It's been a very disappointing last 24 hours in my hobby. In the last day I have lost 3 chromis, kole tang, my coral beauty is barely hanging on, and a paired clownfish is started acting strange. All my corals (soft) are looking like death and have seem to be on their way. So what is the problem, where did I mess up, answer, suggestions please? Here is what changed......
So my tank is a 90g display with 40g breeder, the tank has been thriving now for over a year and I have added everything extremely slow. The newest edition are fruit loop zoas and punk rockers over 2 weeks ago. Newest fish are the chromis and kole tang over 2 months ago after quarantine process 4weeks (copper & prazipro) but everything has seemed fine until yesterday. So I've had Cyanobacteria for several months and decided with holiday sales to buy a reactor. I bought the BRS dual GFO&Carbon reactor and hooked all of it up on Sunday evening. I used BRS granular GFO and BRS ROX 0.8 Carbon to fill the reactors. I followed the directions to a T listed on the the back of the containers as follows.
Granular GFO
Carbon ROX 0.8
Recommended Dosage: 1 tablespoon per 10 gallons, or use our Reef Calculator for hassle-free dosage recommendations.
I rinsed the reactor into a bucket and this maybe where I messed up, I only rinsed a 1-1.5g because the water was clear entering the bucket after 1-1.5 gallons. Replaced the tubing going into my tank and left everything alone for that night. The next morning I noticed the tank is cloudy but not extreme but everything seemed fine but still in the dark. Later that day after coming home and lights were on tank had a cloud/haze to it and all fish but clowns/coral beauty were breathing hard and corals polyps had closed and leather shrunk up like night. I immediately turned reactor off, did a water changed with water on hand 30g. Removed the GFO ran carbon only and added prime for good measure. Before this I tested everything and all parameters were normal. This morning still a cloud/haze and the remaining fish acting strange breathing hard. Currently making water but with cold front thats moved in I may can make 30-40 gallons by the end of the day. So what is the suggestions, why has this happened, did I strip the phosphates too fast, did I not rinse the reactors good enough, help please! Not sure I want to start this all over at this point if I lose everything :mad:, so disappointed since everything except the cryano (manageable) was going great.
So my tank is a 90g display with 40g breeder, the tank has been thriving now for over a year and I have added everything extremely slow. The newest edition are fruit loop zoas and punk rockers over 2 weeks ago. Newest fish are the chromis and kole tang over 2 months ago after quarantine process 4weeks (copper & prazipro) but everything has seemed fine until yesterday. So I've had Cyanobacteria for several months and decided with holiday sales to buy a reactor. I bought the BRS dual GFO&Carbon reactor and hooked all of it up on Sunday evening. I used BRS granular GFO and BRS ROX 0.8 Carbon to fill the reactors. I followed the directions to a T listed on the the back of the containers as follows.
Granular GFO
- Start with 1 tablespoon per 4 gallons of water
(16 tbsp = 1 cup). - After 4-8 weeks the aquarium will have adjusted to lower nutrient levels and the amount of GFO can be increased up to 2 tablespoons per 4 gallons of water.
Carbon ROX 0.8
Recommended Dosage: 1 tablespoon per 10 gallons, or use our Reef Calculator for hassle-free dosage recommendations.
I rinsed the reactor into a bucket and this maybe where I messed up, I only rinsed a 1-1.5g because the water was clear entering the bucket after 1-1.5 gallons. Replaced the tubing going into my tank and left everything alone for that night. The next morning I noticed the tank is cloudy but not extreme but everything seemed fine but still in the dark. Later that day after coming home and lights were on tank had a cloud/haze to it and all fish but clowns/coral beauty were breathing hard and corals polyps had closed and leather shrunk up like night. I immediately turned reactor off, did a water changed with water on hand 30g. Removed the GFO ran carbon only and added prime for good measure. Before this I tested everything and all parameters were normal. This morning still a cloud/haze and the remaining fish acting strange breathing hard. Currently making water but with cold front thats moved in I may can make 30-40 gallons by the end of the day. So what is the suggestions, why has this happened, did I strip the phosphates too fast, did I not rinse the reactors good enough, help please! Not sure I want to start this all over at this point if I lose everything :mad:, so disappointed since everything except the cryano (manageable) was going great.