Please help, I'm killing everything

[BalaShark]

I have heard not to use distilled.....you are better off going to the local grocery store and buying it in bulk....or Culligans.

You mean like the water cooler bottles?

 

[SALTY WATERS]

Yes the water cooler bottles, I have 4 x 5g jugs I use specifically for my SW tank.


Oh and CoolWaters 82 is perfectly fine, 78 is more of the low end but still a good temp. Anywhere from 76-84 (Prefferably 78-82) and you will be fine.

 

[BalaShark]

Thank you very much everyone for the fantastic information. I will get some water cooler bottles at WM today, and restart my tank!

 

[Joe Fish]

You can use distilled water but they say not to use it becuase it has absolutly no nutrients that your tank needs. Your tap most likely has too many. I used distilled for a while, but made the jump to RO/DI.

Since i've had my mh I have to shoot for 82 so my tank doesn't have a big temp swing during light cycles.

 

[CoolWaters]

Since i've had my mh I have to shoot for 82 so my tank doesn't have a big temp swing during light cycles.

how does your live stock cope with that change??

 

[CoolWaters]

"Caution: Your Cleanup Critters are the most fragile during acclimation ( they are very sensitive to salinity and ph change), and need to be acclimated very slowly, over a period of approximately two hours. Do not rush this procedure or losses will occur.

Acclimation Procedure: Snails, starfish, and other inverts are very sensitive to minor salinity and ph changes and must be slowly drip acclimated to insure their survival. Place invertebrates in a container and use a drip line to slowly acclimate all invertebrates. It is critical that invertebrates be slowly acclimated!! Drip acclimate at a rate of 1-2 drops per second for at least 2 hours. "


is this the problem?

 

[YahooFishKeeper]

cool... totally looks like you copy pasted that. and if you read above, you would have noticed that if anything his acclimation period was too long, not too short. and im pretty sure that inverts (with exceptions) are less sensetive than fish.

 

[CoolWaters]

yeah i copied and pasted it sry i for got the quotes....there we go

was just looking around and happen to hit a couple of goot tips that i would like to share

 

[Lorna]

There is nothing wrong with an 82 temp....most reef waters are at least that, the biggest danger is wide temp swings not the temp. I keep my reef around 80 day and 78 night....sometimes it drops a bit more than that but mostly has only a 2 degree spread day/night.