yadada fish
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one of my clown fish died and the other not looking to good.
Help, what could be wrong?
100 US gal tank
30 us gal sump
125 us gal protien skimmer
2 power head maxi jet 900
60 lbs live rock
50 lbs base rock
110 lbs of aragonite sub
tanks is about 12 weeks old
I cycle for about 6 weeks
filled tank with salt water rocks and sand let it sit for 2 weeks
week 3 turn on pumps and skimmer all seemed okay by the 4th week for huge bloom of brown algae so I put in
1 scarlett hermit carb
6 turbo sails
6 blue leg hermit crabs
algae under control by week 5 also put in 1 damsel
damesl did fine for 2 weeks so by week 7 i put in two clown fish
and the 9th week i put in 1 bubble tip anemone.
they all seemed fine till yesterday morning one clown started swimming like he was drunk so I took him out and place him in isolation tank
when i got home from work he was died.
today the other clown is starting to swim drunk
damsel, bubble tip, snails and crabs, appear fine.
ph 8.2
ammonia .25 PPM
nitrite 0.0 ppm
nitrate 10-20 ppm
salinity 1.022 ppm
test used saltwater master test kit made by aquarium pharmaceuticals inc
I dont know what to do help..
Help, what could be wrong?
100 US gal tank
30 us gal sump
125 us gal protien skimmer
2 power head maxi jet 900
60 lbs live rock
50 lbs base rock
110 lbs of aragonite sub
tanks is about 12 weeks old
I cycle for about 6 weeks
filled tank with salt water rocks and sand let it sit for 2 weeks
week 3 turn on pumps and skimmer all seemed okay by the 4th week for huge bloom of brown algae so I put in
1 scarlett hermit carb
6 turbo sails
6 blue leg hermit crabs
algae under control by week 5 also put in 1 damsel
damesl did fine for 2 weeks so by week 7 i put in two clown fish
and the 9th week i put in 1 bubble tip anemone.
they all seemed fine till yesterday morning one clown started swimming like he was drunk so I took him out and place him in isolation tank
when i got home from work he was died.
today the other clown is starting to swim drunk
damsel, bubble tip, snails and crabs, appear fine.
ph 8.2
ammonia .25 PPM
nitrite 0.0 ppm
nitrate 10-20 ppm
salinity 1.022 ppm
test used saltwater master test kit made by aquarium pharmaceuticals inc
I dont know what to do help..
