Everything Dead within an Hour

[Nano_Tuners]

Does anyone live with you?

Nope

 

[Nano_Tuners]

Does the CO2 detector also detect Carbon Monoxide?
If not you may want to check that out as a matter of urgency.

that what i mean - monoxide detector

 

[BristleWormHater]

Does the CO2 detector also detect Carbon Monoxide?
If not you may want to check that out as a matter of urgency.

Carbon monoxide's reaction with hemoglobin is what makes it deadly, if it were carbon monoxide, the inverts would have died too, because they also have hemoglobin.

 

[00W]

that what i mean - monoxide detector

Laundry room not the best spot.
Detergent, cleaners all sorts of vapors.
Saltwater is very conducive to soaking up vapors and with a tight lid there's no way to vent anything.
It's like smoking in a van and not rolling the windows down.

 

[Spare time]

I started testing water until i realized all the inverts and corals were happy, so its not ammonia. Nitrates are 1.4

Im almost certain it is an oxygen issue. I just installed a simple chaeto reactor in the rear chamber a few days ago that ive been leaving the lights on 24/7. Maybe with PH swings it elevated the Co2...

The chaeto reactor wouldn't elevate carbon dioxide

 

[Spare time]

So i thought of something else... Though its also a long-shot

I moved this tank into the laundry room since im moving this week, which has a gas heater on the other side of the room. There is a co2 detector in the room though that shows normal and the pilot light is still lit

What still doesn't make sense is why the inverts are fine.

 

[Nano_Tuners]

What still doesn't make sense is why the inverts are fine.

Yeah if it was a total tank die off, would be easy to attibute. But inverts are all fine, even a little urchin uneffected

I fed them frozen mysis with a few drops of selcon a few hours before this, but it’s the same food they always eat

 

[Nano_Tuners]

The chaeto reactor wouldn't elevate carbon dioxide

Leaving it on through the night can have some effect on PH though cant it?

 

[Nano_Tuners]

I mean it sucks being out a couple hundred buck but what really frustrates me is killing the poor fish. I’ve been doing this for a long time and I’m clueless as to why these guys died. Really a punch in the gut

 

[rtparty]

I think some people completely misunderstood the 3 fish in a 32 question. Certainly 3 fish did not deplete the tank of oxygen and without a bacterial bloom, it’s HIGHLY unlikely it was an oxygen issue. Stray voltage doesn’t hurt fish.

Ammonia has to reach much higher levels than people believe to be an issue. Randy goes over this in his DIY ammonia thread.

I would certainly look at something from the laundry room got into the tank

Sorry this happened polyp.

 

[OrionN]

Did they died in the night or during day light?

 

[Nano_Tuners]

Did they died in the night or during day light?

Lights were still on when I noticed

 

[Nano_Tuners]

I think some people completely misunderstood the 3 fish in a 32 question. Certainly 3 fish did not deplete the tank of oxygen and without a bacterial bloom, it’s HIGHLY unlikely it was an oxygen issue. Stray voltage doesn’t hurt fish.

Ammonia has to reach much higher levels than people believe to be an issue. Randy goes over this in his DIY ammonia thread.

I would certainly look at something from the laundry room got into the tank

Sorry this happened polyp.

Yeah I’m leaning toward that too.

Oh well, I’ll set it up in the new place next week and get a new pair

At least this will make transferring livestock during the move much easier

 

[OrionN]

almost every toxin would cause problem with the corals. Light is on means not an Oxygen issue (they would died in the night if it is O2 issue)
I have no clue what happened.

 

[Tamberav]

I know that soap will suffocate fish. Not sure how corals would react or how much soap residue it takes. Just a thought since it’s a laundry room.

Edit: google tells me that soap “even in small amounts” prevents oxygen moving across the gills.

 

[Nano_Tuners]

I was gonna transfer this water in the move, but I think to play it safe I’ll go all fresh, even if the zoas won’t like it

 

[Nano_Tuners]

I know that soap will suffocate fish. Not sure how corals would react or how much soap residue it takes. Just a thought since it’s a laundry room.

Edit: google tells me that soap “even in small amounts” prevents oxygen moving across the gills.

I mean I haven’t done any laundry lately but maybe as I’m cleaning this house before moving something somehow got in there when i fed them

 

[Sisterlimonpot]

So wait, you moved a tank from one room to another? Did this tank have sand? I assume it has been running for some time and is established. Your 1st post said that you tested everything and it was fine. Later said that you don't have an ammonia test kit. We're safe to assume you didn't test ammonia after fish death.

Have you considered the possibility that by moving the tank you disrupted anoxic zones filled with possibly s04 and that killed your fish?

 

[Cichlid Dad]

Only 3 fish in a 32?

 

[Nano_Tuners]

So wait, you moved a tank from one room to another? Did this tank have sand? I assume it has been running for some time and is established. Your 1st post said that you tested everything and it was fine. Later said that you don't have an ammonia test kit. We're safe to assume you didn't test ammonia after fish death.

Have you considered the possibility that by moving the tank you disrupted anoxic zones filled with possibly s04 and that killed your fish?

The tank has been setup in the laundry room for a month or so, not a recent/sudden move. Have had the dragonet for 2-3mos and the clowns for nearly a month. I doubt tanks old enough that would have issues with buildup in the very thin sandbed

Didn’t test ammonia but the invert and coral livestock is doing fine, if ammonia killed the fish it’s unlikely even sensitive inverts like an urchin would still be happy