(Almost) A catastrophe :(

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  1. missionsix

    missionsix Super Moderator Staff Member

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    Had a pH drop yesterday. Lost my last (of 5) green chromis. Also lost my mandarin dragonette. The only fish that I care for. My y. tang looked like it was going to start floating. I thought the mandarin would definitely survive over the tang. What a crummy way to go considering the mortality rate of the species in general. The pH drop was due to a fuge lighting issue. The leopord wrasse was the only one cruising/eating yesterday. Tough little sucker. Oh well, what can you do????????????????:angry:
     
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  2. RHorton

    RHorton Pajama Cardinal

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    that sux, what happened did the light stay on or blow out?
     
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  3. scenario1313

    scenario1313 Tassled File Fish

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    Not the Mandarin. Thats suck donkey butt. I feel for you bro.
     
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  4. missionsix

    missionsix Super Moderator Staff Member

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    I was having some work done to my house that required a power shut down.
     
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  5. Daniel072

    Daniel072 Giant Squid

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    I have never heard of a ph drop that was caused by lighting to go out cause death in a tank. There has to be some underlying issue. I would dig deeper if I were you.
     
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  6. PackLeader

    PackLeader Giant Squid

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    WOW. Dude that REALLY sucks. So sorry Casey. And I'm with you, I would think the mandarin would make it over a lot of others, specially a tang. How much did the PH actually drop?
     
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  7. trelane

    trelane Peppermint Shrimp

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    UPS's are important for situations like this, or borrow a friend's generator. A generator sufficient for a reef tank should be ~300-400, plus some heavy duty extension cords. (you do know that you don't use the cheap stuff around water right?)

    Sorry for your loss.
     
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  8. PharmrJohn

    PharmrJohn The Dude

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    Ya know, I am with Daniel on this one. Light's out and pH drop? My lights have been off and on for hours at a time with no significant effect of pH. If there was no power, there was no circulation and thus severely limited gas exchange. Thus, you had a buildup of CO2 which lead to carbonic acid formation and your subsequent pH drop. That's my theory. Same end result obviously and that sucks. I am really sorry Casey. I think in the next few weeks I am going to get some sort back up for my system. Such a fragile ecosystem we maintain. K+ for your loses dude.:cry:
     
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  9. missionsix

    missionsix Super Moderator Staff Member

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    Let me know what happened when you find out;)................................

    I am coupling this with the lighting. I think it caused a good pH drop. Enough to make for a bad day. I really wish the tang would have traded for the dragonette.
     
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  10. Tangster

    Tangster 3reef Sponsor

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    What kind of plants do you use in there Casey ? Also is it real deep sand ? in it ? or a inch or two ? could be a double edged sword ? CO2's are bound up in some plants more then others and some plants will release their stored nutrients if stressed and a DSB will also hold in Gases of methane and hydrogen sulfides .
     
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