Tank is crashing!

[alton]

I use reef crystals and have never noticed a smell? Maybe somebody messed with the bucket while it was at the store? Sorry about your loss

[Europhyllia]

I am confused by all the old salt/new salt thing.
Which is the salt you attribute your problems to?

[Sherita]

The one that caused the problem was Reef Crystals. It also had a weird smell.

[Europhyllia]

Thanks for the clarification!

Maybe the salt got contaminated at the shop? Where did you get it from?

(also I still don't see a sea apple pic????)

[Sherita]

The salt was ordered from Petco. I normally don't order from them, but they had a free shipping deal going, and I needed the super special cat food that my old male eats (if he don't get it, he pukes all over the house). I figured since the shipping was free, why not order salt too? I do suppose it's always possible that something happened to the salt at the warehouse, one can never know for sure. Still no answer from the manufacturer. Not amused.

Apparently my camera only works if the idiot that owns it remembers to charge the batteries.

Thanks for the clarification!

Maybe the salt got contaminated at the shop? Where did you get it from?

(also I still don't see a sea apple pic????)

[Sherita]

I decided that since I had everything out of the tank, that now is the time to re-scape the tank. I wanted to move away from the rock wall that I had, and go with a more open sandbed this time. Just getting started now, but I have some interesting rock shapes to work with, both in live rock and base (Texas Holey) rock. What I am shooting for is two coral spires on either side of the tank, with the center being an open sandbed back to the foamed back wall. Hoping that I get a sort of "cove" effect". If it works the way I want, the cove resident will be my clam on his little rock. It will put him back at about the same level in the tank that he was, and make him the centerpiece of the tank.

Of course, I am driving myself nuts with this, I keep moving rocks......"yeah, that looks cool". Sit down at the desk.........oh, wait, I don't like that rock right there, must move it. Lather, rinse, repeat.

I will never be dry again.

[Europhyllia]

Haha. And then it all changes anyway when the corals get big. I really get into the arranging thing too. My tank is so deep I have to do it Sumo wrestler style with that bun on top or else even my bangs get wet in the process.

Hey what kind of food do you feed your geriatric puker? I have one just like him...

[Sherita]

My old guy does really well on two foods. One is Hill's Science Diet for sensitive stomachs, the other is Iams Healthy Naturals (tan and orange bag). The Iams seems to be preferred by my geriatricats. I have two moldy oldies here, Minnie, who turns 31!!! this month, and Velcro (aka Arrgh! the pirate, he only has one eye) who turns 16 in two months. Both of the foods contain no preservatives, colors or flavor enhancers. My old guy pukes up anything with any kind of additives at all. I feed no canned food of any kind, that causes unbelievable pukage, everywhere.

I also free feed the oldies. They pick at it all day long, so they always have something in their tummies. Seems to really help too. Minnie can eat anything (including my house plants) and nothing bothers her. Velcro, on the other hand, is quite the "sensitive soul", just about everything upsets his digestive system.

I need someone to come and make me leave my tank alone. This is just getting out of hand. I started in before coffee this morning.......just not right at all.

[StevenSeas]

Some salts may have a smell to them. THis is from a manufacturer of a different salt maker

"may have a slight sulfurous odor when the container is first opened; this is a result of the use of anhydrous magnesium chloride and will dissipate."

This might be the smell?

[Sherita]

This was definitely not a sulfur smell. Smelled like old french fries. or old french fry grease. Just weird. I know I shouldn't have used it, but I just thought the smell was because it was a different brand. I sure learned my lesson.

Some salts may have a smell to them. THis is from a manufacturer of a different salt maker

"may have a slight sulfurous odor when the container is first opened; this is a result of the use of anhydrous magnesium chloride and will dissipate."

This might be the smell?