I know I am going to catch some grief for this but have at it. I'm here to to learn.
I last tested water on July 29.
Mg 1200
Kh 10.5
Ca. 380-390
No3 5ppm
Po4 ? No test
Salinity 1.024
Ph 8.0
Ammonia and nitrite 0
Last night all looked good as I went to bed. Fed fish and corals, added aminos, and my 2 part (seachem) I dose 5 mils. each. In a 40 gal AIO system. (Approx 30 gallons of water)
I woke up to a disaster this morning. Tank is white. All corals have either closed up or turned white. There is slime coming off all corals and the only life I can tell are my fish and pep shrimp.
I tested water. Dkh is over 14... I dare say well over because it didn't even pretend to change to the "end" color of the red sea test.
How did I manage such a spike? Was it a spike or a slow build up? It's only been 3 days since last test and this is ugly. Sickening. I can't put it into words but you guys get it...
Now, how bad is it? Is everything dead? It's only been this way for about 7 hours... any chance of survivors? Safest way to correct this? Is it definitely KH? I have all the questions and I can't see straight enough to get myself out of this mess. Please flood with info and honest feedback on how, what, why, this happened. Thanks in advance. I'm going to throw up now...
I last tested water on July 29.
Mg 1200
Kh 10.5
Ca. 380-390
No3 5ppm
Po4 ? No test
Salinity 1.024
Ph 8.0
Ammonia and nitrite 0
Last night all looked good as I went to bed. Fed fish and corals, added aminos, and my 2 part (seachem) I dose 5 mils. each. In a 40 gal AIO system. (Approx 30 gallons of water)
I woke up to a disaster this morning. Tank is white. All corals have either closed up or turned white. There is slime coming off all corals and the only life I can tell are my fish and pep shrimp.
I tested water. Dkh is over 14... I dare say well over because it didn't even pretend to change to the "end" color of the red sea test.
How did I manage such a spike? Was it a spike or a slow build up? It's only been 3 days since last test and this is ugly. Sickening. I can't put it into words but you guys get it...
Now, how bad is it? Is everything dead? It's only been this way for about 7 hours... any chance of survivors? Safest way to correct this? Is it definitely KH? I have all the questions and I can't see straight enough to get myself out of this mess. Please flood with info and honest feedback on how, what, why, this happened. Thanks in advance. I'm going to throw up now...