Theo Reef
New member
Please please please help me.
I had 2 qt set up. Both of them I used seachem matrix in a small canister filter, fed stability and used safeguard, heater and light. This I did for both of them. Both of them I had at a sg of 1.090 for 2 weeks. At the 2 weeks mark things got bad. The one tank I had a yellow belly regal and a lipstick(60L tank). The other I had 16 small clownfish, snowflakes, black ice and pucassos ( 50L tank). Ok the first tank.
Tank 1: I never had any problems with ammonia, did a wc every second day (20L) and nitrates was always in check. One night out of the blue the nitrates shot up to 60, water was cloudy and had a foul smell. I immediately made a new batch of hyposalinity water and matched the kh, did a 80% wc. Fish seemed fine throughout the night. The next morning the were breathing heavily, tested ammonia and it was 30. Both fish died the same day.
Tank 2: did the exact same with the clownfish tank, this morning I woke up and 5 of them died. Ammonia is undetectable, nitrate was 50 so I did a 80% wc on them as well. Out of the 16 only 4 survived but not sure for how long.
So what the hell am I doing wrong? I've lost so many fish in qt that I'm starting to think of breaking down the tank. Qt is supposed to be a stress free tank and prepare your fish for dt. What am I doing wrong??? How can I set up a qt that is stress free? How do I stop killing my bloody expensive fish?
I had 2 qt set up. Both of them I used seachem matrix in a small canister filter, fed stability and used safeguard, heater and light. This I did for both of them. Both of them I had at a sg of 1.090 for 2 weeks. At the 2 weeks mark things got bad. The one tank I had a yellow belly regal and a lipstick(60L tank). The other I had 16 small clownfish, snowflakes, black ice and pucassos ( 50L tank). Ok the first tank.
Tank 1: I never had any problems with ammonia, did a wc every second day (20L) and nitrates was always in check. One night out of the blue the nitrates shot up to 60, water was cloudy and had a foul smell. I immediately made a new batch of hyposalinity water and matched the kh, did a 80% wc. Fish seemed fine throughout the night. The next morning the were breathing heavily, tested ammonia and it was 30. Both fish died the same day.
Tank 2: did the exact same with the clownfish tank, this morning I woke up and 5 of them died. Ammonia is undetectable, nitrate was 50 so I did a 80% wc on them as well. Out of the 16 only 4 survived but not sure for how long.
So what the hell am I doing wrong? I've lost so many fish in qt that I'm starting to think of breaking down the tank. Qt is supposed to be a stress free tank and prepare your fish for dt. What am I doing wrong??? How can I set up a qt that is stress free? How do I stop killing my bloody expensive fish?
