Hello, so I am quite puzzled. I have a 7ish year old tank, and it has stabilized over the past few years. I recently started to put a few frags into my tank, and that has gone fantastic, they are growing, so I got a small and a large sebae anemone for my clownfish so that they might host it. Along this I also got some hermit crabs, nassarius snail, as well as a diamond goby. The diamond goby disappeared for about 3 days, then resurfaced looking very skinny and later died. I took him out and buried him. Later that week the large anemone I got started spewing some brownish mucus. I took as much of it out as possible then I did a water change later that week. After this all was fine until my blue tang (About 6 months in the tank and was growing) suddenly fell ill with ich, this is where it goes down hill, the blue tang's ich worsened, and I badly wanted to move him, however I don't have a hospital tank, and I would feel terrible sticking him in a 5 gallon bucket. So as time went on, none of the other fish got visible ich and they all seemed fine, until suddenly my flame angel (I've had him for around 4 years at this point) dies, it baffled me and I wrote it off as nothing. After this it was fine for another week until later I find both my bicolor angel and a clownfish dead (I had the clownfish since the very beginning of my tank so around 7 years, and the bicolor was about 3 years old). This shocked me, I had never had fish drop dead like this. Next was my scooter blenny, he died, and then fast forward 3 weeks, blue tang was looking better and much happier, so I go to bed, wake up, and I'm told that all my fish are dead, I go down and my blue tang, my last clown, and my little yellow tang, all dead. This past month or so has truly broken my heart, I have been taking care of my aquarium more than ever so naturally I go straight to the parameters, PH: 8.1 Nitrite: 0.3 Ammonia: 0 Salinity (Specific gravity): 1.025. Through all of this my fire shrimp, my hermit crabs, my snails, my corals, my anemones have done nothing but prosper.
Now about my tank
46 Bowfront (7ish years old)
I have a fluval Canister Filter (Rated for 55 gallons, cleaned once a month)
No Skimmer
Fluval 55 gallon heater/thermometer
LED Full Spectrum Lighting
I dose a two part system for the corals every other day, every so often I put Kent Marine's Microvert, and I also put trace elements in their every other week
I do about 5 gallon water changes, every 3 weeks or so.
So I'm very curious as to what might have done it, everything gone in a matter of months, while my corals and anemones thrive?
Another Question I have, my rocks have started to almost fall apart, every now and then I will see white and I will say oh no, white algae, but then I go and touch it and it is just the rock, and will later see a little chunk of rock on the sand. So any clues? I'm very concerned and want to know what I should do before trying any new fish. Thank you.
Now about my tank
46 Bowfront (7ish years old)
I have a fluval Canister Filter (Rated for 55 gallons, cleaned once a month)
No Skimmer
Fluval 55 gallon heater/thermometer
LED Full Spectrum Lighting
I dose a two part system for the corals every other day, every so often I put Kent Marine's Microvert, and I also put trace elements in their every other week
I do about 5 gallon water changes, every 3 weeks or so.
So I'm very curious as to what might have done it, everything gone in a matter of months, while my corals and anemones thrive?
Another Question I have, my rocks have started to almost fall apart, every now and then I will see white and I will say oh no, white algae, but then I go and touch it and it is just the rock, and will later see a little chunk of rock on the sand. So any clues? I'm very concerned and want to know what I should do before trying any new fish. Thank you.
