All my fish are hyperventilating and my corals are shrinking in HELP!

[ReefJake123]

Yesterday all my tank was happy and joyful but I woke up today with my coral beauty dead I’ve had him for 3 years which is also how long my tank has been running and I went to school got back and found my yellow tang dead guys I don’t know what’s wrong this is a heartache to watch my fish and coral die help my blue tang and my purple psudeochromis are hyperventilating idk what to do

 

[ludnix]

Can you start preparing a waterchange? Anything you are able to test for I would go ahead and test. Check equipment to make sure there isn't a dead pump or electrical issue.

I'm sorry for your losses and struggle, I hope it works out and remember not do anything drastic or panic.

 

[ReefJake123]

Can you start preparing a waterchange? Anything you are able to test for I would go ahead and test. Check equipment to make sure there isn't a dead pump or electrical issue.

I'm sorry for your losses and struggle, I hope it works out and remember not do anything drastic or panic.

Yes already have waterchange mixing and testing right now and checked all equipment and no electrical issues it’s strange never seen this before

 

[ReefJake123]

And thank you for the kind regards

 

[Fishy_mcfish]

Have you checked for ammonia? Or maybe point powerheads at the surface to cause agitation and help with oxygen exchange

 

[TexasReefer82]

what's the tank temp? perhaps a heater failed in the ON position.

 

[Mastiffsrule]

Sorry as well. Let’s us know what numbers you get

 

[ReefJake123]

what's the tank temp? perhaps a heater failed in the ON position.

My temps at a steady 79.5°

 

[ReefJake123]

Have you checked for ammonia? Or maybe point powerheads at the surface to cause agitation and help with oxygen exchange

Just did my ammonia test and it’s at a 0.25ppm so not horrible

 

[ReefJake123]

My power heads always are pointing to surface so i just don’t understand what it would be just ran my test everything is in good parameters my nitrite and nitrate are both at 0 and my ph is at 8.2 the ammonia only is at 0.25ppm

 

[ReefJake123]

I’m currently doing a waterchange as we speak hopefully that will do the trick

 

[Mastiffsrule]

Any new fish last couple weeks?

 

[Mastiffsrule]

That ammonia can’t be good. Any prime on hand to help along with the water change?

 

[Fishy_mcfish]

Just did my ammonia test and it’s at a 0.25ppm so not horrible

ammonia at 2ppm can be fatal to fish. It’s a good thing you have water ready/almost ready to do a water change with. That will help but you need to figure out what caused that spike. Any dead snails? Or other fish that are in the tank decaying?

 

[TexasReefer82]

Any unusual tank inhabitants? Thinking toxic stuff like a sea apple, boxfish, seahare that inked, etc?

 

[Mastiffsrule]

I think fishy meant .2. At .2 it can be dangerous to fish. At 2 it is toxic. Do you have an ammonia badge? Wondering also what you ph is at. Weird that an ammonia would spike in an established tank without something driving it.

 

[DarthSimon]

Ammonia would have to be the culprit if it's present. You have lots of live rock, so biological filtration shouldn't be an issue in a 3 year old system.
Have you made any changes lately to this system? Large water change would help big time. How many gallons is your tank?

 

[Fishy_mcfish]

Did you disturb the sand bed?

 

[Mastiffsrule]

Let’s summon #reefsquad since we want to avoid more issues

 

[ReefJake123]

Any new fish last couple weeks?

Nope