help trigger & eel death?

[tang daddy]

How much of a wc did you do?
what kind of macro did you add?
1.027 is alittle high and if you didn't top off water after 2 days it would probally run 1.030. It could be a number of different variations..... maybe the trigger and eel swam into the scorpion, maybe the macro turned asexual, maybe the salinity spiked without listing parameters who knows,
maybe they weren't happy in a small tank and with a tank that size things can go wrong fast!!

Hydrometers are not the most reliable and can go out of calibration fast so if it was at 1.027 maybe it was at 1.032 who knows...

[i have crabs]

pbitawa

[Reefhawk1]

Try using a larger quarantine tank for that many fish. Use a refractometer for more precise results on SG.

[hawk]

10g is way too small for those fish. Did you have any additional filtration besides the rock? I'm guessing an ammonia spike after you added the eel.

[Marlin65]

Originally Posted by tang daddy

How much of a wc did you do?

Hydrometers are not the most reliable and can go out of calibration fast so if it was at 1.027 maybe it was at 1.032 who knows...

Times two
1.027 is way to high especially with a hydrometer they are know to run on the low side you might of been at 1.040 for all you know, but you have enough other things wrong as well.
Drop the salinity down to 1.020 that way if you have a bad reading you will still be in range.

[banditpowdercoat]

I got a good Refractometer from ebay for $45 Way more accurate than Hydrometer

[EmilyB]

No seriously, you didn't have fish that size in a 10g.

[skylord]

There are a lot of things I would like to say here but........please do these animals a favor and not buy or receive anymore until you have a home set up for them and the proper testing equipment. Seahorses are not going to be able to wait 3 months in a 10g tank.

Scott

[WhoPoopWrasse]

I'd like to put in my 2 cents here about a refractometer...
The eye piece is adjustable to almost any eyesight, IMO if you can see the numbers on the crappy swing arm, you should be able to see just as well in the refractometer if not better

[nanoreefer]

i bought some new test kits and got someone to look at them for me and got the LFS to test the water, and every thing checked out trates are at 10-20 and everything eles is 0 except for high phosphates but i dont think that matters, then i test the water i used for the WCs and the PH was like 7.4 so the only thing i can think of is they died of PH shock witch makes sence because the eel died after i did another large 30% WC after i found the trigger dead, but for some reason the lion is still healthy, it looks like i have to let the water sit for afew days before i can use it for WCs

about the refractometer i tried several times to use one, i can see ware the blue and white meet but the lines are so darn small and i cant even see the numbers,

and my 75g is getting plumed and leak tested today WOOT!