What's wrong with my tank?
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Oldreefer44
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MnFish1
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What else is in the tank how big is the tank anything new in the tank why is the salinity so high. Ps I can’t get my punctuation to work riggtI lost my flame angelfish this morning. He seemed totally fine yesterday. These were the water parameters I just took. Doing a water change now.
MnFish1
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Why are you doing a water changeI lost my flame angelfish this morning. He seemed totally fine yesterday. These were the water parameters I just took. Doing a water change now.
Arcticfirefighter
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The only thing that stands out to me is the salinity at 1.029, that's pretty high. Are you making sure you are topping off the tank as the water is evaporating?
A banded coral shrimp two clown fish, and some hermit crabs. The tank is a 26 gallon bow front, I'm not sure what you mean about the salinity? It's slightly elevated from evaporation, but not that much.
I knew that was slightly elevated, I didn't think it was that high though? I am topping off the tank almost daily, I have an ATO that I will be setting up this evening after I'm done with my water change.
How long has this tank been running?
You've got a few things going here, amo, high salinity(Top off more regularly) but also you have what I think are maroons and a flame in a 26g, that's gonna be an issue, and that cbs may be an issue to other shrimp or inverts
You've got a few things going here, amo, high salinity(Top off more regularly) but also you have what I think are maroons and a flame in a 26g, that's gonna be an issue, and that cbs may be an issue to other shrimp or inverts
MnFish1
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The thing is there are an infinite number of possibilities One being the fish just died. Of something not contagious etc etc etc. if the other things in the tank are fine why panic with water changes and worry. If you shoot down your salinity too quickly which we still don’t know if it’s an error you could mess everything else up as well. The ammonia should be zero. But if you’re using an api kit they sometimes look like they are reading higher
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I think as already said, although the salinity is high, you shouldn’t have any ammonia in the system as it’s toxic to fish and could well be the cause of your issues if the test results are correct.
You need to eliminate/remove the ammonia and find the cause if you can, assuming the tank has fully cycled correctly
You need to eliminate/remove the ammonia and find the cause if you can, assuming the tank has fully cycled correctly
MnFish1
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1. If ammonia were 'the problem' - I would think that more corals/fish, etc would be affected.
2. Many ammonia tests (esp API) seem to read at .25 (either way - the .25 could be a test error.
3. Lets pretend the ammonia is actually 'elevated'. A water change may reduce it 'some' - but IMHO, the problem is not the ammonia itself - its 'where is the ammonia coming from'? That is the actual problem (i.e. whats dead- more feeding, etc. A water change will not correct those problems.
I was more worried about the water change affecting the salinity which would cause other things to die/have problems.
Just discovered my protein skimmer wasn't working. Could that have perpetuated the Ammonia problem?
unrelated P.S, Is anyone else having a problem with the Reef2Reef App? I get notifications that I get new messages, but when I open the app, the notifications are always empty.
unrelated P.S, Is anyone else having a problem with the Reef2Reef App? I get notifications that I get new messages, but when I open the app, the notifications are always empty.
