DuhJeepster
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Not mine (thank goodness), but a very good friend from another board has a problem with 72g bow front reef tank.
Here is what she posted:
"I got up this morning and checked my 72-gallon reef tank's overnight kalk drip, as I do every morning, and all was fine. In fact, all has been fine with this tank since it was set up about 2 years ago, and changed over to a reef tank last spring.
About an hour later, I glanced at the tank as I was getting my boys out the door for school, and it seemed a little hazy. I took a closer look, and it was REALLY hazy. I turned on the actinics, and was not expecting to see the sight I saw -- my corals are slimed, my clams are mostly closed, my xenia is puny and barely pumping, my urchin is immobile, and my poor BTA is shrivelled and sagging. NOT a good scene.
I quickly did a water change, cleaned and cranked up the skimmer, and threw a HOT filter on the tank jammed with carbon. Five hours later things are no better. In fact, things look a little worse.
I have no idea what's going on. There is no ammonia, no caulerpa that could have crashed, nothing. But obviously something triggered it, and I'm afraid of a chain reaction that my lead to the demise of the BTA, which could wipe out all the tank's inhabitants.
I'm not sure what to do at this point. The BTA's still attached to the rock and doesn't appear dead, although it may be close. I've seen 3 of the 4 fish that reside in the tank -- my maroon clown pair and female mandarin are occasionally out and about, but my beautiful male mandarin is unaccounted for as of now.
Ugh. Any thoughts/advice would be appreciated."
I'd appreciate any advice you guys have on this.
Thanks!
Duhjeepster
Here is what she posted:
"I got up this morning and checked my 72-gallon reef tank's overnight kalk drip, as I do every morning, and all was fine. In fact, all has been fine with this tank since it was set up about 2 years ago, and changed over to a reef tank last spring.
About an hour later, I glanced at the tank as I was getting my boys out the door for school, and it seemed a little hazy. I took a closer look, and it was REALLY hazy. I turned on the actinics, and was not expecting to see the sight I saw -- my corals are slimed, my clams are mostly closed, my xenia is puny and barely pumping, my urchin is immobile, and my poor BTA is shrivelled and sagging. NOT a good scene.
I quickly did a water change, cleaned and cranked up the skimmer, and threw a HOT filter on the tank jammed with carbon. Five hours later things are no better. In fact, things look a little worse.
I have no idea what's going on. There is no ammonia, no caulerpa that could have crashed, nothing. But obviously something triggered it, and I'm afraid of a chain reaction that my lead to the demise of the BTA, which could wipe out all the tank's inhabitants.
I'm not sure what to do at this point. The BTA's still attached to the rock and doesn't appear dead, although it may be close. I've seen 3 of the 4 fish that reside in the tank -- my maroon clown pair and female mandarin are occasionally out and about, but my beautiful male mandarin is unaccounted for as of now.
Ugh. Any thoughts/advice would be appreciated."
I'd appreciate any advice you guys have on this.
Thanks!
Duhjeepster