. It has nothing(no livesand/rock/or fish) in it. Should I do another water change with the back-up water? and how much should I change?
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You need to do a 50% water change asap & check your ammonia levels with a descent kit like Elos, salifert, API might be ok, but hard to read color change. You might have to do anoth one after a day or two. With the info you gave, you have way too much of a bio load on your system & those 30 pounds of live rock most likely had a huge die off to cause ammonia levels to skyrocket as been prevously stated. Live rock is important, but should have been put in first. If you put it in later, it needs to be done gradually, & carefully. Only cured live rock should be added to a running tank.
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