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Old 01/11/2008, 07:48 PM
ToTaLCHaoS13 ToTaLCHaoS13 is offline
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Exclamation HELP! Coral going to Die!!!!!!!

I came home tonight and my big Green Millipora looks like it is going to die! The skin is coming off and it is not extening its polyps. The only change I have made is to replace the drain hose. My fear is there was something on the hose and it is now in my tank water. I don't know...oil maybe?!

Is there a way to test for oil? My skimmer is not making skimmate right now either so I think that also means oil, right?

I'm gonna do a 30% water change in the morning and I changed out the carbon, but is there anything else I can do?
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Old 01/11/2008, 08:00 PM
TKByrnes TKByrnes is offline
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I dont think there is much else you can do besides run carbon and do some water changes.
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Old 01/11/2008, 08:23 PM
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Sorry for your problem. Have you checked your water parameters . Was the hose new or used ? If new it could be the oil on the end that was cut ,they spray oil on the hose cutters to keep from binding could be that.
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Old 01/11/2008, 08:35 PM
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oil would float on top of water ? Try skimming them off the top.
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Old 01/11/2008, 08:39 PM
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how are the rest of the corals doing? i mean its one thing if one coral dies vs. the whole tank. i would think a contamination that would cause your milli to degrade fast would effect everything just as fast too.
 

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