Fish are dying

[Khazmodain]

8 fishes in 100 gallons in too crowded??

oh wow....then how many fish I can get in my 40 gallon IM Fusion tank??
I currently only have:
1x black ice snowflake clownfish
1x ocellaris
1x frogspawn frag
1x hammer frag
1x torch frag
1x very tiny Xenia Frag
3x trochus snails
2x nassarius snails
2x margarita snails (1 just died for no reason)
I am also running chaeto ball in one of the back chambers (lights only ON between 7pm-7am), using Aquamaxx HOB-1 skimmer, and just started doing 30% WC weekly instead of 15% WC.

but planning to add (in the future) a yellow clown goby, purple firefish, a cardinal, a tailspot blenny, and a yellow watchmen goby

Is this too much then??

I think you're fine with that list. Those are all acceptable fish smaller aquariums. The concerns with the OP's stocking list wasn't the shear number of fish it was the specific fish being selected. A 65g is simply too small to host two tangs.

 

[canadianeh]

I think you're fine with that list. Those are all acceptable fish smaller aquariums. The concerns with the OP's stocking list wasn't the shear number of fish it was the specific fish being selected. A 65g is simply too small to host two tangs.

I think I will cut my want list by 2 fishes. I agree that 65 g is too small even for one tang.

 

[oahureefer]

So that I too may learn from this exchange, I have a question for those asking how his tank was cycled. If his reported numbers are accurate, and he has no ammonia, no nitrite, and low nitrate (which are the three parameters concerned with cycling a tank), why does it matter *how* it was cycled?

Just curious.

Depending on how (meaning what method) and how long are important because they can help indicate if the tank is truly cycled. Just because you got a reading of zero today does not mean the tank has cycled. During the cycling process you will see highs and lows even within the same day hours apart. A tank is cycled once you are stable for the course of days/weeks.

 

[Elricsfate]

Depending on how (meaning what method) and how long are important because they can help indicate if the tank is truly cycled. Just because you got a reading of zero today does not mean the tank has cycled. During the cycling process you will see highs and lows even within the same day hours apart. A tank is cycled once you are stable for the course of days/weeks.

Thank you for the reply.

 

[Mgilmartin1]

I was adding pods bi weekly. I understand it's all they eat and takes a long time for them to populate a tank. Added a dose a month before in sump to populate the live rock in sump. Then bi weekly after that. Was told if frozen shrimp was not properly stored or a contaminated batch went out it could kill your fish. But who knows I guess seems many people believe many things. I just hope what ever it was is gone. Someone even told me water was too clean that it could kill fish. I'm going to add pellets the menu more often and started using a supplement with garlic oil to help. Any other advice would be appreciated. Thanks