My Second Reef Tank!!!

[reaper78]

Bro, time to take photo and show off your Anthias

haha.....wanted to but one of the wrasse went into the overflow compartment, cant seem to find it...

Now i fear it might die and further contaminate the water..

[reaper78]

haha.....wanted to but one of the wrasse went into the overflow compartment, cant seem to find it...

Now i fear it might die and further contaminate the water..

Now the unthinkable has happened, the wrasse went into the skimmer's pump inlet and kena skim .......

Causing one of the air outlet at the base plate to be jammed (U can see the 'skeleton' left). Luckily, pump still skimming as usual, but efficiency affected.

[reaper78]

Now the unthinkable has happened, the wrasse went into the skimmer's pump inlet and kena skim .......

Causing one of the air outlet at the base plate to be jammed (U can see the 'skeleton' left). Luckily, pump still skimming as usual, but efficiency affected.

What a day...sigh...

Less than 24hrs, 5 dead fishes.....

Hopefully no more ...

[kanegan]

Oh dear!

Maybe you should put something to block your overflow to prevent more casualties..

[jackywongto]

What a day...sigh...

Less than 24hrs, 5 dead fishes.....

Hopefully no more ...

......oh no........ how did these 5 die?

[reaper78]

......oh no........ how did these 5 die?

I guess could be link to the wrasse that was skimmed into the skimmer.........

Rest of the fishes not doing well too......perhaps by tmr no more fishes??

Abit lost hope liao.....perhaps stop stocking fishes for the next few mths.....let it stable down first...

[reaper78]

Oh dear!

Maybe you should put something to block your overflow to prevent more casualties..

Cant block it, cos there is this 'opening' at the bottom of the overflow 'cover'...hard to explain.

Think i need to get bigger size fishes next time when i ready to buy....

[ibanez]

Hi reaper, i feel your loss. I am not sure how big ur fishes are and whether u took them out from the tank once u spotted them dead. My recommendation is do at least 30% water change.

I lost many fishes all at once as well, and water change is needed to maintain the tank perimeters as contamination is a definate.

[desideria]

oh dear.. so sorry to hear about that reaper.. if it's a hole at the bottom of your overflow.. perhaps you could attach a pipe to it and then cover the opening with a sponge to prevent fish from being sucked in? Or could you place a sponge over it right now? Or some netting?

pat pat.

[reaper78]

Hi reaper, i feel your loss. I am not sure how big ur fishes are and whether u took them out from the tank once u spotted them dead. My recommendation is do at least 30% water change.

I lost many fishes all at once as well, and water change is needed to maintain the tank perimeters as contamination is a definate.

Hi Bro,

I suspect ammonia/nitrite should be rocket hard, fishes that are still alive have white spots....Netted out all the dead fishes...one by one.....

Yap, just did a wc, tmr i continue again plus add bacteria.....

[reaper78]

oh dear.. so sorry to hear about that reaper.. if it's a hole at the bottom of your overflow.. perhaps you could attach a pipe to it and then cover the opening with a sponge to prevent fish from being sucked in? Or could you place a sponge over it right now? Or some netting?

pat pat.

Harlow,

ermm....cant....i think is the design of the overflow. Happens to new fishes when intro into the tank as they are nervous, anyhow find a hole and hide lor. Yap i have some sponge and cotton to cover at the next exit of the overflow, just that when i trying to rescue the wrasse, slipped and ended straight into the sump tank lor....

I think i just broke my record, 5 dead fishes in less than 24hrs......

[LaW]

if no fish die during cycling, then its not cycling already.

dun take it too hard.

things will get better.

better, i think you have those underflow and overflow right?

the fishes go by underflow right?

if so, i have got a way to solve it. i used to have that problem too. perhaps a picture will help me see for you.

[reaper78]

if no fish die during cycling, then its not cycling already.

dun take it too hard.

things will get better.

better, i think you have those underflow and overflow right?

the fishes go by underflow right?

if so, i have got a way to solve it. i used to have that problem too. perhaps a picture will help me see for you.

Hi Bro,

Nah.....just bad luck, the cleaning wrasse kena grind by the skimmer.

Anyway the first pics shows the underflow structure, second pics is where the actual underflow 'flows' into & the 3rd pics hows where the water exit from the underflow.....

[ibanez]

Hi Bro,

I suspect ammonia/nitrite should be rocket hard, fishes that are still alive have white spots....Netted out all the dead fishes...one by one.....

Yap, just did a wc, tmr i continue again plus add bacteria.....

We went through exactly the same thing. My fishes had white spots too and died slowly. Managed to dig out most of the dead fishes except one 3 inch tang. Another reefer suggested adding in cleaning crew like boxer shrimp or reefsafe crabs to eat up the dead fishes behind the rocks if there's any.

Continue to monitor the situation as the water condition will deterioriate further.

However, one good thing is that your corals wun be affected.

[mitlancer]

wah, sorry to hear tat bro, 5 in 24hrs. If have white spots, u want some octozin? I have some to spare u cause i also spotted some at the blotchy anthias... n i cant find him since after dinner.... hope it's hiding n nothing else....

[LaW]

Hi Bro,

Nah.....just bad luck, the cleaning wrasse kena grind by the skimmer.

Anyway the first pics shows the underflow structure, second pics is where the actual underflow 'flows' into & the 3rd pics hows where the water exit from the underflow.....

i face the same problem with underflow like yours but i solved it. btw, underflow is very useful.

most small fish would like to go there. you will continue to face this problem with small fish in the future.

get overflow comb and glue it there.

next time you can come to my house and take a look at it.

[mitlancer]

i face the same problem with underflow like yours but i solved it. btw, unferflow is very useful.

most small fish would like to go there. you will continue to face this problem with small fish in the future.

get overflow comb and glue it there.

next time you can come to my and take a look at it.

bro, your got overflow comb ah??? hahahaha.... i know wat u mean, u not enough sleep issit?

[LaW]

bro, your got overflow comb ah??? hahahaha.... i know wat u mean, u not enough sleep issit?

LOLOLOLOL

well... wwas distracted i can't believe i said that.

OH MY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PUI PUI PUI!!!!!!!! EDITED!!!!!

JIMMY!!! EDIT UR QUOTE TOO!!! PLEASE! IT SOUND SO WRONG

[comycus]

omg i just burst out laughing when I saw your post Law! rofl!

[LaW]

omg i just burst out laughing when I saw your post Law! rofl!

was typing with one hand and one hand with my notes.

[mitlancer]

LOLOLOLOL

well... wwas distracted i can't believe i said that.

OH MY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PUI PUI PUI!!!!!!!! EDITED!!!!!

JIMMY!!! EDIT UR QUOTE TOO!!! PLEASE! IT SOUND SO WRONG

hahahaha... ok, i chg liao, but u nv chg my quote in your reply, so ppl still can have a laugh at it... hahaha

aiya, let Chris laugh abit ma, he lost 5 fishes in 24 hrs very sad liao, your joke shld help abit... kekeke

[LaW]

ahhhhhh..... i will tell him next time personally. or you can do that too.

ok done. changed! ok no more src for tonight.

back to study!!!.

dun worry chris!! like i said, if nothing died., then its not cycling already!

[reaper78]

We went through exactly the same thing. My fishes had white spots too and died slowly. Managed to dig out most of the dead fishes except one 3 inch tang. Another reefer suggested adding in cleaning crew like boxer shrimp or reefsafe crabs to eat up the dead fishes behind the rocks if there's any.

Continue to monitor the situation as the water condition will deterioriate further.

However, one good thing is that your corals wun be affected.

Hi Bro,

Yap i have cleaner/peppermint shrimps n sometimes shrimps give hints like digging intensivly on something And luckily the rocks are stacked vertically up, leaving lots of flow in btwn and ease of scopping up of the dead fishes....

[reaper78]

hahahaha... ok, i chg liao, but u nv chg my quote in your reply, so ppl still can have a laugh at it... hahaha

aiya, let Chris laugh abit ma, he lost 5 fishes in 24 hrs very sad liao, your joke shld help abit... kekeke

haha...2 more dead anthias this morning. Change another 5% water again and add bacteria....btwn the octozin i think no need at the moment, the issue i guess should be with the stability of the water, once the water settle down, should be okay liao..

[reaper78]

ahhhhhh..... i will tell him next time personally. or you can do that too.

ok done. changed! ok no more src for tonight.

back to study!!!.

dun worry chris!! like i said, if nothing died., then its not cycling already!

wah...better go back to studies bro....hehe....