Wipeout!!

[coral papa]

All my fish (clownfish, harlequin sweetlips, mandarin) just died, only difference I noticed was my tube worm out of its shell, that's it, what do I do now. Huge water change?

 

[Tray21]

Have you checked parameters yet?

 

[coral papa]

Have you checked parameters yet?

Ran out of the tests

 

[TheGrimReeferTx]

How long has the reef been up?

 

[rennjidk]

Ran out of the tests

If you can't test anything, we're not going to be able to help you.

 

[WalkerLovesTheOcean]

Test your water asap, I think that very much could be the problem.

 

[Tray21]

A water change may be beneficial, however it will not provide answers as to why your fish just died. How soon are you able to get new tests and perform a complete series of tests?

 

[ingchr1]

If you can't test anything, we're not going to be able to help you.

For mass fish death, which tests should the OP perform to help determine the cause?

 

[gbroadbridge]

All my fish (clownfish, harlequin sweetlips, mandarin) just died, only difference I noticed was my tube worm out of its shell, that's it, what do I do now. Huge water change?

What do you mean just died?

Were they okay one hour ago and dead now, or was it a longer period?

Did you do anything between the time they were okay and when they died.
Water changes? Dosing? Clean the tank? Have visitors?

We need more information.

 

[rennjidk]

For mass fish death, which tests should the OP perform to help determine the cause?

Salinity, NH3/4, ORP, PH....there's a lot of tests that can lead to clues surrounding a tank crash with all inhabitants perishing.

Edit: Chlorine/Chloramine, TDS of source water, ICP testing for elevated heavy metals and contaminates. I don't really know what you were looking for with that reply. I could probably name 10 others.

Edit 2: Copper, Temperature, Biopsy of fish tissue for disease confirmation.

Edit 3: Fish MRI

 

[ingchr1]

Salinity, NH3/4, ORP, PH....there's a lot of tests that can lead to clues surrounding a tank crash with all inhabitants perishing.

Edit: Chlorine/Chloramine, TDS of source water, ICP testing for elevated heavy metals and contaminates. I don't really know what you were looking for with that reply. I could probably name 10 others.

I'm not sure that there are any typical tests that one may have at home, other than ammonia, that would explain sudden mass fish death. Which this sounds like from the OP, until more info is provided. Does the OP have corals and/or inverts? Were they affected?

 

[rennjidk]

I'm not sure that there are any typical tests that one may have at home, other than ammonia, that would explain sudden mass fish death. Which this sounds like from the OP, until more info is provided. Does the OP have corals and/or inverts? Were they affected?

Temp, salinity, tank size, and whether or not the tank is cycled isn't too much to ask. OP provided nothing, and when probed, didn't respond. For all we know, they had an overstocked 2.5g betta cube from Petco that they added a scoop of table salt too. There's literally nothing to go on.

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

And how does this play in to things?

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/boxfish-odd-behavior.1034141/post-12177011

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

How long have your corals been dying?

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/brown-jelly-disease.1031861/

 

[Gregg @ ADP]

I'm not sure that there are any typical tests that one may have at home, other than ammonia, that would explain sudden mass fish death. Which this sounds like from the OP, until more info is provided. Does the OP have corals and/or inverts? Were they affected?

Exactly. Even elevated ammonia isn’t going to result in rapid die-off of fish…unless OP was literally pouring ammonia into the tank.

If fish died and some inverts lived, that’s probably lack of O2. If fish and inverts died, probably some sort of chemical/cleaning agent or something got into the tank, or super prolonged lack of O2.

 

[VintageReefer]

@EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal

@coral papa

Could this be related…

 

[BeanAnimal]

I just read through the OPs post history....

@coral papa - I think it best if you take a step back before adding anything else to the tank.

You have had a string of issues. Keeping a reef tank is not overly hard, but it does take some discipline and a bit of learning.

It appears that you are eager to get things into the tank, but may have jumped in a bit too fast. Choosing fish and coral that can cohabitate together is important and rash decisions often create large problems. Likewise, different fish and different corals have different levels of care and expertise.

Lastly, these are captive systems and as such the water parameters are extremely important to monitor and maintain. As a beginner you need to get your water parameters sorted out first and then add one or two things and make sure that you can care for them before adding 3 or 4 or 10 more. It looks and sounds like things got a bit out of control and your additions pushed things further out of control.

Get some decent quality test kits and let us know what your current water parameters and temperature are. What size is the tank?
What are you using for flow?
What fish and coral are left alive?
What are you feeding, etc.

We can't help unless we have the full picture.

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

@EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal

@coral papa

Could this be related…

That was part of my thinking, yes.

 

[littlefoxx]

And how does this play in to things?

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/boxfish-odd-behavior.1034141/post-12177011

Uh did your boxfish release toxins? Im wondering if @EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal just figured out the cause, if you have bad water from having no tests ans stressed that fish then that might be why they died

 

[coral papa]

How long has the reef been up?

Almost a year