optimus prime Posted November 24, 2004 Share Posted November 24, 2004 hi gangs, give you all a true scenario and hope you guys can tell me what went wrong. all these years of marine keeping, i did a rescaping and transfering of ls,lr,sandbed once each.during these 2 projects, almost all ls gasping and dead the next day.so during my 3rd project i no choice but gave away all ls. my curiosity is why it happens? are doing these create an old tank sindrome? i need to know cause thinking of upgrading my tank. thanks gangs for your help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightningstrike Posted November 24, 2004 Share Posted November 24, 2004 u using DSB method? Quote Austin the Westie: "I may be your best friend, but you are my everything". Lightning Strike's Back!!! Reefkeeping Is Not My Hobby, It's My Obsession. Austin's Birthday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member minsmarine Posted November 24, 2004 SRC Member Share Posted November 24, 2004 Mime Also DSB and love to rescape like every 2-3 months. Share more information like tank dimation, LS, Water Parameters Quote Life is like a peice of Uncured Live Rock [ from LFS ], you never know what you gonna get......... Ocean Gump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAV-65 Posted November 24, 2004 Share Posted November 24, 2004 Would it be a lack of air(oxygen) in the new environment? Or maybe there is a sudden change in the amount of nitrifying and denitrifying bacteria in the new temporary storage environment when the rescaping is done?? Quote People do not plan to fail; Often they just fail to plan... Wat I do to prevent myself from tearing my hair out... My stress remedy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acura007 Posted November 26, 2004 Share Posted November 26, 2004 did an experiment.. when i moved my SB (dug deeper into 6" SB), nitrate shot sky high. So in this case it could be that nitrate is too high. 2 cents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member iewnehz Posted November 26, 2004 SRC Member Share Posted November 26, 2004 did an experiment.. when i moved my SB (dug deeper into 6" SB), nitrate shot sky high. So in this case it could be that nitrate is too high. 2 cents. does fishes get affected by nitrates?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member bum Posted November 27, 2004 SRC Member Share Posted November 27, 2004 does fishes get affected by nitrates?? yes did an experiment.. when i moved my SB (dug deeper into 6" SB), nitrate shot sky high. So in this case it could be that nitrate is too high. when you disturb your DSB, trapped substances like years of detritus buildup and hydrogen sulphide are released into the water column. optimus prime Posted on Nov 24 2004, 04:32 PM hi gangs, give you all a true scenario and hope you guys can tell me what went wrong. all these years of marine keeping, i did a rescaping and transfering of ls,lr,sandbed once each.during these 2 projects, almost all ls gasping and dead the next day.so during my 3rd project i no choice but gave away all ls. my curiosity is why it happens? are doing these create an old tank sindrome? i need to know cause thinking of upgrading my tank. thanks gangs for your help. while doing a transfer, there will be a short cycling period in the new tank. you would want to keep your livestock in a seperate place for a whle when you transfer your LR and sand. test your water parems in the new tank before adding your LS/corals...pref one at a time, as the new tank wll take time to mature and acclimatize to the new bioload Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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