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dthurs Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 4340 Kudos: 4170 Votes: 529 Registered: 18-Feb-2003	Your gravity and temp seem a bit low. Gravity should be about 1.023 and your temp should be about 78 to 81 f. Was there anything else that had changed in the tank? Dan Dan
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:28
DarkRealm Overlord Moderator metal-R-us Posts: 5962 Kudos: 2166 Registered: 23-Sep-2002	Agree with Dthurs....temp should be raised a little and the salinity is low for a reef tank.....that shouldnt have anything to do with the fish though. What kind of current/water movement do you have in the tank?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:28
eBGDAE Hobbyist Posts: 63 Kudos: 28 Votes: 0 Registered: 06-Feb-2005	I re-checked my nitrates today and they were at about 21 or 19 ppm. Is that bad? If so how do i lower them?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:28
eBGDAE Hobbyist Posts: 63 Kudos: 28 Votes: 0 Registered: 06-Feb-2005	OH and i have a 30 gallon tank.... the circulation is a carbon filter, and two 15-30 gallon powerheads.( one is a rotating one) Mabey its because i recently bought 5 lbs. of live rock
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:28
dthurs Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 4340 Kudos: 4170 Votes: 529 Registered: 18-Feb-2003	For a reef that's a bit high, it's best to keep it below 20. For a FOWLR, that's not to bad, but still good to keep it lower. Dan
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:28
eBGDAE Hobbyist Posts: 63 Kudos: 28 Votes: 0 Registered: 06-Feb-2005	k thanx, so do i do water changes to lower the nitrates?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:28
DarkRealm Overlord Moderator metal-R-us Posts: 5962 Kudos: 2166 Registered: 23-Sep-2002	awwww, Dan we were doing so good at agreeing lately Id try to keep them lower than 10ppm in a reef tank...20ppm for a fish only or FOWLR.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:28
dthurs Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 4340 Kudos: 4170 Votes: 529 Registered: 18-Feb-2003	I should have went on, lower is best. The reason I use 20 is that's my lowest scale, if that shows up, then a water change is in order. Dan
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:28
eBGDAE Hobbyist Posts: 63 Kudos: 28 Votes: 0 Registered: 06-Feb-2005	k i cleaned out my filters and did a water change and now my nitrates are down to around 12.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:28
dthurs Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 4340 Kudos: 4170 Votes: 529 Registered: 18-Feb-2003	That's a bit better. Give it a few days and then test again, if your levels are still that high or higher, then do another water change. After a few days, the levels will come down. Dan Dan
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:28
dthurs Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 4340 Kudos: 4170 Votes: 529 Registered: 18-Feb-2003	They do a good job cleaning up. They are also fun to watch. They move real fast. Dan Dan
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:28
eBGDAE Hobbyist Posts: 63 Kudos: 28 Votes: 0 Registered: 06-Feb-2005	sorry... i was reading the thing wrong... the nitrates are at around 40
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:28
eBGDAE Hobbyist Posts: 63 Kudos: 28 Votes: 0 Registered: 06-Feb-2005	im wanna build a sump under the tank but i dont know how to
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:28
eBGDAE Hobbyist Posts: 63 Kudos: 28 Votes: 0 Registered: 06-Feb-2005	it ripped open more so now i can see the mouth from the inside.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:28
eBGDAE Hobbyist Posts: 63 Kudos: 28 Votes: 0 Registered: 06-Feb-2005	i think i might have...i poured it in and it's sort of impossible to aviod pouring it on the rockwork, the star might have been under or in one of them, but i dont know
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:28
dthurs Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 4340 Kudos: 4170 Votes: 529 Registered: 18-Feb-2003	Your water conditions seem fine, but I would get those nitrates down with a water change. When you added the fresh water, did you pour it right on the star fish? Dan Dan
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:28
eBGDAE Hobbyist Posts: 63 Kudos: 28 Votes: 0 Registered: 06-Feb-2005	i rechecked my water conditions today and Ammonia is 0, Nitrates are 2, ph is 8.3, and nitrite is 0.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:28
eBGDAE Hobbyist Posts: 63 Kudos: 28 Votes: 0 Registered: 06-Feb-2005	How sad. I did some lil' research and it seems as if my starfish is sick or stressed. I have done nothing (I think) that would stress my starfish out, although i think i did a bad thing when i added freshwater directly to my tank to lower the specific gravity.But now all i need to know is how to treat it.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:28
eBGDAE Hobbyist Posts: 63 Kudos: 28 Votes: 0 Registered: 06-Feb-2005	woah really?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:28
dthurs Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 4340 Kudos: 4170 Votes: 529 Registered: 18-Feb-2003	I might be wrong, but I think you might soon have two starfish. Dan Dan
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:28
eBGDAE Hobbyist Posts: 63 Kudos: 28 Votes: 0 Registered: 06-Feb-2005	its cut down the center leaving two tentacles dangling around but the stuff on the bottom are still moving
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:28
eBGDAE Hobbyist Posts: 63 Kudos: 28 Votes: 0 Registered: 06-Feb-2005	Today part of its tentacle fell off and now it looks like its ripping in half, because it has a cut right down the center almost the thing in half...i must be bad at reefkeeping
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:28
eBGDAE Hobbyist Posts: 63 Kudos: 28 Votes: 0 Registered: 06-Feb-2005	Woah...is my brittle star dieing? it looks like its spillting in half or something or its arm or tentacle is detatching... whats happening?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:28
eBGDAE Hobbyist Posts: 63 Kudos: 28 Votes: 0 Registered: 06-Feb-2005	k thanx
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