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07/21/2019, 10:23 AM | #1 |
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Tang went white overnight? (Disease?)
I dosed my 90 gallon tank (150g total volume) tank with flatworm exit around noon yesterday.
The product worked as intended and I followed the instructions properly, running a full reactor full of carbon as well as a bag full in my sump. All of the corals were visibly upset yesterday so I did a 20 gallon WC, which is the most I can do at one time. Im doing another currently. This morning, I noticed that my yellow Tang which I have had for over 3 years in this tank has turned partially white and is breathing heavily and hovering in one spot. He's looking pretty rough. (Photo attached) Not sure what else I can do but keep on replacing filter socks daily and doing more water changes. The carbon is still going and I would assume it has taken anything out of the water by now. I'd appreciate some help on this. Sent from my Pixel 3 XL using Tapatalk
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07/21/2019, 10:42 AM | #2 |
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I have heard the the Flatworm Exit can nuke a tank, too much die off, can you do a big water change, place air stones in the tank?
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Changed filter socks twice yesterday, once today so far. Cleaned skimmer cup wife yesterday, once today so far. Did 20g water change yesterday, currently mixing 20g for today. Not sure air stones would make a difference with the large skimmer im running (vertex Omega 130) Looking for some way to maybe neutralize the chemical released during die off. Running UV wouldn't help I assume and I don't think changing the carbon out will do much... Sent from my Pixel 3 XL using Tapatalk
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07/21/2019, 11:45 AM | #4 |
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New carbon.
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07/21/2019, 12:17 PM | #5 |
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Just replaced the carbon in my reactor.
After the water change things seem slightly better but many corals are still struggling and the fish seem unhappy. Some corals are nice and extended however. Weird. Pretty much everything seems to have either bleached or browned out. During my water change I noticed that the salinity was way down at 1.022. I adjusted it with the replacement water up to 1.023 and will slightly adjust higher with daily WCs this week. Sent from my Pixel 3 XL using Tapatalk
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07/21/2019, 07:30 PM | #6 |
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Run carbon so it can remove un want chemical out of your system, also it will need to replace often
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07/22/2019, 06:54 AM | #7 |
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Woke up to a dead Tang this morning. I haven't seen either of my wrasses in 36 hours now so they're either hiding or dead as well.
Im currently in the process of doing another water change. I already replaced the carbon and filter sock as well as have cleaned the skimmer today. Really thought I was over the hump yesterday after seeing coral further extended. Sent from my Pixel 3 XL using Tapatalk
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How many flatworms were in your tank? They release toxins as they are dying, and if too many died all at once the carbon might not have been able to keep up with removing all the toxins.
I try to remove as many as I can before dosing Flatworm Exit. With the aquarium lights turned off, point a bright white light (e.g. flood lamp) at the front of the glass and use airline tubing to siphon them out as they congregate by the light. |
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07/22/2019, 02:11 PM | #10 |
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Looks like a massive ich breakout.
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Is the fish still alive?
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