I’m lost at this point...

[Wolters_88]

hey 88 any improvement yet

The Duncan is now open but I have some zoas that are still closed and the torch is not trying to open at all still.

 

[Wolters_88]

What type water did you use ?
Dis you dechlorinate it ?
Does your water have chloramines?

I have a rodi 5 stage system and use tropic marine salt.

 

[Seanb1]

I have a rodi 5 stage system and use tropic marine salt.

Have you changed filters lately or are they new.
Ro di units are not good at removing Chloramine.
I would test for chlorine because the symptoms you describe are consistent with chlorine poisoning.
It only takes 1ppm to destroy everything in your tank so even half that can cause problems.
Chloramine doesn’t evaporate it just stays in the water column so over the course of a couple water changes the levels could get elevated.
If you are still experiencing these symptoms i would dose the tank with prime or safe just to make sure.
I always dose for Chloramine no matter what because unless you are testing your new water for it and your community uses it in your water supply you have no idea if its getting past your filters, and it does exactly what you are describing.
There’s plenty of info on this subject.
Just a thought, good luck

 

[Seanb1]

Remove Chloramines with your RO/DI Filter System

Chloramine is quickly becoming a concern for an increasing number of aquarium hobbyists because more and more municipalities are using chloramine to sanitize local water supplies. According to the EPA, more than one in five Americans uses water treated with chloramine. If untreated, chloramine...

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[Wolters_88]

I live in Kansas City, MO and we have really crappy water so they use chloramines. That’s why I have the upgraded kit with 5. One cartridge is purposely there to remove them. I have tested the water and there is none showing. Also at 0 TDS.

 

[HitList]

I live in Kansas City, MO and we have really crappy water so they use chloramines. That’s why I have the upgraded kit with 5. One cartridge is purposely there to remove them. I have tested the water and there is none showing. Also at 0 TDS.

I pray you have better luck than I did. With the exception of a small GSP, I lost them all

 

[Wolters_88]

I pray you have better luck than I did. With the exception of a small GSP, I lost them all

Most have opened back up. Only two zoas are still closed.

 

[fishguy242]

hi good to hear

 

[Wolters_88]

hi good to hear

Everything is closed again. Ran tests and I now have ammonia. I assume that’s From all the snails who are now dead. I removed all the snails. Could the salt have killed the snails? What should I do about the ammonia? I tried prime and this is what it looks like still.

 

[fishguy242]

yes the salt def could have burned and sorry to say slowly killed snails, change some water knock down the amm,perk up the corals ..keep posted

bummer we can fix

 

[Wolters_88]

Just did a 50% change. Hopefully that helps. When should I test again?

 

[Wolters_88]

this is after a 50% change.

 

[fishguy242]

tomorrow

 

[Wolters_88]

tomorrow

Think I’m about done. This hobby is just not for me. I’m spending thousands and thousands on something that’s just not working. Maybe this is for some people, but I’m starting to get to the point I feel like I’m just flushing money down the toilet.... literally

 

[fishguy242]

relax, it will be better tomorrow ,i know you have had a bad week ,it only gets better from here ,corals are still alive will recover be back to norm soon ,**** happens ,we know the cause ,it will recover,you had no probs before ,and will again!!
i've been there it sucks ,never give up

 

[fishguy242]

I have a 32G biocube that has been running since October. I have been happy with the corals and everything has looked amazing. I did a water change today with the same system I have been using and the corals instantly all closed up. I checked my salinity in the brute and it was spot on. It’s a closed system with pumps in the brute cans and pex-a running the water all the way there. The only thing that was abnormal was the water was lower then normal in the overflow and when I turned the pump on it created a huge amount of air bubbles in the tank. Can this make them close up? Nothing else has changed.
Parameters
Temp - 78
Salinity - 1.026
Ammonia - 0
Nitrite - 0
Nitrate - 2
Phosphates - .15
Calcium - 416
Alk - 8.4
Mag - 1320
Ph - 8.04

first message quote "everything looked amazing" and will again and the chiefs won of course

 

[amazongb]

Think I’m about done. This hobby is just not for me. I’m spending thousands and thousands on something that’s just not working. Maybe this is for some people, but I’m starting to get to the point I feel like I’m just flushing money down the toilet.

We’ve all been here.. I haven’t seen it mentioned, but your tank has only been running since October, give it time to mature.. be patient, and in a few more months it will be stable and you’ll gain confidence.. it s much harder to move fast and hope everything flourishes, but the reality is that your tank needs time to thrive.. sorry for everything you’re going through, like I said, we’ve all been there, here to help.

 

[Wolters_88]

We’ve all been here.. I haven’t seen it mentioned, but your tank has only been running since October, give it time to mature.. be patient, and in a few more months it will be stable and you’ll gain confidence.. it s much harder to move fast and hope everything flourishes, but the reality is that your tank needs time to thrive.. sorry for everything you’re going through, like I said, we’ve all been there, here to help.

Just always something with this tank. I had brook and lost all my fish a month in. Had to leave it empty for 6 weeks. Now this. Just like an ongoing f.m.l. All the while I just keep putting money into it. When do people consider a tank stable?

 

[fishguy242]

i think you were stable ,the stray salt crystals burned everything they will come back

 

[Wolters_88]

i think you were stable ,the stray salt crystals burned everything they will come back

My fish guy told me the salt will kill the bacteria too. Could that be why the ammonia is spiking?