Why are my inverts trying to get high in the tank?

ThEfIShdude

New Member
View Badges
Joined
Jun 1, 2021
Messages
17
Reaction score
0
Location
23 Mulberry Lane
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
Hi just wondering if my inverts are trying to go high in the tank means I have a problem? Because I hadn’t calibrated my refractometer in a while and did it 2 nights ago. Before calibrated it was 1.025 and then I calibrated it with some of that premixed water that has a specific salinity and after I calibrated it it read 1.0275ish. I had noticed a decrease in health of all my corals and I lost almost all my inverts(8) and my Duncan especially was not doing well it almost died(I will show some picture). So I added about a gallon of distilled water and got it back to 1.025 and today I checked it again and it was 1.027 and so I added some more distilled to get it back down. I was wondering if that could have caused a emerald crab a type of snail from Africa and 6 snails and more are very weak. Could it have been that slow uprising of salinity or something like copper?
By the way my tank is a 29 gallon and other than the salinity my water chemistry is perfect.
Now onto the pics.
 
OP
OP
T

ThEfIShdude

New Member
View Badges
Joined
Jun 1, 2021
Messages
17
Reaction score
0
Location
23 Mulberry Lane
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
How the tank used to look like

8B81BAC8-A093-44D6-96C4-5D73FCFB2066.jpeg 5BC836A3-C9AE-46AA-AAE2-226D17F406BE.jpeg
 
Last edited:

dvgyfresh

2500 Club Member
View Badges
Joined
Jul 9, 2020
Messages
4,132
Reaction score
9,830
Location
SoCal
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
before I can help with anything need some more info, what are the actual parameters ? Possibly very high nitrate causing sluggish inverts / dying away or a contamination , and if your salt levels are jumping around that causes instability within all other parameters such as alk , cal and mg
 
OP
OP
T

ThEfIShdude

New Member
View Badges
Joined
Jun 1, 2021
Messages
17
Reaction score
0
Location
23 Mulberry Lane
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
Mag:1200ppm
Ph:8.15-8.3
Phosphates: 0-0.25
Calcium: 400ppm
KH:9 dkh
I am also dosing phyto and weekly water changes, I am also ordering purit
 
OP
OP
T

ThEfIShdude

New Member
View Badges
Joined
Jun 1, 2021
Messages
17
Reaction score
0
Location
23 Mulberry Lane
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
I will do nitrates sometime today didn’t test them yet, Salifert and API test kits. About 1 year old. Are you waiting for me to test?
 

dvgyfresh

2500 Club Member
View Badges
Joined
Jul 9, 2020
Messages
4,132
Reaction score
9,830
Location
SoCal
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
I would stray from using API , they are notoriously misleading , but if those are yr actual parameters I don’t see why your inverts could be dying , maybe there isn’t enough surface agitation / flow to bring oxygen into the tank? I used to use api phosphate and it read anywhere from 2 - 3ppm after getting a Hanna checker it read .2 ppm, I only use api for PH / nitrate and it’s still a guess lol
 

Jekyl

GSP is the devil and clowns are bad pets
View Badges
Joined
Jan 15, 2019
Messages
11,271
Reaction score
15,489
Location
Michigan
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
Is the concern that snails are trying to go above the water? That's a natural occurrence due to high and low tides.
 

Mastering the art of locking and unlocking water pathways: What type of valves do you have on your aquarium plumbing?

  • Ball valves.

    Votes: 42 48.3%
  • Gate valves.

    Votes: 46 52.9%
  • Check valves.

    Votes: 20 23.0%
  • None.

    Votes: 22 25.3%
  • Other.

    Votes: 9 10.3%
Back
Top