From biocube to a 65 G with underwater sculptures

Have you tested for copper? Since it is just ur inverts dieing I think you got soem CU in ur tank some how.

 

That is a very very valid point. K+ to you. Copper is deadly to coral but actually helps fish, thats why its used so much in qt's and why everyone makes sure their tank hasnt seen an ounce of copper before they buy it. But good point, you should test for that basile.

 

I could but i don't see, the source of copper. Everthing is plastic or rubber in my set up, pvc, foam, Not all my inverts are dying anyway, just a few. Lots of snails yet and serpent stars are fine, my fishes are ok thank God! But i'm not discourage, not the least its an event and hey, after what i've been through the last few weeks guys, you have no idea, what its been here, so this is a mishap for me. Thanks for your kind words all. I've stop dosing, i want to check my mixes maybe something turned . How long those mixture last is my question; before they become unstable or unusable , thats the angle i'm going on.

 

Not right now, i'm going to get a test kit for copper . I don't see how but what the heck... Got find the cause of this really. Right now the only leads are the DKH and the MG high levels, not much to go on . I changed my bulbes about a week ago from 10K to 14K so that's the only other change to the system in the last 2 weeks. Food was the same , same salt, water, photo periods, heater,and heat, same powerheads, curent, power source, no other dosing than the usual Plus the mistake i already found i made with the dosing DKH program.

 

how old where the lamps you took out Basile? light shock can account for SPS loss ( In my limited and sad experience) if the lamps where old and replaced with new ones which are naturally a lot brighter and still at same height, this could result in coral bleaching

Steve

 

The lamps where brand new, i just wanted to change from the 10k to 14k. But now that i'm thinking about the change some white powder did slip from the socket when i made the change , could be copper....dam.....hope not. You know what that means....:-[

 

I thought the same thing earlier this year. Turned out somehow I did get .5ppm of Cu in my tank. I purchased some poly filter pads and the problem was solved in about a week.

 

Hey thanks for the input.

 

Your welcome. I hope the Cu is and is not the problem at the same time. So atleast you will know what the problem is and are able to fix it. Goodluck

 

do you run carbon at all...if you dont I would run a bag of carbon with that poly pad to help get rid of anything. Heck run it anyway to help, it will not hurt, just make sure it is in an area that gets water movement through the bag.