Hello,
I experienced my 2nd tank crisis last night and caught it at an early stage prior to death of livestock. About 3 months ago, I went home to a very cloudy tank with 1 dead firefish goby and a few others died shortly after. All the fish were "gasping" for air on top. I self-oxygenated the water by heavily agitating the surface and doing the scoop/refill method and had the fish acting normal, then did 10% water changes every hour for 6 hours. The cloudiness went away after a day.
Last night, I experienced something very similar, but had two new discoveries: Dead bristleworms I've never seen before and long, stringy white slime from all water outlets (power head, canister filter output). I've attached some pictures of the dread bristleworm "piles". My protein skimmer has been foaming like crazy - to the point that the bubbles will push the lid off and will bubble over after 5-10 minutes. I reduced the "bubble line" from my normal 1/2" from the top to 1" and am getting the same effects. I'm currently fighting off some green hair algae as well. Photos attached - the protein skimmer photo is just after 3 minutes with 1" under the opening.
I experienced my 2nd tank crisis last night and caught it at an early stage prior to death of livestock. About 3 months ago, I went home to a very cloudy tank with 1 dead firefish goby and a few others died shortly after. All the fish were "gasping" for air on top. I self-oxygenated the water by heavily agitating the surface and doing the scoop/refill method and had the fish acting normal, then did 10% water changes every hour for 6 hours. The cloudiness went away after a day.
Last night, I experienced something very similar, but had two new discoveries: Dead bristleworms I've never seen before and long, stringy white slime from all water outlets (power head, canister filter output). I've attached some pictures of the dread bristleworm "piles". My protein skimmer has been foaming like crazy - to the point that the bubbles will push the lid off and will bubble over after 5-10 minutes. I reduced the "bubble line" from my normal 1/2" from the top to 1" and am getting the same effects. I'm currently fighting off some green hair algae as well. Photos attached - the protein skimmer photo is just after 3 minutes with 1" under the opening.