9 footer disaster

[Kensington Reefer]

Keep on keeping on
My sympathies...

 

[Turkeysammich]

Daymn. Da Drama continues. Sorry Bro.

 

[derek_SR]

Overflow box is leaking

Egg crate partition about 2' on the right side for new fish.

Removed some fish added these fellas over the weekend:

4x bimaculatus anthias
coral beauty
bicolor angel
2" powder blue tang
copperband butterfly
lamarck angel
clown tang
3 other fish I don't know.


convict tang - dead




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The egg crate trick is so useful, new reefers should take note. I did this several times (before my tank was too grown in) to separate and catch problem fish or acclimate.

 

[Kensington Reefer]

The egg crate trick is so useful, new reefers should take note. I did this several times (before my tank was too grown in) to separate and catch problem fish or acclimate.

Be very careful to avoid scratching your acrylic with the sharp edges of the egg crate

 

[Coral reefer]

“3 other fish I don’t know” Face palm

 

[popper]

After the 5th new fish died within a week, I tested the water.

Nitrate is way high at 2.10
Phosphate is through the roof at 0.25
Other parameters are on point.

Did the first ever 45-50g water change after 4 months and cleaned the skimmer.

 

[Darkxerox]

After the 5th new fish died within a week, I tested the water.

Nitrate is way high at 2.10
Phosphate is through the roof at 0.25
Other parameters are on point.

Did the first ever 45-50g water change after 4 months and cleaned the skimmer.

ppm? If so those are pretty normal numbers.

 

[Bigfish]

After the 5th new fish died within a week, I tested the water.

Nitrate is way high at 2.10
Phosphate is through the roof at 0.25
Other parameters are on point.

Did the first ever 45-50g water change after 4 months and cleaned the skimmer.

Those are rookie phosphate numbers I'm trying to get my tank back down to that!!! Nitrate does sound a bit high, sorry to hear about your losses...

 

[derek_SR]

Nitrate isn't going to kill SW fish - I think you've got something else going on.

Nutrients killing fish keeps coming up lately. LC50 for Marine fish is like 2200ppm Nitrate, per RHF and some scientific studies he referenced.

 

[Kensington Reefer]

I don’t think a 40-50 gallon water change on that system is large enough to have any real effect.
On my 300 reef I change about 100 gallons
And if there’s an issue, I’ll change more.
And probably repeat that depending on what I see

 

[H2OPlayar]

I was always fine with 30 nitrates and .5 on the phospate. Agree they aren't that high.