Search results

Reef Aquarium & Tank Building Forum

Help Support Reef Aquarium & Tank Building Forum:

  1. M

    Algae after adding new Live sand

    5 year old established tank with corals and limited fish. I added 25 lbs of new live sand to a 90 gallon set up. The tank has exploded with stringy, redish algae. Ph is slightly high (8.4) and other parameters are in line. Is a major water change the best remedy?
  2. M

    Quarantine tank

    thanks wish me luck
  3. M

    Quarantine tank

    2 clowns, 2 anthias, 1 yellow tang, 2 firefish, 1 coral beauty, 2 chromis, 1 six line wrasse. I was concerned about having them all in a 15 gallon as well. what is your opinion re: this population together in there? So, based on the prior thread link you sent, you suggest using the 15-20...
  4. M

    Quarantine tank

    My plan was to get all the fish out of the big tank and into Q, then use a copper solution in there for a few weeks. Mwanwhile, I would run the temp up and salinity down in the big tank for the same period. Hopefully, this will cure the fish, those with and without symptoms, and at the same...
  5. M

    Quarantine tank

    Last week we had a power outage, and the water temp dropped substantially. It looks like my Hippo Tang may have come down with a touch of ich. He is acting fine, but clearly has white spots on the body and a few on the fins. No other fish show any signs. It is a 4 year old 75 gallon marine...
  6. M

    Dead snails

    well, no solid answers, but thanks for the input. the nitrates arent high, and its not all of them that die at once, its over time. i did see a nassarius snail (i have 6 of them...which do not die) "smothering" one last night. If it was the water parameter, these would be effected too. I did...
  7. M

    Dead snails

    so, do you think the coral shrimp might be getting at them? i never heard of anything like that........ i have gone thru two batches of 15 in a month
  8. M

    Dead snails

    nitrates are generally below 10. that said, they start to creep up when the snails die behind the rocks. still doesnt get above 20, and drops back down w a water change.
  9. M

    Dead snails

    Does anyone know of a reason for snails to die off suddenly? I have gone thru two different batches of turbos. They acclimate fine, last about a week, then one by one fall to the bottom of the tank. The body will be in the shell, still alive. I will put them back upright, but in the next day...
  10. M

    Nitrate mystery....is it the sand?

    thanks everyone.... going to try and remove the sand bed over the next few weeks, a little at a time
  11. M

    Nitrate mystery....is it the sand?

    feeding has been as usual, even a bit lighter since the nitrate rise. the sand was new, but its been 8 months now no mechanical filtration being used and no bio balls whats this rock "cooking" ???
  12. M

    Nitrate mystery....is it the sand?

    Established tank...3 years 80 gallons + 10 gallon sump 80 lbs live rock Large protein skimmer salt 1.023 ph 8.25- 8.35 steady Ammonia- trace Calcium 375 phos- 0 kh-8 NITRATE 60- 80 About 8 months ago I converted from crushed coral bottom to sand. I do a 10- 15 gallon water change every week...
  13. M

    anthias w spots

    It is the test kit. damn thing says .25 right at r/o level Thanks for the input. Have been feeding mysis and brine, will add some veg to the diet
  14. M

    anthias w spots

    water seems ok 1.024 ph 8.2 temp 75 am .25 ni trace .10 alk 220 doing 25% wc every week it looks just like the picture in the link will go w the lymph diagnosis, keep in qt hope it clears up beautiful fish
  15. M

    anthias w spots

    sorry, no photo suggest a site to look it up myself?
  16. M

    anthias w spots

    I added two dispar anthias, a hippo and a sailfin tang to my quarantine tank two weeks ago. After one week, one of the anthias developed small white spots on the dorsal and tail, which at first I assumed was ich. Now, the white spots are no longer "pindot" sized but are much bigger( ballpoint...
  17. M

    What makes the ph too high?

    great article Thanks so much i did add some purple up two weeks ago, but other than that, just regular dkh buffer will recalibrate, and try one of the solutions recomended
  18. M

    What makes the ph too high?

    its an Aquarium Pharma kit, but I also have a constant probe which confirms the level
  19. M

    What makes the ph too high?

    Tank has been running pretty steady until recently. Readings 75 gallon, 10 g sump salt 1.023 Temp 80 Am 0 nit 5 Kh 11 alk 300 cal 360 phs 0 except my ph has stayed at 8.6- 8.7, and a bit of hairy algae and bubble has formed. i do a 10- 15 gallon change every week w RO, always tested, ph is...
  20. M

    many algaes

    okay. perhaps a combo of both dnjan and nah20 ideas will work. I will try to remove as many rocks as possible, clean off as much algae as I can from them as well as test the coral and rock water for trace. I have used the vacuum on the bed at times, but not for a few weeks, so i will try to...
Back
Top