Dead Pepermint?
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plecosword
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yes saddly. No more Tongs. :smack: somehow, the snail and hermit i bought from them are still crawling, just a miracle.
Not even! the red hermit died mysteriously also.
plecosword
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they are pretty tough. Can they kill each other on fights though?
rlcline76
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Yep.
Origami2547
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Freshly mixed saltwater is often very basic (basic is the opposite of acidic. Acidic is a pH below 7 while basic is above 7) because it is starved for CO2. That's why we typically aerate & age our freshly mixed saltwater before putting it in our displays (to let the pH stabilize). What is the salinity in your display? How often do you do a water change? Iodine is a trace element that often is not managed because suffient replenishment comes through water changes. If you do begin to dose, be sure to get a test kit. Don't dose if you can't measure.
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plecosword
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of course, I keep right between 1.022 and a.021. That is were its at right now.
bluespotjawfish
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Sudden change in pH and/or high nitrates would be my guess. Perhaps when you did top off, it was concentrated in close proximity to him. THey don't tolerate a lower salinity like that would have caused. Iodine is important, but in the short time you had him, I doubt it was the cause of death.
lcstorc
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That salinity is a bit low. I would raise it a bit. Your PH will always be lowest right before the lights come on and highest just after the lights go out so that may explain the different readings.
Here are a few great basic reef chemistry articles. If you want more go to the chemistry section and look at the stickies. There is a lot of great information there.
Chemistry and the Aquarium
Reef Aquarium Water Parameters by Randy Holmes-Farley - Reefkeeping.com
Sounds like you have a bit of a chemistry problem which may or may not be why the shrimp died. They are at their most vunerable right after a molt so it could have been most anything.
Here are a few great basic reef chemistry articles. If you want more go to the chemistry section and look at the stickies. There is a lot of great information there.
Chemistry and the Aquarium
Reef Aquarium Water Parameters by Randy Holmes-Farley - Reefkeeping.com
Sounds like you have a bit of a chemistry problem which may or may not be why the shrimp died. They are at their most vunerable right after a molt so it could have been most anything.
Origami2547
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Hey plecosword, what's that growing on the back wall in your first picture? Do or did you have a cyanobacteria outbreak underway? Makes me wonder if you might really have a nitrate problem despite your test reading. Do you have any way of getting a second independent measurement on nitrates and phosphates?
I'd also bring your salinity up over a week or so. I run mine at 1.026 which is better for the inverts.
Any possibility of a heavy metal, such as copper, being present in the water? If there are contaminants in the water, a poly filter might help in this case.
I'd also bring your salinity up over a week or so. I run mine at 1.026 which is better for the inverts.
Any possibility of a heavy metal, such as copper, being present in the water? If there are contaminants in the water, a poly filter might help in this case.
plecosword
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Thanks, I want to believe it is my LFS. I need to make a water change tomorow.