can yall look at my tang??? HLLE????

[D.J.]

any ideas????

tank params......
75g....100+lbs LR
ph....8.2
trite....0
trate....0
amon.....0
phos..... .25
calcium.......450

[missionsix66]

HITH Hole in the Head. Bad diet, bad water and, stray voltage.

[D.J.]

waters good.........diet consists of green seaweed, purple seaweed, marine flakes, mysis shrimp, live brine shrimp, formula 2 pellets, formula 2 frozen herbivore diet and his grazing on the rocks,glass and sand..........


how would i know about stray voltage? from what? power heads? heater?

[condiman]

could be from anything electrical in the aquarium. Do you have an amp meter you can check it that way. Or when I come over monday I can check for you.

[Loverotties]

Just ground the tank.That's a bad case it mite not all go away ,but at least it will help the rest of the reef and you.Also add luquid vitamans to the seeweed(soak it in).

[D.J.]

hey brad i have a multi meter if that what your talkin about.....


where can i get some vits?? i went to the LFS's here looking for vit c but couldnt find anything and when i asked none of them carry it...

ive read online that baby vitimans are good.....but no one said how much to use...

[Loverotties]

The muti meter needs to be digital(measuring micro volts).I beleave it's vita C but I'd use the multi. Vitamin liquids that the lfs had.

[D.J.]

yep mine is digital..........what setting does it need to be one to check that....

[D.J.]

aight i looked online and this is what i came up with it........
set multimeter to 120 ac
insert ground(black probe) into ground hole on wall socket
insert positive(red probe) into tank water
read screen for any readings...
unplug electrical items untill current reads zero to find the source of the stray current....


aight i understand all that..........heres the issue.......my multimeter doesnt go to 120 ac............mine only has 200ac and highvoltage at 700ac....

i havent plugged it into the wall yet since my leads arent long enuff but using me as a ground i get 3.2 if im in the current from the powerheads or the return from the filter.....in the calmer water i read 0.5 and lower.....

if i dip both leads into the water im reading about 0.7 everywhere.......

so im guessing that any readings at all doing it that way means that i have a stray current......ow i guess i just need to get a longer probe so i can do it the other way to get a better reading??

[naperenterprise]

I hope he gets better, does he have a lot of swimming room?

[jenglish]

Originally Posted by D.J.

aight i looked online and this is what i came up with it........
set multimeter to 120 ac
insert ground(black probe) into ground hole on wall socket
insert positive(red probe) into tank water
read screen for any readings...
unplug electrical items untill current reads zero to find the source of the stray current....


aight i understand all that..........heres the issue.......my multimeter doesnt go to 120 ac............mine only has 200ac and highvoltage at 700ac....

i havent plugged it into the wall yet since my leads arent long enuff but using me as a ground i get 3.2 if im in the current from the powerheads or the return from the filter.....in the calmer water i read 0.5 and lower.....

if i dip both leads into the water im reading about 0.7 everywhere.......

so im guessing that any readings at all doing it that way means that i have a stray current......ow i guess i just need to get a longer probe so i can do it the other way to get a better reading??

I may look into getting a grounding probe just in case. I think that really everyone should have one. I don't..... but I should.

[D.J.]

yeah he has plenty of swimming room for now........he is in a 75g.....first of the year he should be in a 125-150g if things go as planned.......

[D.J.]

seems to be getting better now........been feeding daily with the frozen formula 2 food............

[Jadinop]

If you can find Selcon it has been known to help cure HLLE. I use it as a soak for the algae that I feed occasionally.

http://www.aquariumguys.com/selconvitamin.html