6 clowns dead...

[tahoe61]

Clowns

Clowns

By all means have fun, disregard everything that was offerd advice wise by people with years and years of experience, go ahead put gobies in with anemones and while your at it add 6 clownfishs. I have 25+ years of SW experience and when you start experimenting with SW animals for your fun and enjoyment at the risk of lossing those animals than you should rethink if this hobby is for you. As I stated earlier this tank setup was bound for failure.:eek2:

 

[beachgyrl0]

sorry to hear you had to drain the tank. i was hoping to respond before you took it down.
if you tested every days and all the parameters were as stated then i doubt ammonia or nitrates killed them.
could be the food.
check the power cords in the tank if you had powerheads and your pump. a stray current could have killed them. inverts are really tough and live thru alot of tank crashes,
i would get a voltmeter and put it in the water with the pumps and everything running to see if there was a stray current. could be tainted food to, even though it was frozen when you got it might not be before you got it.


with the 6 small clowns would be really cool to see in that tank. i know my tiny 2 snocasso's are something to watch, but 6 clowns would be funny. what type of clowns were they?
i could care less how people stock their systems. i know my nano is over stocked but i dont care. i hope you chane your mind and put up the tank again and have fun with it. if you get more clowns then get a gree or rose bubble tip. they will host most clowns. i got a rbta for my snows.

Thank you for your advice. I did put it back up and i am going to stock it as i please..i have a plan and its gonna happen. i really do believe that it was the food. but the voltmeter is a good idea and its something i will look into. :love1:

 

[evsalty]

Thank you for your advice. I did put it back up and i am going to stock it as i please..i have a plan and its gonna happen. i really do believe that it was the food. but the voltmeter is a good idea and its something i will look into. :love1:

Seeing that fish from another non connected tank also died after feeding the same batch of food does suggest that the food may be the issue. But I do want to say that adding 6 fish all at once to such a small tank is GOING to cause an ammonia spike reguardless of your tanks cycle strength and size of fish. So as a suggestion for the future as you restock this tank, take it a bit slower on the additions. Good luck an sorry for your losses.

 

[ILoveSeahorses]

By all means have fun, disregard everything that was offerd advice wise by people with years and years of experience, go ahead put gobies in with anemones and while your at it add 6 clownfishs. I have 25+ years of SW experience and when you start experimenting with SW animals for your fun and enjoyment at the risk of lossing those animals than you should rethink if this hobby is for you. As I stated earlier this tank setup was bound for failure.:eek2:

Well...I don't think anybody adviced anyone.. and nobody really advised her to do anything specific.. but instead offered their own experiences and input.. isn't the entire purpose of a forum to HELP people... to SHARE experiences.. OFFER advice.... and let them make their own judgement call? Why is it such a problem that the tank was taken down? Seems like they thought there was a problem with the water so they drained the tank to start it over again since it's so new anyways.

Every tank has the potential to crash. Been there, done that! It happens!!! Things die, all the time. The point of this hobby is to learn by trial and error. Not one person can say that they have never had anything die.. Do you honestly believe that somebody would go and spend their well earned dollars on fish just to have the "fun and enjoyment" of killing them... as you have suggested?

To the original post maker -- I am sorry that you didn't get much helpful advice here. Seems like instead of helping you out that you're just being bashed for "poor husbandry", setting up a tank that was "bound for failure" from the get go, and for your entertainment at the expense of the livestock inside.. :lolspin: You people crack me up. She's been nothing but nice and has been nothing but attacked.

Good luck with your tank this time around! :wave:

 

[tahoe61]

Clown fish

Clown fish

I have not lost any tank inhabiants in years and if you re-read the post I did indeed offer advice.
If you start out with the mind set that you are doing something that might cause loss of life for your tank inhabitants, but that is OK because everyone has things that die, I feel truly sorry for any system you set up.
No the point of the hobby is not to learn by trail and error, the point of the hobby is to provide the best possible care to the animals that rely on you to make the right decisions regarding their care.
The potential for a tank to crash increases exponentially when overstocked and you do not do your research regarding the needs and requirements of purchases before you buy impulsively.
Yes it could have been the food, but regardless this tank is a prime example of poor husbandry, and lack of research with true disregard for those animals that depended on you to keep them alive and healthy.

 

[mstng67]

i have not lost any tank inhabiants in years and if you re-read the post i did indeed offer advice.
If you start out with the mind set that you are doing something that might cause loss of life for your tank inhabitants, but that is ok because everyone has things that die, i feel truly sorry for any system you set up.
No the point of the hobby is not to learn by trail and error, the point of the hobby is to provide the best possible care to the animals that rely on you to make the right decisions regarding their care.
The potential for a tank to crash increases exponentially when overstocked and you do not do your research regarding the needs and requirements of purchases before you buy impulsively.
Yes it could have been the food, but regardless this tank is a prime example of poor husbandry, and lack of research with true disregard for those animals that depended on you to keep them alive and healthy.

amen!