Yikes! Tank crash ahead??? (1 Viewer)

[aqua-nut]

Just a week after my 150 was moved across town, my toadstool leather and finger leathers are dying... black and stinky (I've removed the rotting corpses, btw... but some are turning into mush and can't be removed easily). Fish seem ok, and my ammonia is at 2 ppm right now, which isn't high, but is a new thing for me. My tank has had 0 ammonia for years...

The movers did a complete water change... which may not have been the best thing for the inhabitants, but I sure was long overdue for a big water change.

I have 150 pounds of LR in the tank... can anyone guess how long it will take for the tank to settle down and cycle again so I can take a deep breath? Should I start doing water changes every other day for a while to insure I don't lose my fish and the other corals I've grown from frags?

 

[Guest]

A complete water change wouldn't have done it, but the disturbance of the sand bed could have. Of course, you would need to check all your parameters to be sure. Have you checked these?

 

[toefu]

that's scary stuff. I had a tank move 2 years ago with no issues, but I know another tank move is coming up in the next year. I sense some major casualties soon.

 

[Guest]

You really have to remove the soft corals immediately...the amount of toxins and mircrobes digesting them have the distinct possibilityof crashing the tank. Use a siphon hose to suck up the necrotic parts, then remove them from the rock with a razor blade or knife. There may be enough haethy tissue left after a strong long balst with a powerhead in a bucket of seawater left to have enough tissue to regenerate. Be careful not to release any more of the dying soft corals into the tank than is humanly possible during your siphoning and rock/coral removal. I would quarantine any residual tissue before adding it back to the tank.