What the heck is going on?

SaltyKoi · Oct 8, 2014

This is the lastest casualty in the mystery that is affecting the coral in my tank. I cannot figure out what is going on. Ever since my tank got moved by a unnamed LFS I have had nothing but problems. I have tested all the water ( 3 times in the last 7 days at 2 different stores as well as my own kit) and nothing is out of parameters. The guy who moved my tank dosed something. I wasn't home and my lady didn't get the name of what he added and the store has no record of what he did or added. All he told her was something was too low and it would cause my corals to bleach out. My corals were not bleaching or loosing color before the move and now I'm loosing all my Sps and now my torch. I am lost.

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peter · Oct 8, 2014

So you moved everything from one tank to another or just relocated the whole tank? Maybe you should post all your parameters

SaltyKoi · Oct 8, 2014

Whole tank

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SaltyKoi · Oct 8, 2014

Salt is at 1.025/ 30 sg. Ph 8.3 nitrate is zero, alkalinity is 10. Ammonia is 0. Nitrite is zero. Mag 1300. Calcium is 400

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CarlosLeFishy · Oct 8, 2014

did you use the same sand bed? clean it ?

SaltyKoi · Oct 8, 2014

Yeah

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SaltyKoi · Oct 8, 2014

But if the sand was causing or leeched something wouldn't it show up with whacked out parameters?

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CarlosLeFishy · Oct 8, 2014

sand bed? clean it ?

Six2seven · Oct 8, 2014

Sitting up the sand always causes problems. Moving a tank will stir sand even if you try your hardest not to. Did they remove the sand and then add it back in?

I would honestly expect some loss with a tank move. If they added something I can see them adding some alk buffer spiking your alk to 10. Was it at 10 before the move?

SaltyKoi · Oct 8, 2014

I think they left it in the tank

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SaltyKoi · Oct 8, 2014

Alk at 10 is in normal parameters

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SaltyKoi · Oct 8, 2014

Well I guess that's dkh. Alk is at 3

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CarlosLeFishy · Oct 8, 2014

detritus builds up in the sand, it decays eventually producing H2s, the sandbed is disturbed releasing a toxic low pH gas into the tank possibly killing inhabitants

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SaltyKoi · Oct 8, 2014

I'm just gonna remove the sand and do a large water change I guess

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Six2seven · Oct 8, 2014

SaltyKoi said:

Although an alkalinity level of 10dkh is normal and non-lethal at all. a swing from 6-10dkh in a very short period call kill all your corals. Alkalinity or PH buffers are fairly cheap and an idiot mover of your tank might have added a lot of one of those to get your tank where he believed it should be. I think this might be the case because your numbers look pretty good but if you dont know what they were before the move you will not know what happened.

or he could have just dropped in a bottle of beneficial bacteria but the sand stir would be the other and more likely cause of death. Removing all of the sand now will cause more problems. just do large water changes and remove the sand little by little.

SaltyKoi · Oct 8, 2014

Yeah I'm gonna remove it in small batches. I know it wasn't bacteria cause he told my girl " I'm gonna dose your tank cause blank is too low and that'll bleach your corals"

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SaltyKoi · Oct 8, 2014

Lesson learned. A reputable shop doesn't mean reputable techs. Besides paying 400$ for a 30 gallon move 10 miles.

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BeanMachine · Oct 8, 2014

Why can't you ask the tech what he/she added? Do they not work there anymore?

SaltyKoi · Oct 8, 2014

I asked the head honcho and he isn't much help. I also have no idea who the tech is. We got nothing in the form of a bill or anything

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BeanMachine · Oct 8, 2014

hmm... do you know what your parameters were before the move? For instance your alk?

Can your lady give you a description of what the person looked like... tattoos? White? Asian? Hobbit like? Anything? Sucks I do feel for you.

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