I recently upgraded to a 120g tank from a 65g. For years the worst thing I had in the 65 was a bit of algae from time to time.... not a big deal. Fast forward to today and I now have 3 fish and a cleaner shrimp. (not counting crabs and snails, sorry too many of those) Within the last week or so I have lost 6 fish, a 6 inch blue hippo, 2 clowns, a yellow tang, and 2 chromis. I have been battling a algae outbreak that occurred about a 2 weeks after the upgrade, a sea hare has really been helping this. As of yesterday morning here were my levels.
Ph is about 8.2........ No3 is between 20-50...... No2 is .05...... Ammonia is 0.
I have 4 theories at this point.
1 The rock that I added was not completely cured that I bought from a LFS and causing high levels of NO3. Thus causing stress in the fish opening them up to some sort of parasite that came from the rock as well.
1.5 After I noticed that I had a "ick" or something along those lines I added a cleaner wrasse to help the other fish out. Is he picking them to death? I DOUBT THIS ONE... but made me wonder about him today seeing him picking like crazy on a chromis.
2 My RODI system membranes need to be replaced BUT I am running no higher than 7-10 TDS. Even though I am burning through Resin like it going out of style.
3 The rock I bought has a predator living in it.
All I know is I need help on this one. Most of the people have been saying it's the rock and get it out of there. So [HASHTAG]#Reefsquad[/HASHTAG] or anyone else let me know what you all think.
Ph is about 8.2........ No3 is between 20-50...... No2 is .05...... Ammonia is 0.
I have 4 theories at this point.
1 The rock that I added was not completely cured that I bought from a LFS and causing high levels of NO3. Thus causing stress in the fish opening them up to some sort of parasite that came from the rock as well.
1.5 After I noticed that I had a "ick" or something along those lines I added a cleaner wrasse to help the other fish out. Is he picking them to death? I DOUBT THIS ONE... but made me wonder about him today seeing him picking like crazy on a chromis.
2 My RODI system membranes need to be replaced BUT I am running no higher than 7-10 TDS. Even though I am burning through Resin like it going out of style.
3 The rock I bought has a predator living in it.
All I know is I need help on this one. Most of the people have been saying it's the rock and get it out of there. So [HASHTAG]#Reefsquad[/HASHTAG] or anyone else let me know what you all think.