Water prob

[dsmdan]

Ok so my perameters have been dropping like crazy all week i dont know why iam doing a big water change sunday if i mix the water today and buffered it till sunday to have all perameters up to where i wanted them then changed the water with that would that help me at all? Iam afraid this tank is going to crash soon and i dont know why my ph is down to 6.8 calcium 240 dk 4 mag 960 mitraits and phos 0

[seggsy]

How do the corals look? (I am a visual learner)

Maybe you got a bad batch of salt? I have heard of that happening - tainted with something before it gets to you.

[dsmdan]

I did just buy a new pail of reef crystals. Giant green bubbletip dead caused a huge nitrait spike spawns dead devils hand dead candycane looks bad hairey mush look good blood shrimp sandsifting star abunch of brittle stars dead turbo snails all dead and condy anenamie dont look good. Fiish are all good and in another tank also looks like a calcium bomb went off in tank its covered in white stuff.

[dsmdan]

Also have a very aggreseve cleaning of everything now and a huge water change today and tomorrow to drop my nitraits that are at 80 now were 0 lastnight

[dsmdan]

Just did 2 water changes nitraits are down finoly but now calcium is at 700 so more water changes tomorrow. This is getting dumb this tank hates me

[seggsy]

I didnt think a high calcium level was an issue...

Sooooo glad I dont test my water. Ignorance is bliss.

Hope you can get it under control and stop the die off

[Andre]

Don't want to add this to your frustrations but for this sole reason is why I don't have any interest in getting into salt water. If it's not one thing it's always another regarding water parameters. Always see posts like this when I look for info regarding salt water tank maintenance.

[seggsy]

Jan 25, 2015 8:00:08 GMT -5 Andre said:

Don't want to add this to your frustrations but for this sole reason is why I don't have any interest in getting into salt water. If it's not one thing it's always another regarding water parameters. Always see posts like this when I look for info regarding salt water tank maintenance.

That's crazy talk - 6 year established tank with old, used, makeshift equipment and I don't test - no crashes yet.
I do test water every few months, or if I see coral acting weird, but that's about it.

You should test if you have a clam or want to grow lots of acros, but I have a few SPS with no dosing, feeding, or testing.

[dsmdan]

Its just a bad luck thing unlike seg i my tank is only 6 months old but have all the best equipment and way over filtered. After mixing a new batch of saltwater i realized the ph in the new batch was also at 6.4 its new ro/di water and a new pail of reef crystals so iam thinking its a bad pale of salt. Def thinking anout upgrading tank size to a bigger tank as well

[seggsy]

Dsmdan - your tank will be pimped out and automated once you get it stable, for better coral and less maintenance. I'm just pointing out that low-tech, low-budget, low-attention can work too.

[dsmdan]

Iam just saying iam jelous of your tank lmfao

[dsmdan]

Simple fix upgrading from biocube to a 55g with a 25g refuge that iam makeing now slowly peacing this tank togeather in within a mounth will be cyceling it

[seggsy]

More is always better!
I should measure for a 120 or 150......not sure I would get buy in from the fam though....

[dsmdan]

Lol true. 500g gor free from sealife centrol in london u just have to pick it up lol