Id like to add about 10 of live sand pounds which I do every few months as some get removed during my PWCs. Last time i did that I added all 10 at once, and had a tank crash a week later, and immediate diatom problems which still exist for 4 months now. I have added 10 pounds all at once before, just cloudy for a few hours then winds up ok. I have a 75g.
Within a week after I added sand I added some fish (not sure it was related) - I had a big die off.
Before the addition I had 1 hippo, 1 b+w damsel, 2 blue and yellow damsels. These were troopers who I have had for 7 years now.
I added a potters angel, 5 blue green chromis, fire angel, and psudochromis.
Everything died and all that remained was 1 blue green chromis, one blue and yellow damsel and the fire angel.
Buying a wavemaker to help with flow to end any algae/diatom issues and think I will just add 1-2 cups of sand once a day slowly. I did this once before too and limited the cloudyness.
Any advice here? Was my sand addition too much, or the addition of fish too much? My sand bed is 1 inch all throughout and I think I want to add 20 pounds to get it up to 3 inches or so.
Within a week after I added sand I added some fish (not sure it was related) - I had a big die off.
Before the addition I had 1 hippo, 1 b+w damsel, 2 blue and yellow damsels. These were troopers who I have had for 7 years now.
I added a potters angel, 5 blue green chromis, fire angel, and psudochromis.
Everything died and all that remained was 1 blue green chromis, one blue and yellow damsel and the fire angel.
Buying a wavemaker to help with flow to end any algae/diatom issues and think I will just add 1-2 cups of sand once a day slowly. I did this once before too and limited the cloudyness.
Any advice here? Was my sand addition too much, or the addition of fish too much? My sand bed is 1 inch all throughout and I think I want to add 20 pounds to get it up to 3 inches or so.