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04-02-2008, 05:33 PM
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| | Feather Duster
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: nazareth pa
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all right guys i have to be doin something wrong i checked all my perm. tonight and the are goin backwards they are as follow
tuesday tonight (thursday)
kh 9 kh 7
cal. 340 cal 300
mag1140 mag 1000
what am i doin wrong test kit is 2 weeks old so i dont think they are bad
and i lost my black and white clown fish wierd seen him swimming at 2 oclock checked at 5 and skunk cleaner was eaten him he was died i dont get it 
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75gallon with overflow a bsm 150 berlin sump hooked to a blueline 40hd external pump and a bermuda aquatics bps-3c protien skimmer and im runnin a hqi sunpod with 2 150 watt mh and a nova extreme t5 with all atinics | 
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04-02-2008, 05:39 PM
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| | Panda Puffer
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Tatamy, PA Age: 15
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That sucks, i really dont know what could cause that, but my condolances  | |
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04-02-2008, 05:40 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: niles, ohio Age: 32
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Sorry for your loss.... Hope things turn around... _________ My Tank Thread...... EST. 10/30/07 5.5 gal, 72watt's of pc's, rio skimmer, hob rated at 40 gal, stealth heater, b/w aussie clown, rainford goby, emerald crab, turbo, bumble bee, astrea, and nassarius snails, aussie open brain, pink birdsnest, wallhammer, multiple acro's, numerous monti's, zoa's, palys, ppd's, duncans, mint gsp's, reg gsp's, blue clove polyps, grn bali slimer, and tons of ppl sponges. | |
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04-02-2008, 05:44 PM
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| | Feather Duster
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: nazareth pa
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keepin the protien skimmer on 24/7 i ok right | |
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04-02-2008, 06:06 PM
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| | Feather Duster
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: nazareth pa
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does anybody recammend usin epsom salt | |
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04-02-2008, 06:22 PM
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| | PICTURE POLICE
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Miami, FL Age: 39
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That does sound weird, you need to do some small, back to back WC's. somethings not right. _________ 9YR OLD 90G/55g custom sump/refug Mag18 Aquac 180skimmer 692w MH AC jr,yel&kole tang,midas&convict blenny,B&G chromies,Blk/yel fin chromie blackcap,nemo,neon goby,6line; Blastomussa Merleti,Acan ,BUBBLE,Torch,LTA, Acropora(2) Moon, assort zoas, yel& G star polyps, P&B ricordia, montiporas, cup&candy corals, xenias,B/G mush,flower ane(2), cherry red mussa, dusters,cleaning crew..  | |
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04-02-2008, 06:39 PM
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| | Feather Duster
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: nazareth pa
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yea luna but if my amm nitrate and nitrite are at o do you think water change will do any good do you think i should add epsom salt | |
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04-03-2008, 07:23 AM
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| | Spaghetti Worm
Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: London, ON, Canada
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If you need magnesium added, it is better to use Craig Bingmans formula as it doesn't upset the ionic balance like just using epsom.
His recommendation is to use 10 cups of magnesium chloride and 1 cup of epsom salts (magnesium sulphate) and dissolve in 4qts/litres of water.
Dose in small amounts until you see how it changes the mag levels in your tank.
Most tanks require a lot of additive to raise the level.
If you are using Randy Holme's Farley's alk/calcium DIY supplimentation then his magnesium formula is designed to closely maintain ionic balance in the system when using along with the baking soda and calcium chloride.
However, while I don't know why your levels are dropping, I don't believe any of those readings could be the reason for your loss of the clownfish.
I'm assuming the tank is still young so maybe the best bet would be to look for other water parameters like ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate, although nitrate itself won't kill the fish.
Sometimes, we just never know what causes a specific problem in our tank but hopefully someone can steer you in a successful direction. | |
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04-03-2008, 07:40 AM
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| | Coral Banded Shrimp
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Sorry for your loss, your levels dropping like that seems a bit odd. Have you been dosing your tank with something, I'm wondering if too much dosing has caused an adverse effect. Maybe Luna has got a point in that do some back to back water changes to try and stabilise things a bit. Then once things have settled then start looking at making adjustments if you need to.
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80gal with live rock (35kg/70lbs), 30gal sump, refugium with live rock, chaeto and DSB, Bullet-1 skimmer, Fluidized Reactor, T5 lighting (6 tubes), 4 x Koralia 3's. | |
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04-03-2008, 03:58 PM
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| | Feather Duster
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: nazareth pa
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checked my mag tonight its at 720 | |
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