90gal Tank Crash

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  1. scottmwoods

    scottmwoods Spaghetti Worm

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    3rd clown in trouble. Had a friend come over and look at her. Said looks like ph burn.
     
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  3. scottmwoods

    scottmwoods Spaghetti Worm

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    Barley breating. I expect about an hour and she will pass
     

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    scottmwoods Spaghetti Worm

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    scottmwoods Spaghetti Worm

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    Never mind. She just passed. She was my first clown that I got
     
  6. country1911

    country1911 Coral Banded Shrimp

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    Sorry for the loss. I wish I had an answer for you.

    Are you still doing 30 gallon water changes? Maybe slow down on those as they may be stressing the fish even more.
     
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    You have a very large amount of livestock in this tank, and many potentially large fish. I suspect much of your problems are due to overstocking and subsequent stress. You may even have a marginal amount of dissolved O2, leading to further complications.
     
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  9. country1911

    country1911 Coral Banded Shrimp

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    Would a lack of dissolved O2 lead to the low ph? 7.2 and 7.4 seem like really low numbers to me.
     
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    scottmwoods Spaghetti Worm

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    I don't understand what is going on. All the other fish are doing fine but the clowns are dieing off. Im going to do another complete test. Post in a min
     
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    Indeed. pH is a function of CO2, which is a function of O2.
     
  12. country1911

    country1911 Coral Banded Shrimp

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    I thought so, which is the explanation of why ph is higher in the evening after the lights have been on all day; there is more dissolved O2 from algae and coral. Also, its the reason to run the fuge light on an opposite schedule of the DT.

    Back to the OP, are the fish swimming near the surface?