My fish are dead

[Bleigh]

sorry, thought you said it was the power strip itself that was going on and off

That’s how I interpreted it too.

 

[40g Nano]

I wasn’t sure sorry.
So it could be
1. Disease
2. Stray voltage
3. Oxygen depletion

I don’t feel a shock when I put my hand in, I did not see any symptoms of disease, there is decent surface agitation

 

[ThePurple12]

I think stray voltage can be ruled out. I was getting shocked every time I put my hand in the tank for a few months until I found out it was from a powerhead. It doesn't affect the fish because they aren't "grounded".

 

[Bleigh]

I wasn’t sure sorry.
So it could be
1. Disease
2. Stray voltage
3. Oxygen depletion

I don’t feel a shock when I put my hand in, I did not see any symptoms of disease, there is decent surface agitation

I wouldn’t rule out the rock scrubbing somehow either. Likely not the cause, but maybe some Connection. I also don’t think the stray voltage theory is super likely, unless the blinking light is a bad thing, but it’s definitely possible.

 

[40g Nano]

So disease, rock cleaning, oxygen

 

[40g Nano]

Or a combination

 

[Bleigh]

Or a combination

LOL. That made me laugh. It definitely could have been a combination as well. If one thing is slightly off, and another gets off, it can start to snowball. As they say, “Death by a thousand cuts“. The smaller water volume also can cause a small problem to be amplified, but lots of people keep small tanks successfully. I just bought a 15 gallon mini peninsula - just because I thought the challenge would be fun. (And they’re pretty.)

 

[Alenya]

I own a 10G nano.

There has to be something wrong with your numbers especially on nitrates.

I have a power head, skimmer, and do a 15L water change weekly, and keep a small pouch of carbon and phoszorb.

I feed lightly and always, always show some nitrate.

Sorry about your fish. Nano tanks can be brutal.

 

[kev.2013]

LOL. That made me laugh. It definitely could have been a combination as well. If one thing is slightly off, and another gets off, it can start to snowball. As they say, “Death by a thousand cuts“. The smaller water volume also can cause a small problem to be amplified, but lots of people keep small tanks successfully. I just bought a 15 gallon mini peninsula - just because I thought the challenge would be fun. (And they’re pretty.)

Don’t negate the fact that OP was looking for advice on Ich in July... and these animals were put back into their display tank with less than the recommended time period (76 days?)

I think it’s safe to assume the fish died from disease + stress. Given the fish the number and size of fish that were in their 14g AIO and poor QT practice. Before the tang it was 2 clowns and a Royal Gamma if I’m not mistaken, then one clown was replaced and then a tang added.

They need to pump the brakes a little, re-research things and figure out what they want before they make a purchase. They were also looking for advice on upgrading to a 75g and then the more recent 40g.

I think if they don’t do this, then they’ll run into more problems on their “next build” resulting in the same future thread and wasted time, money, animals.

 

[40g Nano]

Could it be phosphate?

 

[Reefer1978]

Could it be phosphate?

Nope

 

[40g Nano]

My lfs said it could be

 

[NJDragonet]

My lfs said it could be

not at all

 

[Reefer1978]

My lfs said it could be

Any element can get toxic. I am taking Vitamin D - I could take too much of it and it becomes toxic. Your coral would be dead way before Fish would be from Phosphate.

 

[40g Nano]

Any other things to test for then

 

[schuby]

Something else that changes fast in a small tank is salinity. My 10G QT can go from 1.026 to 1.030 in less than two days. I have to keep on top of that when I'm using it.

 

[Bleigh]

Could it be phosphate?

I'll agree with it definitely not being phosphate. As someone else said, your corals would be dead dead dead by the time it could get high enough to harm fish.

Fishy chemicals of concern: salt concentration, ammonia, nitrite, nitrate (not as much this one), or some other toxic pollutant, such as spraying cleaning solutions near the tank, but again, corals tend to be more sensitive than fish for most of those things.

 

[40g Nano]

I cleaned the glass but sprayed on a towel and then wiped

 

[Reefer1978]

I cleaned the glass but sprayed on a towel and then wiped

What did you use?

 

[40g Nano]

My corals are wide open would salinity affect them