Found out why my kole tang died

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  1. leighton1245

    leighton1245 Horrid Stonefish

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    So i was looking for my second nem today and he had crawled up under a rock and decided to not crawl out so he was completely wasted away and I didnt even know until just tonight so im sure that poisoned my water and killed my tang. I already did a water change is there anything else i should do? I have had that nem for 8 months :(
     
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  2. bvb-etf-luva

    bvb-etf-luva Banned

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    anemones usually take a while to perish in a tank with unfit conditions( up to a year) as for doing something you cant do much more than water change, sorry about the tang, anemones are like a bomb when dead for a aquarium.
     
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  3. leighton1245

    leighton1245 Horrid Stonefish

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    This is his second tank and I just recently added more rock so he could have been stressed.
     
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  4. FaceOfDeceit

    FaceOfDeceit Hockey Beard

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    Are you running carbon?
     
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  5. leighton1245

    leighton1245 Horrid Stonefish

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    Yes a fluval 305 canister filter full of carbon and a phosban 150 reactor with bio pellets.
     
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    bvb-etf-luva Banned

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    canisters arent good for rees, i would suggest a refugium or trickle/ wet dry
     
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  7. Zoanthids21

    Zoanthids21 McKoscker’s Flasher Wrasse

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    I would just do more water changes depending on how big this one was..

    Nems are HIGHLY poisonous when they die in the tank, especially ones that are smaller.
     
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  8. blackraven1425

    blackraven1425 Giant Squid

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    But the carbon in said canister is pretty much required when keeping nems, otherwise the water fills up with all sorts of nasty stuff, including nematocysts.
     
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  9. libog2fish

    libog2fish Fire Shrimp

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    with you people stating nems being very nasty when dead I'm reconsidering mine to sell!
     
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  10. kiwiroo

    kiwiroo Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    Maybe add polyfilter into the canister?
     
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