It's all dead, so sad :(

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phaux

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Yesterday my friend called to inform me that my whole tank had suddenly died. When I say all dead I mean all dead, copepods were stuck to the glass, worms had crawled out onto the sand bed, the fish, hermit crabs, starfish, and snails, it was all dead. The only thing that survived was a puffer fish. He was immediatly put in a quarantine tank and is doing alright, though he still doesn't look well. Water parameters came back fine, water was at 75deg, pumps never stopped runing. The fish in the tank were a coral beauty, sailfin tang, lion fish, and puffer fish. The tank is a DAS 110. It has roughly 100lbs of live rock in it and a sand bed of aprox. 2in. The tank has been set up for about 5 months now and has had a Horrible hair algae problem for the last 3-4 months. My question is why did this happen? Any ideas would be great as this is a horrible loss of life and don't want this to ever happen again.
 
I agree with Matt, probably some cleaning chemical got in there, or a serious electrical voltage flowing through there, which you should be able to feel
 
did you by any chance have a sea hare in the tank to help with the hair algae? I don't know how common it is, but I believe they can release a toxin when they die that can cause mass die off in a tank.
 
The ammonia was 2.5. I did have a sea hare in there several weeks ago which did die, but it was taken out a day or so after it died. This happened over a week ago though. One other thing: I had a party Sat night and woke Sun to find a few beer bottles floating in the tank :evil: everything was fine Sun and Mon though.
 
sounds like you already know the problem. I wish I could catch a mofo putting anything malicious in my tank. You want to talk about coming unglued, that runs my blood hot just hearing about that.
 
Theres your answer... :sad:
If you saw beer bottles in your tank, Id hate to see what got in there that you didnt know about.

Hmm...what would I do if I caught someone placing beer bottles in my tank? (wanna guess? :twisted: )

Im sorry about your loss.
 
Yep that's the issue. Something from the party whether it be beer or any number of other unpleasantries!

You really do have to treat your tank like precious crystal. Nobody can touch or get close period unless you're supervising!
 
Unfortunatley I have no idea who did it, i guess that's for the best for them :evil: They weren't there when I fell asleep. What throws me though is that there were a few days in between in which everything was alright.
 
You mentioned you had a puffer?...If so what kind? When they are stressed they will release toxins that can kill more fragile fish and then those dead fish add even more toxins, accelerating everything.
Just a thought...plus, If you had so called 'friends' leave beer bottles in there, who knows what else they may have 'experimented' with in the house.
I would definitely pursue legal avenues with small claims court (if not criminal court) if you are ever able to find out who did this (someone that was there knows - they always do).
You can always make an insurance claim for property loss...

My .02 cents...best of luck,

Allen
 
If they threw Beer bottles in the tank, I am sure they threw something else in there. It probably just took a few days to erode and release toxins. You'll have to figure out a locking system for your doors and canopy to your tank. Obviously, your roommates don't give a flip about your possessions, so, I wouldn't start another tank until I had at least some locks in place for some security. I'd also check to see that you still have all of your belongings. If you do, I'd find a way to lock them up too. Who knows who your roommates will invite in next?

Sorry, to hear about this. My advice to you is, move. You shouldn't live in a place where you have people that treat you and your possessions with such disrespect.
-Chuck
 
@chipper1 wrote:
You mentioned you had a puffer?...If so what kind? When they are stressed they will release toxins that can kill more fragile fish and then those dead fish add even more toxins said:
I assure you all there will be justice served one way or the other if I find out who did it. The puffer is a porcupine. As for the 'experimented' part, that's a no go in my house. Asking around so far nobody seems to know anything. :roll: As for my roommates, they're good ppl, though there will be no more parties I must say.
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