Please help!!! Freaking out!!

Spenda is molecularly changed sugar and it is turned into a clorinated sugar and it isn't the harmeless made from sugar product people think it is. one of the things that the FDA did not test before approval was it's environmental impact and i guess now we get to see just how bad it is .......guess with multi billion dollar products better to apologise than to ask for permission principles apply. i have looked into this stuff because it is a sweetener in e-juice for electronic cigarettes (which i sell) and after finding out about it i now mix and sell my own e-juice WITH OUT SPLENDA
do you have a link for that sweden info?

 

Eclipse, in a fully cycled and established tank a snail death should just be a minor undetectable blip on the nitrogen cycle.

A large snail in a nano might be an issue.

Snails serve as excellent algae eaters, this out weighs any possible decline in water quality from the death of your commonly bought snails.

To prevent snails deaths just make sure you have adequate algae for them. Do not buy too many initially. Snails are very sensitive to changes in pH and SG, swings in both those should be avoided.

 

Oh, I read it on Yahoo a year ago.......I looked for it earlier and I could not find it. This problem as far as I know is only known to be prevalent in that area because their way of sewage treatment, so it's not really anyone's fault. I remember the article quite well and it said that Scientists were doing tests and they could not find negative effects because sea life cannot absorb Sucrolose either. The article was out of Denmark though. My parents were going to go to Copenhagen but, Volvo offered a Stockholm package instead so they chose that package so I really have no clue if the Danish like Sucralose as well.....This is getting very off topic though

 

thanks !!

 

That's interesting info on the Splenda

With all of my problems I'm having with my tank right now (GHA and all of the problems on this thread), I'm thinking of moving my fish to my 52 gallon that I just finished setting up and basically starting over with this tank. Either I start from scratch with this tank or I buy something like a Nuvo 8 or 16.

 

has your new tank cycled well because you don't want to be moving stressed fish and coral to an uncycled tank but if it's cycled and a has all new sand with no detrius overload and tests good it may be a good idea.one time when i could not get things to correct i created a holding tank in my rubber maids and took out all fish and rock and stirred the hell outta my sand bed....did about a 60 % water change with salt water i had prepared 24 hours earlier and super aerated. then super filtered it. and skimmed the hell out of it,put my rock back in, and waited till next day, tested water and then reconstructed tank....fresh start worked for me
was lots of work but worth it

 

I am totally perplexed by this thread

A snail death in a 50+ gal tank would not create this issue. First I would ask how long this tank has been set up, second ammonia will not get out of control over night - you would see signs.
I would suggest that one of your leathers was the culprit - they can start to die slowly than suddenly start to denigrate. It would decompose very fast sending chemicals out into the water - adding ammonia. I had a large flexible finger leather do this in a 180 gal - it did create an ammonia spike and made other corals close up.
I have since installed a carbon reactor (diy) the best investment

Stable and thieving since Oct 2011

 

Sorry for the misunderstanding. This is a 29 gallon tank and it's been set up for 10 months. I was saying that I have the 52 gallon tank that I just finished cycling. I also don't have a Leather Coral

It looks like my Rock Anemone died

 

Ok so just my .02 and not being harsh as words read can come across mis read. First you need to rely on testing your water not your lfs water. Second you mentioned your doing water changes with there water? whats there water test on your not there kits as maybe there water is bad? Ro/di are you using one for top offs? I see to many things in this post that make me concerend rather then helpful. You really need to be able to have the tools to read and correct your water at your disposal in the event of something like this rather then wait for the LFS to open to diagnose. This will be key to minimise situations like this one. I have had my challenges when I was new but I read many posts asked many questions and picked up some books. This does sound like amonia but if all of a sudden overnight a tank freaks out across the board I would not accuse the freshly dead fish in the corner and maybe more testing would help.

 

You're not being harsh at all I just ran out of ammonia and nitrate tests a week ago because of the 52 gallon that I set up : The tests seemed to be a little bit off though. I know this because I re tasted it at 2 of my LFS's and they both got different readings than my test. What company would you recommend for test kits?

I'm also planning on buying my own RO/DI unit soon, so that I know that the water is clean and free of anything harmful to the tank