911!!! SOS!!!

irescuedogs · Mar 28, 2021

Can someone tell me what the heck this is?!? It literally happened out of nowhere and the water got extremely murky within no joke 10 minutes I have a 29 gallon high tank with a pair of half spined seahorses nitrites and ammonia just spiked out of nowhere tank is cycled had it up for 7 months ph is normal what is this orange crap?!? Help I don’t want my babies to die

I have a sponge and a fluval 207 running in it

Zakery Murray · Mar 28, 2021

Hmm interesting, tagging along.

irescuedogs · Mar 28, 2021

Please help me I feel so helpless I don’t know what to do...

terraincognita · Mar 28, 2021

You need to do an immediate 100% Water Change for sure.

Looks like a bacteria and algae bloom but hard to say what caused it.

Need a lot more info, something must've died suddenly.

Jilly92 · Mar 28, 2021

Do you have children that could've dumped something in? My son has done this multiple times now smh

irescuedogs · Mar 28, 2021

terraincognita said:
You need to do an immediate 100% Water Change for sure.

Looks like a bacteria and algae bloom but hard to say what caused it.

Need a lot more info, something must've died suddenly.

There isn’t anything in there that can die except for my seahorses

irescuedogs · Mar 28, 2021

Jilly92 said:
Do you have children that could've dumped something in? My son has done this multiple times now smh

No I don’t have kids I literally don’t know how this happened it happened within minutes the water just got super murky and there’s a orange **** all I’m gonna sides of it I think it’s coming out of the filter

Jilly92 · Mar 28, 2021

irescuedogs said:
No I don’t have kids I literally don’t know how this happened it happened within minutes the water just got super murky and there’s a orange **** all I’m gonna sides of it I think it’s coming out of the filter

How bizarre

terraincognita · Mar 28, 2021

irescuedogs said:
No I don’t have kids I literally don’t know how this happened it happened within minutes the water just got super murky and there’s a orange **** all I’m gonna sides of it I think it’s coming out of the filter

What filter system do you have, is it a HOB?

What's your maintenance routine? How often are you cleaning your tank?

Do you have a sand bed? Do you clean it?

Tons of things to ask, but in terms of saving your sea horses from certain death, you need to do a 100% WC. so I'd get to mixing......

We can speculate later, but speculating isn't going to save the life of your horses rn.

fishguy242 · Mar 28, 2021

major water change.,ditch sponge filter replace with new,bio in can now..

irescuedogs · Mar 28, 2021

terraincognita said:
Ok What filter system do you have, is it a HOB?

What's your maintenance routine? How often are you cleaning your tank?
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Do you have a sand bed? Do you clean it?

Tons of things to ask, but in terms of saving your sea horses from certain death, you need to do a 100% WC. so I'd get to okoooo

We can speculate later, but speculating isn't going to save the life of your horses rn.oops

terraincognita · Mar 28, 2021

In terms of the foam, it's bacteria. Not sure what kind exactly you'd have to get it under a microscope.

The water color also is from bacteria/ammonia.

Scoop the foam out into a cup, and keep some of the water.

We can get it under a scope later.

But hopefully you can make/have enough water tonight to save those horses.

irescuedogs · Mar 28, 2021

This is my first time having seahorses I have a full evil 207 and a sponge filter in it I have a thin layer of black sand no live rock yeah where do I put him like what I’ve never done 100% water change before I amKind of panicking right now can someone talk me through this

irescuedogs · Mar 28, 2021

irescuedogs said:
This is my first time having seahorses I have a full evil 207 and a sponge filter in it I have a thin layer of black sand no live rock yeah where do I put him like what I’ve never done 100% water change before I amKind of panicking right now can someone talk me through this

Fluval**

terraincognita · Mar 28, 2021

irescuedogs said:
This is my first time having seahorses I have a full evil 207 and a sponge filter in it I have a thin layer of black sand no live rock yeah where do I put him like what I’ve never done 100% water change before I amKind of panicking right now can someone talk me through this

If you have a 5G Bucket with a small small small power head you may be able to move the horses into there for now with new clean water while you mix up the rest of the water for your tank.

but basically just get that water out to start.

Do you have new filtration media you can replace and put in?

Jilly92 · Mar 28, 2021

irescuedogs said:
This is my first time having seahorses I have a full evil 207 and a sponge filter in it I have a thin layer of black sand no live rock yeah where do I put him like what I’ve never done 100% water change before I amKind of panicking right now can someone talk me through this

If you use instant ocean salt it's safe to mix with a bubbler and use straight away, just bring water to temp first. If you have a large vase or something with bubbler that might help temporarily

terraincognita · Mar 28, 2021

irescuedogs said:
Fluval**

Gotcha canister filter, yeah I really don't recommend those for Saltwater.

Looks like this was most like "building up" and something today hit a tipping point. You maybe did a large feeding and then bacteria just went out of control.

Bacteria can multiply so fast and rapidly it's insane.

You need to do a rip clean of the whole filter system and tank.

So if you can get a 5G set up with a power head for those horses for now.

Don't blast them obviously, hopefully you have a small enough power head.

Even and air stone in a bucket would be okay for now if that's all you got.