Did this guy just up and die on me?

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I lost a lawnmower blenny 3 weeks ago. He was only in the tank 2 weeks. He seemed ok used to sit right on my algae clip waiting for food. Just gone one day.

6 months ago I lost a female fairy wrass to some sort of fungus. Could not save her even tried to treat it.

Before that I lost a tailspot blenny but that was 1 year ago. Same deal just gone 1 day.

I have for over 2 years
1 clown
3 pajama cardinals
1 yellow watchman
1 fairy wrass
1 bluestreak cleaner wrass
1 scooter blenny
2 fire shrimp - 1 paired with goby
1 pistol shrimp
1 emerald crab that I thought was dead and then he just showed up
assorted hermits and snails
bunch of bubble tips they are splitting like crazy on me actually need to get some out
thanks for all this info, its time to add nothing and get things under control.
Nitrate test now
Phosphate test now
RODI TDS test Now

When have you changed your RODI last ?
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Are you on city water or well water ?

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This monti has all this film on it which indicates a flow issue for starters. They require medium not overly strong flow.
I believe the substance is dino. Take a turkey baster and blow the surface loose and net the stuff that comes off. See if it returns by tomorrow evening . If it does, time to go to battle
So I did just switch my pumps around but I have a nero 5 aimed right at it. Maybe 10 inches away and aimed right at it. I did have a single mp40 on that side but off to the side but I switched to 2 Nero 5's and 2 smaller pumps for corners.
 
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thanks for all this info, its time to add nothing and get things under control.
Nitrate test now
Phosphate test now
RODI TDS test Now

When have you changed your RODI last ?
What filters do you have on your RODI??
Are you on city water or well water ?

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I did a quick phosphate test with what I had just now

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thanks for all this info, its time to add nothing and get things under control.
Nitrate test now
Phosphate test now
RODI TDS test Now

When have you changed your RODI last ?
What filters do you have on your RODI??
Are you on city water or well water ?

Line by line answer each of these questions .............We are getting close to being able to help you.

My RODI has a meter and I just switched out all components. I do that more often than I need to.
 

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So I did just switch my pumps around but I have a nero 5 aimed right at it. Maybe 10 inches away and aimed right at it. I did have a single mp40 on that side but off to the side but I switched to 2 Nero 5's and 2 smaller pumps for corners.
Phos good.
Direct flow towards it- not at it
 

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