This Story is very real, and never in my 27 years of Reefing. Have i experienced this. I have read on many forums about this! But never thought it would happen to me.
Got home yesterday afternoon, to find my Nano tank looking Milky and fish gasping for air. All snails, hermits, serpent stars are already dead. Panic sets in and i pull the 2 clowns out and put them in a fresh mix, that i had prepared to do a WC later on that day. They showed improvement within a few minutes. i then quickly stripped the rest of the tank, and got rid of the dead inverts. I thought straight away, because of heavy breathing, it was some type of ammonia issue. Did a test, and as usual 0 ammonia 0 nitrite. Lots of head scratching. A 100% WC all 5.5 gallons. Fresh carbon in my small HOB Filter.
So fresh water, fresh carbon. put rock and corals back in tank. Corals still looking sad. Did another ammonia test, and again clear. Put the fish in, and within minutes they are gasping for breath at the bottom. Stripped tank again. So pissed at this time and completely lost to whats going on. So after more WC;s i sat down and did some brainstorming. I then took the filter off the back of the tank, and then i found the answer! Behind the cage on the inlet out of sight, was a small unattached pile of Palys. Which had poisoned the tank through there Toxic make up. Plus where i was wiping my wet hands on my butt and Privates i had come out in a nasty Rash! And Not a Dirty women in sight lol.
Anyways all joking aside, just remember that Palys carry a nasty Toxin. Under the right circumstances can do a lot of damage.
i washed the filter out, more fresh carbon. Another WC and issue resolved. Total loss of inverts fish saved, and a lesson learned. Thank you for reading.
Got home yesterday afternoon, to find my Nano tank looking Milky and fish gasping for air. All snails, hermits, serpent stars are already dead. Panic sets in and i pull the 2 clowns out and put them in a fresh mix, that i had prepared to do a WC later on that day. They showed improvement within a few minutes. i then quickly stripped the rest of the tank, and got rid of the dead inverts. I thought straight away, because of heavy breathing, it was some type of ammonia issue. Did a test, and as usual 0 ammonia 0 nitrite. Lots of head scratching. A 100% WC all 5.5 gallons. Fresh carbon in my small HOB Filter.
So fresh water, fresh carbon. put rock and corals back in tank. Corals still looking sad. Did another ammonia test, and again clear. Put the fish in, and within minutes they are gasping for breath at the bottom. Stripped tank again. So pissed at this time and completely lost to whats going on. So after more WC;s i sat down and did some brainstorming. I then took the filter off the back of the tank, and then i found the answer! Behind the cage on the inlet out of sight, was a small unattached pile of Palys. Which had poisoned the tank through there Toxic make up. Plus where i was wiping my wet hands on my butt and Privates i had come out in a nasty Rash! And Not a Dirty women in sight lol.
Anyways all joking aside, just remember that Palys carry a nasty Toxin. Under the right circumstances can do a lot of damage.
i washed the filter out, more fresh carbon. Another WC and issue resolved. Total loss of inverts fish saved, and a lesson learned. Thank you for reading.