What is the definition of a tank crash?

Wayne · #1 03-04-2011, 02:12 AM

I think I might be on the verge of a tank crash. SPS is dying, leathers have been shedding skins for weeks, zoas closed up, clam only half open.

Fish are fine, levels for ammonia, nitrite, nitrate are zero. Magnesium was around 1360, calcium around 400, PH 8.0-8.2, phospates are high at 0.5, KH at 10.

I have been doing small water changes everyday for the last 3 days, without disrupting the display tank with some visual improvment in the LPS. Am I on the verge of a crash and how do you prevent...

P.S. This happened a month ago aswell and the cause that I believed was the GFO and Carbon I was running in a reactor. I have since thrown all that mixture away and put a little carbon in. After seeing the problem again the first thing I unplugged was the reactor.

Aquattro · #2 03-04-2011, 02:17 AM

I would do a large water change right away. Something in there isn't right, and doing small changes won't be enough to dilute whatever it is.

Wayne · #3 03-04-2011, 02:19 AM

I have about 60G of water in my tank and sump how much should I replace?

Aquattro · #4 03-04-2011, 02:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Wayne

I have about 60G of water in my tank and sump how much should I replace?

I'd do 30g and see how that goes.

Wayne · #5 03-04-2011, 02:25 AM

Sounds good be back in 5

Wayne · #6 03-04-2011, 02:53 AM

OK OK a little more than 5

WOW thats a big water change!

Wayne · #7 03-05-2011, 08:37 PM

How you try to tell if a clam is dead? Mine is not responsive to light or touch... He is about halfway open...

Oh and on a same but different note my citron goby is hiding out inside him

The Grizz · #8 03-06-2011, 12:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Wayne

How you try to tell if a clam is dead? Mine is not responsive to light or touch... He is about halfway open...

Oh and on a same but different note my citron goby is hiding out inside him

If it is not responding to light or if it doesn't close or move when you put a little squeeze on the shell it is more then likely a goner, sorry but this is what I have found out with the bucket load of clams I have lost lately.

Wayne · #9 03-06-2011, 01:31 AM

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Originally Posted by The Grizz

If it is not responding to light or if it doesn't close or move when you put a little squeeze on the shell it is more then likely a goner, sorry but this is what I have found out with the bucket load of clams I have lost lately.

Aww nuts I will pull him out then and that might help with the nitrites and phospates that found after getting my water tested at Blue World

The Grizz · #10 03-06-2011, 01:38 AM

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Aww nuts I will pull him out then and that might help with the nitrites and phospates that found after getting my water tested at Blue World

When you pull it out of the water see if it reacts and also see if it has a rotten smell, that will give you your answer.