Ever since I did a water change a week ago my Coral's are not as lively. I have an 80 Gallon and did about 20 falling change. Usually are my parameters are good and IV added alittle alkilinity and its seems to have helped some. I'm freeeking out IV lost one Coral already. Also I use salinity salt
Water change gone wrong
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LostInTheDark
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If you did not match your Alk that could be the cause. Aquavitro Salinity mixes up with an Alk of 7. Most people keep their tanks higher than that and you did do a 25% water change. Where is your Alk now?
LostInTheDark
Active Member
You might go through a cycle if more things died then your tank can handle. Checking ammonia would confirm it. If just 1 or 2 corals have died I would doubt it. Next time you do a water change check the alk in the tank and your change water. Smaller water changes may help with your issue. Either that or match your parameters before doing a larger one. I wish I could help more but we don't have much to go on.
Jlobes
5000 Club Member
having problems is expensive, and test kits help to avoid and determine what those problems may or may not be. Testing is an INTEGRAL part of keeping a tank, especially a happy/healthy one, aside from visual clues and obvious signs of issues, testing tells you whats really happening in your tank. might be a good idea, to spend a lil money and get some tests. Also, when experiencing issues, test results and current params, are needed for ANYBODY to be able to help or give advice. Otherwise, we are all just guessing at random possibilities.
TheEngineer
Formerly icecool2
OK. When was the last time you had them test your water? I strongly encourage you to get them to test it again. There are just so many variables that could be causing what you're seeing.
