Help!

this mornng woke up and couple fish dead and others are breathing very fast.ph 7.8 nitrite 0 nirtate 0 ammonia 0 sal 1.023 please i need help

 

OK, we need a lot more information. Here is a form that I want you to fill out and repost. It will help us get a better idea of what your system is like and how it is maintained.

http://www.3reef.com/forums/asap/asap-please-start-here-54456.html#post511150

 

sounds like it could be low oxygenation. Can you give some more specifics about your system? How do there gills look?

 

honestly sounds like a cuke nuke. Is there a cucumber in the tank??

 

help (cont.)

Temperature:79F
PH:7.6
Ammonia:0
Nitrite:0
Nitrate:0
Salinity:1.023
dKH/KH/Alkalinity:
Calcium:

Liquid or Strips:liquid
Brand Name:API
Are they Expired?:no


Tank size?55
Estimated total system?

Reef, fish only or, freshwater?reef

Current inhabitants? What and how many?
Clean up crew?was 2 cleaners and powder blue tang and a black and white false percula.(dead) the aklive ones are 2 orange false perc and 11 blackand white false prec scooter dragonete lawnmower blennie 2 anemones sand shifting star as for CuC theres 2 big turbo snails alot of hermits a bunch of small snails

How long has your tank been set-up?i got it 3 months ago about but was owned previous owner and it was well when i got it

Substrate. fine crush coral
Depth?2 in.

Live rock?yes
How much?about 50 lbs
Did you recently add some?no

Filtration.
Type?rena filstar canister
Protein skimmer?no
Do you wet or dry skim?n/a
Maintenance schedule for filtration?always running
Drilled tank/hang on back overflow?no
Sump/refugium. What's in it and how much?no
Macro? What kind?no

Lighting.
Lighting type?power compact.. it grown soft corals well but not sps
Age of bulbs?n/a/


feeding:
What?flakes and ocasional homemade food
How much: about 2 pinches
How often?twice a day

Water change schedule.
How much?5%
How often?every week
What salt brand?corallife
Water source?sink(conditioned) well water

Additives/supplements used?coral-vite(1 time pweek),microvert(every other day)(Coral accel (every day)

Do you have a ground probe?no
What kind of flow does your tank have?2 powerheads(idk gph)

Any additional info you would like to share.... Including anything different that you have done/not done.added some buffer to try to raise the ph

Let's get to the bottom of this. Any of the above info that is questionable to you is pertinent to keeping a happy/healthy tank/wallet.

 

Have you done a water change any time soon? Maybe something got into your water change bucket? i did that once on my 29 and killed everything in the tank bc my amazing gf forgot to tell me she used my water change bucket to wash her car.....

 

yesterday i just topped off freshwater to lower salinity

 

Well, initially, I thought low oxygenation as well. For starters, I would position one of the powerheads to give more surface agitation to get more oxygen into the system. A reef tank takes much in the way of flow, so that is something I would look into after you get this current problem taken care of.

pH tends to be low in the morning and rise as the day goes on. I would not add any more buffer. pH swings are normal.

Do you have any Prime in your cabinet? If so, I would dose just to cover that base. It can't hurt.

Anyone else? I am a little stumped on this one. It sounds like a global problem, something is up with the entire system.

 

And you did treat it?

I have a feeling it's either oxygenation or your water source......

 

yes i treated the water.. what is prime?