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[Ryansi]

That’s good !!! If your filter is still operating with bacteria everything should be good as long as you leave it be til morning . If you have a bottle of bacteria using some of that would be great . Other than that tomorrow when your lfs opens I would buy RODI water from them to make up your salt water and if you didn’t have a bottle of microbactor 7 from brightwell I’d pick up a bottle . Eventually to make salt water and top off water your probably going to want to invest in a RODI unit . Tap water is not good for saltwater tanks .

Okay. How long should i put the bacteria for?

 

[CoralB]

Okay. How long should i put the bacteria for?

follow the dosing instruction and doseevery day until the cloudiness clears up .

 

[Ryansi]

follow the dosing instruction and doseevery day until the cloudiness clears up .

Update. It looks way better

 

[DJF]

Update. It looks way better

Good to hear. It is a good practice with tank moves to not reuse the sand for this exact reason. Make sure your nitrite (and ammonia) get to 0.

 

[Ryansi]

Good to hear. It is a good practice with tank moves to not reuse the sand for this exact reason. Make sure your nitrite (and ammonia) get to 0.

Good to hear. It is a good practice with tank moves to not reuse the sand for this exact reason. Make sure your nitrite (and ammonia) get to 0.

Jesus christ. I returned home and all the fish were dead. Im guessing they were stressed? Please help.

 

[DJF]

Jesus christ. I returned home and all the fish were dead. Im guessing they were stressed? Please help.

Oh no. Sorry to hear. Not sure about your ammonia or nitrite levels but it isn’t good for them. I am not great at deducing things posthumously but I do see white specs which I would say is ich but not to a lethal degree… either way, remove them and run fallow for a bit to get things back in working order.

 

[Ryansi]

Oh no. Sorry to hear. Not sure about your ammonia or nitrite levels but it isn’t good for them. I am not great at deducing things posthumously but I do see white specs which I would say is ich but not to a lethal degree… either way, remove them and run fallow for a bit to get things back in working order.Maybe

Oh no. Sorry to hear. Not sure about your ammonia or nitrite levels but it isn’t good for them. I am not great at deducing things posthumously but I do see white specs which I would say is ich but not to a lethal degree… either way, remove them and run fallow for a bit to get things back in working order.

It might be stress. The place i picked it up was about a hour and a half. I checked the nitrite it was 0 and nitrate was 5 before they died.

 

[Ryansi]

Oh no. Sorry to hear. Not sure about your ammonia or nitrite levels but it isn’t good for them. I am not great at deducing things posthumously but I do see white specs which I would say is ich but not to a lethal degree… either way, remove them and run fallow for a bit to get things back in working order.

when i got it i saw the clownfish laying down. And inactive.

 

[dannyd_]

I am sorry to hear about the fish, that is unfortuntate. What I would recommend is reading up on material regarding how to care for a smaller saltwater aquarium. The main things you need to be concerned about is stable parameters, a good source of water, a light fixture, and a simple filtration system to keep the water circulating. It seems like you have a filtration system, so that is one thing down. In terms of stable water parameters your concerns now are ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, and salinity (assuming you don't have coral in there). Since this tank is established I am sure that it is already cycled, but the stirring of the sand probably caused a spike in ammonia. Preferabbly you want no ammonia, no nitrite, and some nitrates. The one that will change the quickest if not monitored is salinity, as you have to keep adding freshwater as it evaporates. Best of luck to you going forward.