MacnReef Posted November 27, 2002 Share Posted November 27, 2002 Alright, this is why I joined this board....My friend has a 90g reef, everything has been running smoothly over the last few months. Now, it is freaking out. The water has become very cloudy and some of the corals are putting this stringie spit looking stuff everywhere in the tank. He said that the other day he found two huge crabs in his tank that were knocking over the corals, so he shut down the filter and move the rock until he got them. The other thing he changed was that he did not use a calcium supplement and now he has started using Seachem calcium. On the side of the seachem bottle, it reads, Color and Clarity may varify between lots. Does anyone know what the problem is? Link to comment
MacnReef Posted November 27, 2002 Author Share Posted November 27, 2002 his mushrooms are all closed up and his leather is too... Link to comment
TStaut Posted November 27, 2002 Share Posted November 27, 2002 Well, with the info you’ve given, all I can say is "his water’s screwed up." He needs to test everything: Ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, pH, alk, CA, phosphates, SG, temp… If those all checked out I’d then look at strontium, iodine and mag to make sure he didn’t accidentally OD something. For now, big time water changes and tossing lots of activated carbon in there are the best course of action. Travis Link to comment
tinyreef Posted November 27, 2002 Share Posted November 27, 2002 how long did he shut down his filtration system? if it was significant (>2 hours) the bene bacteria may have died off (mulm), especially if he's using a wet/dry filter (even less time). moving the rocks could've upset the balance too. something that was rotten and sealed up may now be exposed. something that was living (i.e. peanut worm) may now be gooshed and dead. maybe he didn't wash his hands and arms enough when he went after the crab. i.e. cologne, oil, grease, nail polish (hey, to each their own). did he od on seachem? what's his tank readings? (specifically ammonia, nitrites, and pH) Link to comment
MacnReef Posted November 27, 2002 Author Share Posted November 27, 2002 I will take care of those test tonight. The only thing I can think of is that he OD the calcium.....but I am not sure if that made it become cloudy. Thanx Link to comment
BCOrchidGuy Posted November 27, 2002 Share Posted November 27, 2002 I gather he used the liquid calcium, did he follow the directions? Did he use the Reef Calcium or Reef Complete? Link to comment
MacnReef Posted November 27, 2002 Author Share Posted November 27, 2002 I will get more info tonight. He used liquid calcium.... Link to comment
MacnReef Posted November 27, 2002 Author Share Posted November 27, 2002 I had him run a calcium test and the test shows that his calcium level is well over 500. The titration changes to a light orange and when he ran out of "C" with is 500, it was just turning orange and had not reached the light orange color. Any suggestions??? Link to comment
MacnReef Posted November 27, 2002 Author Share Posted November 27, 2002 I had him run a 5 gal water change. Only 5g because I am not a big fan of large water changes. We will do another tonight when I get to his house, Turkey day or Friday. I will let you guys know how it took on Monday. Feel free to keep the info coming....I am up for any info you may have. Thanx again Link to comment
BCOrchidGuy Posted November 27, 2002 Share Posted November 27, 2002 water change..... lower that calcium to 400 to 450, do it over a couple of days. Test everything though, Iodide etc everything may be out of whack.... seriously what I would do is a 20%wc daily for a week. DO NOT use additives, unless your salt is really lacking in calcium. After that week, do a 10% every 3rd day for another two to three weeks and then do a 10% water change every week. Link to comment
TStaut Posted November 28, 2002 Share Posted November 28, 2002 BCOrchidguy has given you great advice. You may not be a big fan of large water changes, but unless you're a fan of dying corals, you (ie your friend) need to get things back into balance ASAP. The CA addition probably caused a precipitative event that could have drastic effects on Alk, PH, mag and other things. Doing several healthy water changes is the best way to fix it. Travis Link to comment
Dave ESPI Posted November 28, 2002 Share Posted November 28, 2002 01001001001000000110110001101111011101100110010101110011001000000110110101100101 01000000111001101101111011011010110010100100000010011100100111101001110001000000 01011101000001010101000100010101010010010000110100100001000001010011100100011101 01001010011100100011100100000010001100100111101001111010011000101001100101110001 11100010111000101110001000000100110101100001011010110110010101110011001000000100 10101000101001000000100110101001111001001110010000001001101010011110100111001000 01010110010010000001010111010010000100010101001110001000000101001101001000010010 10101010000100000010001000100100101000101010100110010111000101110001011100010111 00100000010001000110111101101110011101000010000001100010011001010010000001100001 010000001010010011001010111010001100001011100100110010000101110 derrrrrrrr.... do a W/C and uhh WTF is his/her set up, time running, What is in it, lighitng, filtration. I mean Christmas ! there is so much tat can be wrong... try being more vague.??? Link to comment
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