Frag issues

[cuz]

I've had no problems with stuff bought or frags of mine either??
Any chance of a pest in your system? aefw?

[Scubasteve23]

no i dont think so.. i have been watching and looking at night, i have no idea what is doing it

[Trabby]

All of our frags from the swap are doing really well, with the exeption of one small frag that didn't make it. Did all of your pieces go downhill at once or over time? Do you use tap water or R/O?

[Scubasteve23]

Unfortunetley im using tap water I always leave it out in a 5 Gallon pail for at least 2 days before i use it though. i have just noticed in the last couple weeks that its been happening..started with 2 birdsnests and now my devils hand looks like its dieing. My naso tang died about a month ago and 3 days ago one of my chromis died that i have had for like a year. no signs of issues..i dont know what the heck is going on. all parameters seems to be fine.

[cuz]

do you test your tap water?
with all the warm weather and snow melting I'd suspect your town water has upped its chemicals to deal with the run off.

[daniella3d]

well...search no further. Why not an RO/DI unit? it's not that expensive and at the end you will lose more money in frag and RTN.

If you have chloramine in your tap then 2 days is not going to remove all. You can't trust the water company as they sometime put desinfectant etc. in the water that is safe for humans but not for fish or corals.

I would never trust tap water without treating it with Prime at the very least. Even then, you should test for copper as well.

[Scubasteve23]

I understand that using tap water isnt the greatest but i know lots of people that live in the city, even very close to me that are not having any issues

[Ryan]

Ive used tap for years now with no issues, Mike as well, no issues. I was a little worried when I moved to Lethbridge but once again no issues.

When I started reading this I thought maybe because of your 2hr drive something happened. It did to me during one of our calgary trips. Not sure if the corals got too hot or cold in the cooler but I lost half of my SPS.

Now I see your loosing a bunch of your fish which tells me its not the coral its the water. Something has gotten into your tank whether its from a water change or maybe some cleaning chemical indirectly or chemical from work.

Chemicals wont test on a aquarium test kit. So i'd guess its that.

[wingedfish]

Hey Steve, I purchased some from mostly everyone there and everything is doing great. I'm actually quite happy with my tank at the moment.

We don't use chloromine and 2 days in open air would easily get rid of chlorine. I don't believe it's tap water related.

[Ryan]

Perhaps some cleaner or something was on your hands when you put them in the tank?