Tank in crisis

[BILLMELLO]

came downstairs yrmesterday to find a white translucent film covering many of the glass surfaces circulation pumps and many of the fish aling with a nasty smell

Did a water change if 20 %

Fast forward to today Film recurs

Goni dead, starfish dead , nutibrwnch dead, pigmy Angie dead
Sailfin in distress, along with rat, mini/maxi, Rock anemone Duncan, zoos you get the idea

Ph 7.8
Alk 11
Po4 0.1
Ammonia 0
Nitrate 7
Ca 530
Magnesium 1400

Water change 20% (100 gal capacity w sump) last night and again this afternoon

Out of DI water and ideas

 

[Matthias7]

Are you dosing bacteria?

 

[PAReefer]

Are you dosing Vodka?

 

[BILLMELLO]

Did a little dosing of bacteria early in the week No vodka.

I was cleaning the circulation pumps and just found a battery a button battery to be more precise attached to the magnet on the pump last clean them about a week ago not sure if it's a factor but not a good sign

 

[rock_lobster]

Better get some heavy metal sponge in there ASAP. Cuprisorb.

 

[drawman]

Also keep up with a big water change.

 

[randyBRS]

Oh man, sorry to hear it. To me it sounds like some sort of bacterial bloom. Is the water cloudy at all? Are you running a skimmer? If you aren't I'd recommend doing so to increase the amount of oxygen in the water, and maybe even running an air pump and air stone.

 

[rock_lobster]

Yep if it were heavy metal you would have all sorts of die off. Could cause a bacterial bloom. I would run any media that I had on hand and do water changes. I

 

[randyBRS]

came downstairs yrmesterday to find a white translucent film covering many of the glass surfaces circulation pumps and many of the fish aling with a nasty smell
Out of DI water and ideas

Any chance you have any photos of the film you are seeing?

 

[FishLover01]

I agree with most others. It sounds like a bacterial bloom. Your parameters are not that bad, so I'm not sure of the cause. Another possibility is some type of chemical or soap has inadvertently been introduced to the tank. Is that possible?

 

[Wesus]

I would keep doing water changes and a lot of high quality carbon

 

[cameronh]

#reefsquad

 

[john.m.cole3]

I thought we did this already with this case. From what I remember, you had a decaying starfish in your tank. Tons of white film everywhere, fish breathing heavy, and several rapid deaths. we got you to turn your powerheads towards the surface, you got some airstones in there, and everything started looking better. @Elementalj and @Brew12 weren't you guys the ones helping this case yesterday or the day before?

Also make sure no scented candles, sprays, or plug ins are close to the tank. Open a window to get more fresh air in and your ph up.

did you do the big water change?

 

[Brew12]

I thought we did this already with this case. From what I remember, you had a decaying starfish in your tank. Tons of white film everywhere, fish breathing heavy, and several rapid deaths. we got you to turn your powerheads towards the surface, you got some airstones in there, and everything started looking better. @Elementalj and @Brew12 weren't you guys the ones helping this case yesterday or the day before?

Also make sure no scented candles, sprays, or plug ins are close to the tank. Open a window to get more fresh air in and your ph up.

did you do the big water change?

Yup, I think we are good here. I didn't realize he had started a parallel thread.

 

[Brew12]

Guessing he saw that he created this in the BRS forum and then started a new one in a better section that got the attention.
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/tank-in-crisis.276030/

 

[john.m.cole3]

It was like deja vu

 

[Brew12]

It was like deja vu

No one wants to live through that again, he did handle it well though!

 

[Elementalj]

It was like deja vu

Did we finally find Schrödinger's cat?

 

[randyBRS]

Well, regardless. Good to hear that he was able to get to the bottom of his issue