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HELLP!! tank recycling after 6 months, 2 dead!!!

teakwood12 Feb 26, 2006 12:29 AM

Ok I got a huge problem my tank crashed all of a sudden while I was at work, I came home to find all my fish breathing really heavy. I checked the water and everything was through the roof. Did water change 1 gallon And everything got seemed to clam down so I turned off the lights to let them rest for a few hours, 2 hours later I come to check on them and my royal gamma and cleaner shrimp were both dead, my two false clowns are huddled at the bottom of the tank breathing very heavy and not looking good. I can’t see how my goby is doing but I do see that he is breathing. My two-turbo snails look ok for the most part…. But they seem to be coming out of their shells like they are trying to lift themselves up higher. All of my fish have been in this tank for over a month now and I have NEVER had ammonia, nitrates, or nitrites in my tank since it has been cycled. All I can think of is I just dislocated my hip and couldn’t walk so I had my lfs guy come take care of my tank and he rearranged rock work in the tank after my damsel went wild (damsel went back to the lfs with the guy who did my tank). He said, “i accidently kicked up a lot of junk off the crushed coral” (yeah I know cc sucks)

How do I save my three little guys, do I put them in my qt tank? Or leave em alone?

10gal

Ammonia. 25

Nitrate 30

Nitrite .25

Ph 7.8

Replies (2)

teakwood12 Feb 26, 2006 03:55 PM

sorry 20 gal and everything is ok. moved all the fish and am letting my 20 gal qt cycle AGAIN.

PHLaure Mar 03, 2006 09:50 PM

I'm glad to hear that they are doing OK. It does strike me as "funny" after you had the LFS guy clean the tank.

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