tank crash

So i have a reef tank mixed softies sps....lps.....i having a issue now all the corals that are dying have been in this tank for 6 months or longer first my birds nest and stylo had necrosis now my blue ora chalice and a stunner has lost all its tissue underneath and now is bleaching out quickly...

So the past week has been a bad one for my reef tank. Everything was looking good until about a week ago. Almost all my LPS, especially my euphyllia, are receding/not opening up their polyps at all (see pics below). Some of the soft corals are doing terribly; my kenya tree and ricordia mushrooms...

Today was cleaning day for the tank, I have lots of hair algae and some dinos. I went in and was cleaning rocks for about an hour and a half. During this time all animals in the tank were acting normally. As soon as i started to add fresh saltwater into the tank all the fish swam start to the...

Hey guys, i had a tank crash last week because of a failed return pump. Whole tank went cloudy and i lost some corals, fish and inverts. The one coral that didnt make it was my whole colony of anthelia. 8x6 inch colony disintegrated into a smelly mush on the 3rd day of the crash. I only got it...

3 days ago i woke up to a cloudy tank and lethargic livestock and corals not opened up and mushroom splitting maybe from stress. Turns out my return pump in the back sump of my all in one tank had broke most prob the night before and i didn’t notice till 11am the next day so maybe 24h with no...

I have this 275 gal marine tank for 10 years, Over the seas fish die slowly and recently only have a few fish left in the tank. I have some brittle starts, sea urchin as well. Last night, I am sick and tired of the green hair algae in my tank and decided to suck them up and brush my rocks, also...

My tank has been on a downward spiral for about three weeks. I posted in a few FB forums and the answers I received were related to the possibility of current in the tank from failing pump/heater, or magnets leaching aluminum. I wasn’t able to identify either of these issues in my tank. Tank...

a few days ago, all my fish had begun dying. I found that my nitrates were sky rocketing (500 ppm) and I was so disappointed I didn’t catch it earlier. I was panicking trying to save what I had left, so I did a total water change because of how crazy the nitrates were. Just this morning my last...

I will post links to previous threads so you understand if you want to read what happened. I just want to say thank you so much to everyone who helpede through my first tank crash. The problem started with my tank seeming to be cycled...well it wasn't. There was brown diatoms and green hair...

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Hi everyone! We never think or at least we hope it will never happen to our own tank then bam it happens - the tank crashed! A crash is never expected and when it happens most of us panic... we scramble looking for information and help to save it. I know because it finally happened to me due to...

Hello, I am new to this forum. I will tell you a bit about myself. I am not new to the saltwater tank world but I started again around 8 months ago. I am originally from Venezuela where I used to get my rocks and many stuff from the sea. Now I can't do that since I am not leaving there. My...

My wife's one indulgence is hiring a lady to come in every other week and clean. This week, she was gone so she had her friend come over and do it. Standing instruction is not to even go in my office because 1) it's a wreck but I know where everything is and 2) the tank is in here. This is...

20 Gallon IM Nuvo. Current parameters below. Did a water change on Thursday. Added a new acan and live brine shrimp last night. Tank was thriving... This morning, clam is closed, all coral closed shut tight as if the lights were off. Crabs, snails, shrimp, conch and starfish seem fine. Did a 50%...