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[jmonker]

Hey guys, Tough time right now, i just down my main display at the appartment and started a frag tank at the new house,

Basically i lost almost everything, Im so pissed about this, i dont even know whats going on seem to me losing a couple corals a day!!! Dont know if its from change? Or the change of the lights,

Frag tank- Its 36inch long by 18inch high by 12inch wide!!!
Lighting- 4 t5 bulbs 54w and reefbright strip of led



ph- 8
Nit- 0
Phos- 0- .2
salt- 23

I dont freaking get it. Hard times right now! everything is rtning on me, Need help asap!
Looks like i have to start over again!!!!!

 

[Petercar (RIP Dec 2017)]

Did yu use all new water ?...or. Whats different from old tank?

 

[Salty Cracker]

Did you have this guy set up your new tank? 
http://youtu.be/RyWRd3ai5g0


Seriously though, if it's a new setup is there a chance there is just a huge ton of ammonia swirling around in there?

 

[Darryl_V]

Crap Justin....so sorry to hear this.  I think most people have experienced some crappy accidents.  With out knowing what you did its hard to guess what the problem might be.  Moving is so stressful on corals.

Just from your testing I see phosphate is high at .2ppm  Im not sure that would be your problem though. 

 

[dale]

im sorry for your losses..,.,.,.,  if you think you will continue to loose corals i would start exporting them to other peoples tanks till you get 1 established., you may b able to save a few that way..... good luck

 

[chrisstevens]

If you need to you can try putting some corals in my tank, but still might not help as we have different lighting hard to say. Sorry for your losses man.

 

[dale]

ya me too my 100g is allmost empty.... prob best for softies though... my reef tank could prob handle a couple peices for a while... i also have a 10 gal with 2 t5s set up all it needs i a peice of lr....  if you need.... lmk..

 

[Petercar (RIP Dec 2017)]

What if he sells some peices  or give to others  and see ifthey survive ?...then he can get them back or just start new ?

 

[dale]

peter,  he could just store his corals in someone elses tank untill he gets one of his established enough to keep them himself.,..,

 

[Seggsy]

Only time I had something similar start I will still using a hydrometer - thought I was 1.024 when I was 1.035.  Not sure what else it could be.  Run some carbon and hope for the best.

 

[jmonker]

Ya thanks guys, tough times right now, basically i used half old water half new water?

I just put in new carbon!

Could be from change of light? Went from 8 bulbs to 4 bulbs?

 

[Petercar (RIP Dec 2017)]

Do yu have a ammonia gauge?..yu can get one at petsmart with a suction cup

 

[jmonker]

So when i pulled the tank apart i found these weird worm looking things? long and big, with tons of legs? what are they? are they harmful to corals?

 

[Test Account2]

black and red?

 

[Petercar (RIP Dec 2017)]

Mebbe dip everything. With coral X. Stuff comes alive after dipping

 

[reeffreak]

So when i pulled the tank apart i found these weird worm looking things? long and big, with tons of legs? what are they? are they harmful to corals?

Bristle worm

 

[dale]

most worms i have come across r good, even if they wernt they wouldnt be killing your corals so quickly now and not before, i dont think the light change would kill so many so quickly either, some hard corals might bleach out but would prob survive and soft corals might shrivle up for a couple days and would also survive, my guess is your water and because of the speed and numbers of your loss i would start with chlorine, then to ammonia ,, and so on till you find the prob, my guess its something wrong with your water instead of something is not right....

 

[Neopimp]

Dump some prime into the water.... take care of the ammonia nitrite and chlorine concermns

 

[teebone110]

Sorry to hear about your crash. I've been there and the best solution is to keep doing water changes and get whatever is nasty out of there. It's hard to say what's going on without more information.

Try to minimize anymore changes and keep things as consistent as possible. Make sure you are using a refractometer and 0 TDS water. Maybe try to frag some tips off of those pieces that are starting to RTN.

good luck!