OMG WTF?!?

[daniella3d]

Could it be some chimical war from a coral or anemone? you cut off the pump and restart it, the coral or anemone get upset, released toxine in the water and that upset the fish?

If your fish were not breathing fast we can exclude lack of oxygen. That does not leave much? Can it be also some gas pocket from the sand, when the pumps restarted it released some gas in the tank just enough to upset the fish?

I would definitly put some fresh carbon.

Originally Posted by paddyob

Thanks for the quick responses everyone.

Appears crisis averted. But still remains the question... WTF?!?!

[Funky_Fish14]

Daniella, it happened while the pumps were off, not after they came back on.

[reefwars]

food gone bad or something maybe??? assuming all were alive before the feeding the corals happened??

[ALang]

Weird! Glad that all's OK though.
Hope you figure it out!

[reefwars]

pat you know why this happened and so do i lol its simply because today was the store tours and you wanted to buy something and well as we all know luck cant have that now can she lol hope everything is alright in there tonight next time you plan on buying something dont tell the tank then she cant screw ya over lol)

[RuGlu6]

+1 on stray voltage ground probe is not a guarantee or a 100% protection, it is easy to measure so why don’t you eliminate this one also by testing

[paddyob]

This is an old thread.

Has not happened since I stopped feeding the food i used that day.

No other changes or issues.