help! things are dying in my tank

Health supplements section.

kay181 wrote:  u can get dry nori at sum supermarkets in the asian section then put garlic oil on it  my  tangs go nuts over it  walmart has it to  just so you  if theres not a fish store  around  its called (sushi party) at wallmart 20 sheets for 2.44

Just make sure it's unsalted dry seaweed.  Taste it before putting it in your talk if you're not sure.  Don't worry considering it's for sushi wrap.  Hummm. yummy, now I'm hungry.

The other ingredients are soybean oil gelatin glycern silica

I just found this other post about things dieing.  Sorry to hear it.  When I first started  in the hobby the hydrometer I was using to test salinity wasn't very accurate.  When I checked with a different one I also found that my salinity was very low like yours.  I wasn't only lossing snails but fish as well.  When I got the salinity corrected the problem stopped.  I still have problems keeping snails for very long and I'm not sure why.  I'm often told they just don't live very long since they are often collected in cold waters rather than in warmer water like we keep our tanks.  I also keep my temp between a low of 77 at night and high of 80 in the daytime under the lights.

Eureka!!!! I knew a good hobbyist lived out by you. As soon as possible I would go over and see Arthur. Ask him for some Macroalgae and LS. He will be a wonderful resource to help your tank get back up to health and start looking amazing.

HOw do I find arthur on this web site? As soon as I get a hold of him I will get those things from him as long as he will give me some. I will wait on the refugium as u say and just get the lightsa set up and do everything u saiD. Thanks agaiN

Arthur answered in your other post. I know it's getting late for y'all. I'm 3 hours behind you. It's just 7PM here. Missed going down to the ocean today. But we are very very happy about being here just the same.

Edited by Mark Peterson - March 08 2010 at 11:11pm

We are all jelous that your there and wish we could go to the beach everyday and have the warm weather like you. Guess you can enjoy it for all of us in this cold state

I know there are some good hobbyists around Vernal. I just looked on the 2009 member list and there are no paid members out that way. But I'm sure there are some hobbyists registered on the MB living there. I wonder if someone in the presidency could look it up for Nicole. She could then just look them up in the phone book.

I will do that right now. I have repositioned the power heads. I have a few people that is giving me macro algae and ls on sat when I go to salt lake. I have fed the tank the garlic once already and not much change but I will continue to feed it to him. I have been leaving the light on longer and taking a sample of water to the aquartium and have them test it as well get a kit on sat while out there.
I just need info on how to build those lights so I can get bulbs in salt lake and info on which ballest I need to order from the web page u sent me. I also had one question. I won't be able to get snails and crabs 5 - 10 days after sitting up lights unless I order them online from saltwaterfish.com. I can get them in salt lake on sat but the lights r not set up yet so didn't know if it had to be with in that specific day period.
Let me know how to build the lights and snails and crabs and what kind of snails and crabs I should get. There are some snails on ksl.com that were blue legged and snails that were nassarius or cerith. I have gotten the salinity up to 1.025 and going to get another hydrometer to double check the reading also new filters for my ro system to make sure my water is being filtered. I hope that all will help. Let me know if you can by sat what I need for lights and snails and crabs what u would like me to do. Thanks so much for your help again.