Hi All

[kbanks]

My apologies for wanting to lean on all of your experience so soon but I am currently fighting a very frustrating situation when I do a partial water change in my tank.

I stopped using the faucet water after several years, and started buying the RO water from the pet store.

Since that time I have lost 4 fish over the course of the last 6 months, a Coral Beauty, 2 Rusty Angels and today a Blue Yellow tailed Tang.

I have a basic tester but I do not use it as much as I probably should, however I do use the Amquel to rid the water of Ammonia's etc.

I am very open to suggestions, and needless to say this really sucks when this happens.

Would very much appreciate any input I can get.

 

[RyanG]

Welcome to the site, I wish I had an answer for your questions. Im sure that someone will.

 

[yote]

First off,welcome to the site.
2nd.We'll need to know the actual parameters from your tests.
Its hard to say whats causing your problem without knowing whats in your water.

 

[dustin_P74]

welcome to the site, like yote said, getting actually numbers is a good start, if you cant get a good test of it your LFS should test it for you

 

[Smitty]

Hello and Welcome to the site

 

[kbanks]

Much appreciated, the tester I have tests the Nitrates, Nitrites, PH and Ammonia, is there something else I need to be testing for.

Thanks,
Keith

 

[yote]

Salinity.With either a hydrometer or refractometer.And temp.

 

[kbanks]

Hello again,

Temp = 83
PH = 8
Nitrates = maybe .5
Nitites = 0
Ammonia = 0

Don't know what a hydrometer or refractometer is?

 

[dustin_P74]

a hydrometer and refractometer are different devices used to measure the salinity of your tank

 

[yote]

We may have just found your problem.
I'd suggest taking a sample of water to your LFS and have them check the salinity.
How have you been getting the salt content right for water changes with checking it?

 

[kbanks]

Using a Coralife Hydrometer, is that what you guys are talking about when you say Selenity (duh) my bad, I know it as Boyancy, the reading is 1.022

 

[dustin_P74]

if the hydrometer is reading correct then the salinity isnt the problem, but to be sure i suggest getting it checked against a refractometer at your LFS

 

[yote]

+1 Dustin

 

[Keaton]

Welcome to the forum. Sounds like these guys have you covered. Good luck.

 

[Bifferwine]

Can you please tell us all the animals you have in your tank, how much/often you feed, and how much/often you do water changes? Also, have you tested for stray voltage?

http://saltaquarium.about.com/library/weekly/aa101602.htm

 

[lightcs4]

Welcome to the site.

 

[Altohombre]

welcome to the site. Feel free to lean on us!

 

[kbanks]

I have 3 fish left, a clown fish, 1 mandarine goby and a green spotted goby, I had two snails but one died yesterday, 2 fire shrimp and 1 coral banded shrimp.

I am also seeing a red slime building back up, this was all over the back wall before I cleaned here last Sunday, but it's coming back. What is wierd is that it does not look like algae?

I have been using a Cascade filter since I stepped up to a 75 (last year)and follow the filtering instructions, this last change I left the carbon and zeolite, but replaced the Bio Floss, there are no instructions to rinse these before installing them so I haven't.

Also, the tank is in my living room and I am extremely careful not to spray any smell goods around the tank that may harm it.

By the way, I feed them daily around 4 (shrimp flakes), on Sunday and Wednesday I feed them Brine shrimp and put 4 caps of Phytoplanken in.

I do my water changes monthly but this last time I went 5 weeks before changing it.