Dead fish, missing anemone and nitrate spike

[Gripenfelter]

I have a 120 gallon with a hang on the back overflow. I'll move the filter media over to the overflow that dumps into the refugium.

Thanks for the advice!

[dsaundry]

It should be ok in a few days, just remember that any fast changes in your water parameters can be just as harmful imo as when you get a contamination enter the system. If you have access to another hob filter system you could set that up as well for a few days if you have room in tank or sump area. The filters and carbon are the big key to clearing up your water and will eliminate odours as well. The water changes will also help.

[Gripenfelter]

K I'll go grab some more carbon and filters.

Wife noticed the filter in the media reactor looks awful.

[Gripenfelter]

Got my nitrates down to 5. Water is still cloudy. Ammonia is zero. Found out the reason the water is cloudy is because when the anemone died it basically exploded in my tank. Put floss filters on the drain pipes from the tank. Tank looks much better this morning.

[David Newiger]

Careful with the filter floss in the overflow tubes. The last thing you want right now is a flood. I would advise you to use it in the sump or a HOB filter.

[shiver905]

I had a large maxi mini get caught in a return..

I did 75% water changes daily for 4 days.. and everything was fine.

[Gripenfelter]

Lost 2 sponges, 3 anemones, 10 snails, 1 cleaner shrimp, 1 torch coral, 1 porcelain crab, and I'm sure a couple of other invertebrates.

Water is almost completely clear. Filter floss really helped.

So it looks like my lionfish is very much alive. Just the anemone was responsible for killing the above in the tank.

[dsaundry]

Careful with the filter floss in the overflow tubes. The last thing you want right now is a flood. I would advise you to use it in the sump or a HOB filter.

+1

I know it sucks but nem's can cause a few issues when the move into area's they shouldn't. Watch the filter floss tough and as soon as the water is clear and your water spec's are where they should be, take it out. Just remember to put some sort of foam filtration over your intakes. Inside the tank power heads like Hydors and Maxi-jets can also give you grief as well. Nem's will always move to where they feel happy,so light and food play a big part in keeping them in one spot more or less, they can also get aggressive with each other, so watch out sometimes when you put them together. If you feed them regularly and they get enough light they probably wont move too much...