First Saltwater Tank

[paddyob]

Originally Posted by MarkoD

i've done some reading in the last little bit. its not white spots like ich.

apparently when the fish is stressed it loses its color and becomes blotchy.

i just called him and he said his nitrates were off the scale of his test kit..... over 100ppm

i cant really get a picture, he's in a plastic container

i think im gonna try and acclimate him to my water and see if anything changes before putting him in

Its no surprise his NO3 would be off the chart with all his fish dying. Dead fish decomposing in the tank create NO3/NH3. But the questions is why did they die to begin with?