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Anyone who is interested; i wrote of my aquarium problems below and hats off to the guy who told me to get rid of the metal plumbing valves. it seems that was the cause of all my dead fish, corals and shrimp. thanks for the help, i am finally looking at some healthy corals and fish.

Do you think the meals are the cause? I have several metal car clamps in the water (one seems to be rusting) holding the piping in place and I also have 2 metal shut off valves and a metal back-flow valve. It is a fairly big job to replace it all with plastic but if it allows me to keep corals...

Thanks. You might me right about the copper. I do have a UV light. Don't think that the problem but I will check.

Yes, i have one of those too.

i believe you are right, something in the water. the water comes from my 3 stage filter system but i haven't checked it for problems. i will do that today. i doubt its the ornaments as this problem was around well before i put any in. can't really blame spongebob then. thanks for the help. i...

I use the drip method over about 45 minutes. i don't know how to check for voltage and wouldn't that kill the fish that are alive?

still need an answer. i bought ammonia test strips and they too register 00. ammonia. it must be something else. did i mention that before the fish died they were gasping for air, but not at the top.

Yes I will do that. It really sounds like ammonia posioning. I have taken a sample before and it read 0 at the store. I will have it retested. And let you know.

Really need advice. I have posted before about my 30 gallon tall bow front tank. its 4 months now and i am running out of patients and money. I cannot keep corals, shrimp, crabs, snails an numerous fish. They die in my tank, and fast, not more than a day. Only fish i amble to keep alive are 2...

coral was dead I gave the shrimp around an hour of drip and the coral really was dead. it was mushy on the top. must be something else.

Sorry, i made a mistake, the tank temperature is 78 degrees.

temperature What should i have it at?

I have had my 30 gall. bow front tank now going on 4 months now. I wrote to this forum asking for advice as i wasn't able to keep any of my clean-up crew or corals. Fish are just fine. 2 clowns, dart fish, golden Blenny and a few others. First it was mentioned it could be the lighting and so i...

I will test again. I am using 4x filtered water system. No exterminator. I use a magnet cleaner. None of these things seem to be it. I use instant ocean. What else can I test for? I will redo all tests tonight and see what I get. Do you think the tank didn't cycle properly? And even if it...

coral is dying. i don't believe its the light. When i first put the leather coral in the tank some tentacles start to come out. but within 3 hours later it starts to flop over. now it is starting give off thin layers of spider web like material. I tried lowering the tank's temperature with no...