Merky Tank!
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Topic: Merky Tank!
Posted By: Josh
Subject: Merky Tank!
Date Posted: August 28 2012 at 8:29am
I woke up this morning to a murky tank and can't figure out why? I lost a chromis and I don't want to loose any other fish. I haven't changed anything in the tank but I built some screen tops for my tank yesterday could this be the cause? Please help!
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Posted By: DanhNgo
Date Posted: August 28 2012 at 9:59am
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did you have some die off from your calupera? This tend to be a very common thing for them.
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Posted By: ksmart
Date Posted: August 28 2012 at 11:11am
+1 ^ a little while ago my tank crashed due to algae either dying or going sexual. I couldnt tell but it destroyed everything.
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Posted By: Josh
Date Posted: August 28 2012 at 11:41am
All I have is chateo
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A winner never quits, but gets poor in this hobby!
Innovative Marine 30L
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Posted By: ksmart
Date Posted: August 28 2012 at 12:31pm
what corals do you have? are you running ac or any other filter media?
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Posted By: Josh
Date Posted: August 28 2012 at 12:52pm
No media, I have frogspawn, hammer, candy cane, and zoas!
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Posted By: builderofdreams
Date Posted: August 28 2012 at 12:57pm
Could you have possibly drop or knocked something in the water.
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Posted By: Josh
Date Posted: August 28 2012 at 1:08pm
Nope not really anything close to do that. It's starting to clear up by its self. I don't know what it was but I lost a fish and I hope I don't lose another.
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A winner never quits, but gets poor in this hobby!
Innovative Marine 30L
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Posted By: Mr.Gray
Date Posted: August 28 2012 at 1:52pm
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What is your ammonia, nitrate, and phosphates at?
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Posted By: Josh
Date Posted: August 28 2012 at 1:58pm
Last time I checked was a couple of days ago there were at 0
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A winner never quits, but gets poor in this hobby!
Innovative Marine 30L
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Posted By: builderofdreams
Date Posted: August 28 2012 at 2:12pm
Why No Carbon? Just wondering.
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150&210 Gallons of Madness and. Sanity! 801-850-4915
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Posted By: Josh
Date Posted: August 28 2012 at 2:14pm
I am going to run carbon just haven't yet. My tank is only 2 months old so I have added a lot of things yet.
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A winner never quits, but gets poor in this hobby!
Innovative Marine 30L
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Posted By: Mr.Gray
Date Posted: August 28 2012 at 2:32pm
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You should check those parameters because a cloudy tank can easily be a spike in ammonia nitarate and phosphates. And that would explain the fish death.
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Posted By: laynframe
Date Posted: August 28 2012 at 7:10pm
My tank did this two weeks ago. had aquatic come out and when i febreezed the house it almost crashed my tank ....went into a mini cycle, all good now but it was a scare! So if you have used fabreeze or any products in the room with the tank it will do it.
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Posted By: Josh
Date Posted: August 28 2012 at 7:12pm
Nope havent used anything like that around it. That I know of, my wife could of! Right now the tank is looking normal but some of the corals are not extended like normal so tomorrow im going to get the water tested to see the outcome.
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A winner never quits, but gets poor in this hobby!
Innovative Marine 30L
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Posted By: wickedsnowman
Date Posted: August 28 2012 at 8:35pm
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It could be a bacterial bloom and the reduced oxygen in the water caused the fish to die. It is common in new tanks.
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Posted By: Josh
Date Posted: August 28 2012 at 8:36pm
That does make sense!
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A winner never quits, but gets poor in this hobby!
Innovative Marine 30L
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Posted By: Akira
Date Posted: August 28 2012 at 10:53pm
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I speak with Josh often and as his tank is so new and he relies on LFS for testing and never has an exact reading provided to him , I would tend to guess that there is an issue with his water parameters that he is not aware of yet. FOLLOW what i have told you !! Water test test reveal tons of great info !!!!!
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Posted By: Josh
Date Posted: August 28 2012 at 10:58pm
Thanks Kurt you have taught me everything I know. I appreciate the advice!
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A winner never quits, but gets poor in this hobby!
Innovative Marine 30L
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Posted By: Akira
Date Posted: August 30 2012 at 7:47pm
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Josh all my advice is just my 02 , listen and read what all here have to teach. I would guess that 98-99% of the people here know way more than i do , I only consider myself an amature at best. But you are in the right place to learn from successfull reef keepers!!!!!
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