serious problem!

Hi everyone! I'm having a nightmare! Over the last 3 days I've lost two of my fish a Midas blenny and I lost a royal gamma. I lost the gamma on Sunday then I lost the other one Tuesday! Its only since I've added in a new coral... Could this affect it because I've never had any deaths and also my bannerfish is looking like its about to die after I turned the light on this mornin. I've checked all the water conditions and e everythin seems fine! Has anyone any suggestions to what I could do?

The tank is an aquastart 900. I change 25 litre's every weekend without fail! And I don't run a skimmer.
Thank you!!
Colly

Depends what coral it is.
If you think that's what the problem is I'd take it out.

Nightmare dont have an answer either but if its only started since the new coral id be wipping it out straight away and going back to the shop with it, let us know how things are later thats a total sh1t buzz

The only things i can think of would be.

1. Add new carbon, or if you dont have any in the tank adding it now would be a good idea.
2. Poly Filter if you can get your hands on it.
3. As you have no skimmer are you sure you have enough movement with water at the top of your tank? to make sure their is enough o2 in the water for your fish. If not just point a power head at the surface.
4. More water changes.
5. What are you mixing your salt water in? have you mixed anything else or stored something other then water for the fish in your buckets of late ? or used a spray close to them ?
6. Kids ?

What is the purpose of the carbon?
Same as above for the poly filter haha
Yeah I have a very good twin head wave maker its like a 12000 lph
I change 25litres every weekend without fail?
I buy my salt water from my lfs
No kids haha

I think I will buy a skimmer over the weekend so if a can't find one on here ill just buy one.

Ive taken a few pics just for people to see and if u look at the picture of the hawkfish it looks kind of red underneath

So what do you use for filtration?

You should be running Carbon, Rowphos and a skimmer

How much rock have you in the tank?

As for Carbon read this link
joejaworski.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/doe...ef-tank-need-carbon/

What is your salt level at, and any chance you can post you test readings?

I wouldn't say your Coral you have added is any issue to this maybe if the fish just disappear and depending on the coral may have eating them but would say this is not the case here

Last thing is remove that powerhead when you can way to much flow in a 165L tank and that is without rock so less again when rock and sand is in

Would be great if you could post as much as you can about your setup give us an idea on what we are talking about

Sean

Just wondering if you happen to introduce any live rock in recent times?

BlueRam wrote:

So what do you use for filtration?

You should be running Carbon, Rowphos and a skimmer

How much rock have you in the tank?

As for Carbon read this link
joejaworski.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/doe...ef-tank-need-carbon/

What is your salt level at, and any chance you can post you test readings?

I wouldn't say your Coral you have added is any issue to this maybe if the fish just disappear and depending on the coral may have eating them but would say this is not the case here

Last thing is remove that powerhead when you can way to much flow in a 165L tank and that is without rock so less again when rock and sand is in

Would be great if you could post as much as you can about your setup give us an idea on what we are talking about

Sean

Well im off to get some Carbon

jeff wrote:

BlueRam wrote:

So what do you use for filtration?

You should be running Carbon, Rowphos and a skimmer

How much rock have you in the tank?

As for Carbon read this link
joejaworski.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/doe...ef-tank-need-carbon/

What is your salt level at, and any chance you can post you test readings?

I wouldn't say your Coral you have added is any issue to this maybe if the fish just disappear and depending on the coral may have eating them but would say this is not the case here

Last thing is remove that powerhead when you can way to much flow in a 165L tank and that is without rock so less again when rock and sand is in

Would be great if you could post as much as you can about your setup give us an idea on what we are talking about

Sean

Well im off to get some Carbon

Thought you had it already Jeff?

This is one of the most must in a marine tank, your filtration is made up from it Rowphos and a skimmer

Although i don't use Rowphos as i use NOPOX but if i didn't use NOPOX then i would have Rowphos and a refugium as big as i could get it

I only sent and got the big bucket of RowaCarbon the other day so it will last me a good while although i use a good but and make sure i change it each month

Sean

@sean
i was going (i was told.. no names) to use it now and again and never got around to getting it and everything with the water was perfect, i do ues nopox its great stuff, after reading the link about the carbon i know now i had a lucky escape not using it, got it yesterday out in s/h and got it in straight away so all is good, cheers sean


@colly whats the story with the tank now any better or still wrecking the head

Still wrecking the head haha, the fish looks to be not even bothered but I was talking to a guy from my lfs and he said it might be parasites so what I'm going to do is give this fish a fresh water dip for 5 mins or so and they were saying that u should actually see it flaking off but other than that I'm adding a skimmer to the tank today and I added an aquabeam 600 yesterday so hopefully all will be sorted soon enough!

Thanks for the feedback guys some helpful stuff there!

Colly

jeff wrote:

@sean
i was going (i was told.. no names) to use it now and again and never got around to getting it and everything with the water was perfect, i do ues nopox its great stuff, after reading the link about the carbon i know now i had a lucky escape not using it, got it yesterday out in s/h and got it in straight away so all is good, cheers sean


@colly whats the story with the tank now any better or still wrecking the head

No worries mate yeah i was told that before but anyone i know uses it all the time and makes sure they change it once a month can not go wrong this way

If you are using nopox make sure you have a good skimmer on the tank

Sean

colly130 wrote:

Still wrecking the head haha, the fish looks to be not even bothered but I was talking to a guy from my lfs and he said it might be parasites so what I'm going to do is give this fish a fresh water dip for 5 mins or so and they were saying that u should actually see it flaking off but other than that I'm adding a skimmer to the tank today and I added an aquabeam 600 yesterday so hopefully all will be sorted soon enough!

Thanks for the feedback guys some helpful stuff there!

Colly

Be very careful doing this?

Have you got a water test done what are your readings?

Have they got white spot

Geting a skimmer will do nothing but good for the tank but as for the aquabeam 600 this is not going to do anything for the tank to get everything back to normal

Colly your in Tallaght i see, i am from there myself but bring a water test down to Seahorse and ask Darrem or Kit to look at it for you explain what is wrong with the tank and what has being going on the last while they can help you best there is and im sure all will be ok

Get them to do a full detailed test they do this upstairs, might be something that your norm testing would not show up

Sean

Yeah blue that's who I've been talkin to... seahorse recommended the skimmer and the dip for the hawkfish because it looks like a parasite and obviously they don't like the fresh water. I done the dip and the hawkfish looks a bit more lively so hopefully its helped. I'm collectin the skimmer on Friday as they didn't have it in stock but lookin forward to gettin it on.

I know the aquabeam isn't doing anything for the water but its amusing me! Haha

if its a parasite what about a uv sterilizer