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OrionN
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Nothing good happen quickly in a salt water tank. You are just too impatient.
Any ammonia in the tank will kill him. Your tank have not cycle yet so there is ammonia in the water. Crustacean will live through anything so they are not good guide as to if the condition is right for fish.
Regarding water change, you need to age fresh mixed water for about 24 hrs before use. Newly mixed water is deadly to animal at 100%. Many people change water with freshly mixed water. up to 30% water change with newly mixed water may not kill the fish but it stressed them.
Learn to be patient or you will kill a lot more animals.
Any ammonia in the tank will kill him. Your tank have not cycle yet so there is ammonia in the water. Crustacean will live through anything so they are not good guide as to if the condition is right for fish.
Regarding water change, you need to age fresh mixed water for about 24 hrs before use. Newly mixed water is deadly to animal at 100%. Many people change water with freshly mixed water. up to 30% water change with newly mixed water may not kill the fish but it stressed them.
Learn to be patient or you will kill a lot more animals.
saltyair
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a small environment is also tough to regulate temp/sal/ph ect. Do not do 100% water changes - the bio filter needs to build.
the clownfish died due to nitrite and ammonia poisoning. Take your time and only do 10% to 15% water changes.
read some of the articles on starting out - some great info here - we have all made mistakes, just be sure to learn from them.
the clownfish died due to nitrite and ammonia poisoning. Take your time and only do 10% to 15% water changes.
read some of the articles on starting out - some great info here - we have all made mistakes, just be sure to learn from them.
OrionN
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You should wait until the tank cycle, then you can add your fish. You should not look for a fish that will survive the cycle.
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think about being locked in a room with an intense ammonia smell to it for a couple of weeks. Odds are, you wouldn't be too fond of the experience and might not come out too well off on the other end of it.
salmonslayer
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Sorry..... Don't give up. I have lost many fish some for reasons unknown and some from mistakes. Keep at it and good luck
ocellaris123
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Hi dexter,
Yes, wait until your tank cycles and find more appropriate fish for a 6 gallon tank (small gobies). Clownfish will not like being in a 6 gallon, especially a tomato clownfish.
OrionN
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Hydrometer is not very accurate (those that are for aquarium use). There are accurate hydrometer but they are cumbersome to use and very expensive. I would recommend that you same up some money and get refractometer. You can get for for about 50 dollars more or less.
Fish will do fine with a true SG of 1.028. It is not how much but how fast the SG get here. I don't think they will do well jump directly from 1.018 to 1.028. I don't really know because I know enough not let my fish experience something like that.
Fish will do fine with a true SG of 1.028. It is not how much but how fast the SG get here. I don't think they will do well jump directly from 1.018 to 1.028. I don't really know because I know enough not let my fish experience something like that.
davocean
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Salinity is important, yes, just like the rest of the params you need to know of and keep in check.
I also agree that tank is too small for any clowns really, maybe you should keep to the inverts for now, get stable, add no more than a small goby when you have stability.
Don't mean to sound harsh in any way, but we all want you to succeed in keeping healthy animals long term.
Yes, the high salinity could have been one of the factors in your clown's death. I do not know if clowns can happy live at that level of salinity, but from what I have read they should be fine. I am sure they cannot happily go from the 1.019 - 1.021 that your LFS was likely keeping him at to 1.028 without proper acclimation over days. Add the stress/poisoning from the cycle and 100% water change with fresh mixed salt and I think you had a doomed fish.
I say this only being two months further along the learning curve than you, but I can tell you I have learned a lot in those two months. Sadly, a beautiful little clown had to die for my education as well. I know mortality is part of the hobby, but I genuinely hope that he was the last one I will kill because I made a mistake or was impatient. I thought the hardest part would be waiting for the tank to cycle, but that was easy for me. The hardest thing I have found is not taking impulsive actions when I think something is not right. I have had to implement a hand in the tank at most one a day rule and just leave my poor fish and other critters alone.
You are doing the right thing by posting hear and getting advice. So in short learn and don't give up.
I say this only being two months further along the learning curve than you, but I can tell you I have learned a lot in those two months. Sadly, a beautiful little clown had to die for my education as well. I know mortality is part of the hobby, but I genuinely hope that he was the last one I will kill because I made a mistake or was impatient. I thought the hardest part would be waiting for the tank to cycle, but that was easy for me. The hardest thing I have found is not taking impulsive actions when I think something is not right. I have had to implement a hand in the tank at most one a day rule and just leave my poor fish and other critters alone.
You are doing the right thing by posting hear and getting advice. So in short learn and don't give up.
saltyair
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Could be true both scenarios are ending in death. You do need to allow the system to cycle. Let the biological filtration grow, and then add livestock.
I wouldn't add a tomato clown they can get over 6 inches.
A 6gal gives u limited livestock options
UOTE=dexterlancer;22501019]Yes but if I didn't did the water change i'm sure it would die as well.[/QUOTE]
I wouldn't add a tomato clown they can get over 6 inches.
A 6gal gives u limited livestock options
UOTE=dexterlancer;22501019]Yes but if I didn't did the water change i'm sure it would die as well.[/QUOTE]
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