Please help !!!!

[bugarte1]

BTA is dying what should I do ? It's still stuck to the rock but has no tentacles and something is coming out of his mouth.

 

[navaljonf]

Pull the rock out with him attached before it dies in your tank

 

[bugarte1]

Should I then pull it off the rock ? So I can put the rock back in.

 

[navaljonf]

you won't have much luck pulling it off...any thoughts on why it's dying?

 

[bugarte1]

Just looked in the tank before I left to work and it has it's tentacles back but there kind of flimsy. I do a water change once a week. My water is good although my Alk went from 8-7 three days ago and then the next day my ammonia went up just a little. I also just changed light went from current orbit marine to 160w led light

 

[navaljonf]

how old is the tank? Any thoughts on why you have an increase in NH3?

 

[bugarte1]

how old is the tank? Any thoughts on why you have an increase in NH3?

Tank is 4 months old and I have no idea I'm doing a water change tomorrow hope the NH3 goes back down to 0 and the Alk goes up to 8 again.

 

[navaljonf]

The water change should help but something is still off which you'll need to figure out. What size tank?

 

[bugarte1]

29 gallon

 

[navaljonf]

Sorry to keep asking questions but how much LR? Livestock? Filtration?

 

[bugarte1]

Sorry to keep asking questions but how much LR? Livestock? Filtration?

It's ok. I'm not sure how much LR I have maybe 25-35 lbs planing on getting more. Livestock I have 5 small frags of soft and LPS coral. CUC nails hermits and sand sifting star and 2 Bristol star fish. Filtration is hob rated for 100 gallon