Ugh.
Woke up this morning to essentially all of my fish dead. I'd love some help identifying what went wrong and how to avoid it, here is the time line:
3/5 used 2 little fishes coral epoxy for roughly 3 frags - not a lot but skimmer did go on the fritz. I left the skimmer on but unplugged the collection cup to keep the aeration going.
3/6 Skimmer is still on the fritz
3/7 Did 30g water change (120g tank with ~30g in the sump), everything is still looking fine, Dosed 15 ml of Vibrant, I've been doing this for the last few weeks to help with bubble algae.
3/8 Picked up a few more frags and did about another 4 with the epoxy.
3/9 Skimmer still on the fritz, fish are looking fine and eat well, did not notice any abnormal behavior, used about 4 ml of aiptaisa x, cleaned 3 powerheads with citric acid.
3/10 Wake up and all my fish are dead except for 2 clowns who are not looking well. Corals are all closed up.
I did a 30g water change and replaced carbon this morning. I removed all the fish except a coral beauty that I could not find. Clowns are in quarantine but its not looking great. I've got more water going right now and will do another 30g change when I get home.
I'm thinking this was a combination of the coral epoxy and dosing vibrant without having enough air in the tank. I've dosed vibrant for several months in the past and for the past 30 or so days without any issues. I've never increased the air in the past, but also never had it happen at the same time as using the epoxy.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Losing the fish sucks but I really don't want a total coral crash.
Woke up this morning to essentially all of my fish dead. I'd love some help identifying what went wrong and how to avoid it, here is the time line:
3/5 used 2 little fishes coral epoxy for roughly 3 frags - not a lot but skimmer did go on the fritz. I left the skimmer on but unplugged the collection cup to keep the aeration going.
3/6 Skimmer is still on the fritz
3/7 Did 30g water change (120g tank with ~30g in the sump), everything is still looking fine, Dosed 15 ml of Vibrant, I've been doing this for the last few weeks to help with bubble algae.
3/8 Picked up a few more frags and did about another 4 with the epoxy.
3/9 Skimmer still on the fritz, fish are looking fine and eat well, did not notice any abnormal behavior, used about 4 ml of aiptaisa x, cleaned 3 powerheads with citric acid.
3/10 Wake up and all my fish are dead except for 2 clowns who are not looking well. Corals are all closed up.
I did a 30g water change and replaced carbon this morning. I removed all the fish except a coral beauty that I could not find. Clowns are in quarantine but its not looking great. I've got more water going right now and will do another 30g change when I get home.
I'm thinking this was a combination of the coral epoxy and dosing vibrant without having enough air in the tank. I've dosed vibrant for several months in the past and for the past 30 or so days without any issues. I've never increased the air in the past, but also never had it happen at the same time as using the epoxy.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Losing the fish sucks but I really don't want a total coral crash.
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