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I need your thoughts...
Topic Started: Dec 31 2009, 12:26:55 PM (188 Views)
Post #11 Jan 4 2010, 09:22:34 PM	Adam
This is only for the cuttles I dont know anything on pipes!!!! MMMMMM I been thinkin that the enviorment u have them in is to rich in dissolved nutrients from all the plant life!!??? Do u have a TDS meter? Do u run any carbon? The background u have made could be toxic or have some kind of chemical release???? Sometimes things are just wierd?????	juvi Posts: 45 Group: Members Member #216 Joined: December 24, 2009
Post #12 Jan 5 2010, 07:30:23 AM	Suzy
I do have a tds meter, and I bought new cartridges for my RO. I am running carbon now, but I wasn't before. Good thought. I have been thinking about the background. I have used it before with no issues, but maybe these wee ones are more sensitive? As far as the plant life environment, I have been thinking about that too. Maybe one of the algae has an alleopathic substance release? I am going to try the next batch of pipes in a plant less nursery....	Seahorse Whisperer Posts: 3,047 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: June 28, 2008
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Post #13 Jan 6 2010, 01:22:00 AM	Amie
I think if they started to die within 2-3 days after you put the background in, and that was the only change you made to the system, then the background could very likely be the culprit. Maybe it had something on it that slowly released into the water. Did you clean it before putting it in the water? I don't think the plants would cause a problem, that's the kind of environment that they pipefish live in naturally, right? Since they had been in the system for a month already, I would think they would be adapted to the plants. I was helping someone today by teaching them how to catch clownfish larvae. The babies are going to hatch tonight so I was setting up a trap in the system. The owner of the tank noticed that the tank was low on water and wanted to add 2 gallons of top-off water right then, before the tank lights went out. I told him that he couldn't do that right before the babies hatched or it could kill them. Those eggs have been in a higher salinity of water for several days, probably a week. Instantly changing the water parameters like that, even though they weren't hatched yet, could easily cause them to hatch and die or not hatch at all. I've learned the hard way that once those eggs are in the water, I can't touch the tank until the babies are hatched and out of the system completely because they are so sensitive to every little change. That's another reason why I think it would be really hard to raise any larvae in the bigger system. Until those babies are about 2-3 months old, they don't tolerate any kind of changes to the system, no matter how small. When I top-off the larval tanks, I always have to drip the water in because of the salinity change and the temperature change. Otherwise I'll have dead babies in the morning.	stormy, stormy nights Posts: 2,362 Group: Admin Member #4 Joined: June 29, 2008
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Post #14 Jan 6 2010, 04:55:30 AM	Suzy
I did rinse it, but maybe not good enough. I soaked it overnight to get the styrofoam to sink a little, but then just pulled it out of the water.... Do you think the system is foul now?	Seahorse Whisperer Posts: 3,047 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: June 28, 2008
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Post #15 Jan 6 2010, 11:53:37 AM	Jerry
When I did my cuttle tank, I glued rocks to the back glass. The tank took about 2 months to cure and really start taking off. I never noticed any die off, but then again my cuttle was 2-3 months old when he went into the tank.	X SQUAD Posts: 623 Group: Members Member #42 Joined: September 7, 2008
Post #16 Jan 7 2010, 11:55:56 PM	Amie
That doesn't sound like the culprit. I think if you soaked it in fresh water, it would probably kill anything. I doubt that your tank is toxic. Whatever it was only affected the most sensitive things in your tank. I would guess that the tank has cleared it out by now, otherwise you would see other problems arise.	stormy, stormy nights Posts: 2,362 Group: Admin Member #4 Joined: June 29, 2008
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Post #17 Jan 8 2010, 06:57:05 AM	Suzy
I hope so. I am awaiting the next batch of pipe fry so we'll see?	Seahorse Whisperer Posts: 3,047 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: June 28, 2008
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Post #18 Jan 13 2010, 01:03:20 AM	Adam
Did u but the new cuttles back into the system u had them in before??? Did u figure out the source of the problem?? The system my cuttles are in is just a 10 gallon that is gravity feed off my 210reef tank and i keep flow with a ten gallon hang-on filter with live rock in it with mybe 20-50GPH of flow!!!! SO pretty simple it has some crushed puka shell and some cheato for them to hide in and long leaf caluerpa!!! I Need to get a phyto culture from u if i could and some good tips!!!!	juvi Posts: 45 Group: Members Member #216 Joined: December 24, 2009
Post #19 Jan 13 2010, 05:18:14 AM	Suzy
Sure! But, my phyto turned into a pretty color of green so I am not sure if is nanno anymore :(. I put these in a breeder net in my seahorse tank. The UV sterilzer is pointed right at them. They are surviving longer so I think that might have been the issue (knock on laminate).	Seahorse Whisperer Posts: 3,047 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: June 28, 2008
"i was informed of some dolphin related testing going on up there" Too Funny!
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