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Hi There.
I am hoping to get some immediate help. The last few days my tank has started to go downhill fast.
My current stats are:
Ph 8.2
Ammonia .25
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 0
Calcium 460
KH 214.8
Phosphate 2.0
A little background. We had a terrible case of ich. We had the fish in a qt, but we still took the filters out and were dosing with PolypLab Medic. In total the filters were out for 45 days. We did water changes every 4 days to keep up with the levels, and we were anle to keep everything within our tank range. After we put the ChemiPures back in we gave it a day or two and put the fish back in (they all look really healthy now). A few days after that we noticed and alge bloom (as you can see we are still fighting it). I purchased a UV light. While we were waiting for that to come in we dosed the tank with Reef-Fresh and Waste Away. *side note i think thats why my phosphates are so high, because thats all breaking down.
Another thing we noticed is we were having weird temp swings in the tank (it was going from 79f - 81f over the course of the day which never happened before). I rigged up a system to keep the lid open a crack to allow for better airflow while the white light was on. That seemed to help regulate, we seem to be holding steady with 78.4 in the morning to 79.2 in the evening.
So is it the swing in temp? The alge? A bacteria issue?
In the meantime, in the last few days we went from having beautiful tank with full and vibrant softies... to this.
Im devastated to think i am going to lose my tank. We are dipping the corals now, and doing a 10 gallon water change today, and cleaning the glass. .
Please tell me its not too late and there is still a chance to revive them!
I am hoping to get some immediate help. The last few days my tank has started to go downhill fast.
My current stats are:
Ph 8.2
Ammonia .25
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 0
Calcium 460
KH 214.8
Phosphate 2.0
A little background. We had a terrible case of ich. We had the fish in a qt, but we still took the filters out and were dosing with PolypLab Medic. In total the filters were out for 45 days. We did water changes every 4 days to keep up with the levels, and we were anle to keep everything within our tank range. After we put the ChemiPures back in we gave it a day or two and put the fish back in (they all look really healthy now). A few days after that we noticed and alge bloom (as you can see we are still fighting it). I purchased a UV light. While we were waiting for that to come in we dosed the tank with Reef-Fresh and Waste Away. *side note i think thats why my phosphates are so high, because thats all breaking down.
Another thing we noticed is we were having weird temp swings in the tank (it was going from 79f - 81f over the course of the day which never happened before). I rigged up a system to keep the lid open a crack to allow for better airflow while the white light was on. That seemed to help regulate, we seem to be holding steady with 78.4 in the morning to 79.2 in the evening.
So is it the swing in temp? The alge? A bacteria issue?
In the meantime, in the last few days we went from having beautiful tank with full and vibrant softies... to this.
Im devastated to think i am going to lose my tank. We are dipping the corals now, and doing a 10 gallon water change today, and cleaning the glass. .
Please tell me its not too late and there is still a chance to revive them!