Sea Apple Destruction!

Discussion in 'Inverts' started by iSKIM, Jan 15, 2009.

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  1. abraKADAV3R!

    abraKADAV3R! Feather Duster

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    Grab some poly filters while you are at it with no water bipass...I would completely remove your filters and use straight poly filter and carbon bags...combined with the reactor should pwn your phos
     
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  3. Daniel072

    Daniel072 Giant Squid

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    ok skim I had a pink and black cuke nuke my tank in the same way this sea apple did yours. I woke up one morning and my tank was foamy like someone had dumped detergent in it and all of my fish dead. Upon investigation, I found a cuke in a powerhead. I did a 75 percent change right away (drained tank past corals, rock and everything else). all of my corals made it and my bubble tip anemone survived. After I finished my water change, I added some carbon and let it do it's thing. I then carried on with my normal water changes. If I were you, I would do another WC in a day or two of 50 percent (don't wanna shock them by doing them too close together) and run carbon in anything you can find.
     
  4. iSKIM

    iSKIM Astrea Snail

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    cuke? explain please.. and I will do that water change in 2 days for sure thanks for the advice.. And sorry to sound like a newb, but I am to carbon when you say run carbon in anything you can find...? means what?
     
  5. Av8Bluewater

    Av8Bluewater Giant Squid

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    cuke= sea cucumber
    Carbon:
    Search Results for carbon
    Get some and put it in a mesh bag... put somewhere in a high flow area. It absorbs bad stuff.
     
  6. iSKIM

    iSKIM Astrea Snail

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    Av8 you rule.
     
  7. Av8Bluewater

    Av8Bluewater Giant Squid

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    That's what I keep telling people around here, but they don't seem to agree. Finally someone understands me.;D
     
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  9. PharmrJohn

    PharmrJohn The Dude

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    Dang dude. I am really sorry to hear that. Beautiful creatures they are......but they do come with a price. What kind of fish did you have in there with it?