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Fabuis

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Can't seem to get anything to survive in tank besides hermits and cleaner shrimp. Had chromis they died. Tried clowns, they died, blenny.. Dead. Bta dead. All my parameters are where they are suppose to be. Water flow is excellent. And nothing fluctuates. Just don't understand it

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Sorry to hear about your troubles. We'll need more specifics; parameters, tank size, lighting, etc; in order to provide any help or advice.
 
How do you acclimate?

What kind of light do you have?

Can you post a picture of your tank?

What type of substrate?
 
Wow... I thought Clowns were bullet-proof... At least I think mine are... But we need more info to help you.
 
I second what others have said.

You telling us everything is ok does nothing for us to help you without solid numbers on parameters. What you think is OK, might in fact not be.
 
Agreed, need more information.

Just because the numbers are in range does not guarantee success (if only it were that easy).

How did they die? Symptoms?


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36 Gallon bow front. 40 lbs Black Aragonite for substrate. 30 lbs of LR. Fluval Marine and sea led 36" 2 300 watt heaters {one in sump one on display} 3 550 GPS WaveMakers. Reactor with chemi blue in it. Protein skimmer rated for 100g. Sump is a 20 gallon baffled to 3 sections. Parameters at home and at LFS... 8.2 ph 0 nitrate nitrite and ammonia. .25 Phosphate 550 calcium.

All fish seemed fine. Eating then fall asleep and wake up and dead. No marks on them. Just curled and open gills. Aneome I was told is looking bleached.

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seems a silly point but have u checked your thermostats on the heaters arnt playing up.. sudden changes in temperature can affect your fish but not show up on perametres tests?

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And when do they die.. The day after you take them from the local fish store?
How are you acclimating them? or are you just dumping them/water into your tank immediately when you get home? or what?


Any white spots or other noticeable issues with these fish (maybe ich?)
 
The chromis and blenny stayed alive for 3 months before dying. Clowns one died within a hour and other 2 days. I temperate acclimate with bag in water 30 minutes to an hour. Then drip acclimate about 1 to 2 hours

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You posted Calcium, but what about alkalinity, or magnesium? ALK is the number one parameter which should be kept in check as it affects everything in the tank including fish.

Temps? amount of time the lights are on? How long has the tank been setup?

I would almost begin to wonder with the description of the fish, if you have a low oxygen problem?

Pics of the tank would also help.
 
For temperature I have a digital thermo and a old school mercury filled one

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Fabuis said:
The chromis and blenny stayed alive for 3 months before dying. Clowns one died within a hour and other 2 days. I temperate acclimate with bag in water 30 minutes to an hour. Then drip acclimate about 1 to 2 hours

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Ammonia issues. drip acclimating that long will cause ammonia to build up and eventually kill the fish. If you drip, it shouldn't be any longer then 30 minutes.
 
Didn't know I needed to check alk. Temp stays within 78 to 79. Lights are on with daylight outside. 10-12 hours.
I thought I had a oxygen problem so last 2 months I've had air stone in there

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ALK is the one parameter you should check often. It affects everything.

Alkalinity, calcium and magnesium are the three you should be checking. PH is a moot point as if the alk is within range, your PH usually follows. Most experienced reefers don't even check PH, they measure ALK instead.
 
and things do die..
Maybe you aren't feeding them properly..
Do they look fat/happy? are they eating when you are feeding?

What kind of blenny?
 
More then likely as I already posted, your slowly killing them by drip acclimating them for so long.

Ammonia can kill instantly, or slowly, it all depends on how high it is and for how long the fish are exposed.
 
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