Sad day

Naiad · Jul 9, 2014

I woke up today to find several corals, my clams, and my mandarin dead. I am not sure what happened. I am kind of in shock as everyone was doing great. I have been having an issue with nitrates algae and a dead spot but was finally starting to get the upper hand so I thought. To loose my clam after only two years and mandarin after four is heartbreaking. I have water in prep for a water change but am not really sure where to go from here.

REDXRUM · Jul 9, 2014

Sorry to hear about your loss :'(. It happens to the best of us. What are your water paramters?

fishroomlady · Jul 9, 2014

so sorry for your loss

Newmariner · Jul 9, 2014

Is it possible your clam spawned and polluted the tank?

Naiad · Jul 9, 2014

Nitrates are about 15.
Alk is 3.08
Ph 7.9
Calcium is 495
Salinity 1.025

Naiad · Jul 9, 2014

It is possible. Many of my inhabitants spawn on a regular basis including snails, nems, and fish. It appears the largest clam is still alive but barely. I have never heard of one surviving after reaching the state he is in but I will leave him for a bit and hope. If the clean up crew start munching I know it will be time.

Tahoe61 · Jul 9, 2014

Oh man, sorry. Boy I hope you track down the cause. That would be heartbreaking.

TrialandError · Jul 9, 2014

Isn't your alk a lot low? Or is that a typo?

Naiad · Jul 9, 2014

Depends on what you are measuring it in. The 3.08 is meq/L which is about 8.6 on the dKH scale

Naiad · Jul 9, 2014

Ironically I received new light bulbs for the tank tonight. I have them on auto order from brs. I will change them tomorrow and do another water change.

Naiad · Jul 11, 2014

It was a temp spike. 90 degrees. My apex failed to warn me which is most likely a mistake i made in programing it. Until I sort out what I did wrong I have installed a digital temp display so it can be clearly seen at all times. I will be in the hospital next week and don't want another issue.