Fish dieing mysteriously

[Vi3tKid420]

Okay, this is at least my 5th fish that had died in the past 3 weeks. My parameters are fine
Salinity- 1.022
Nitrate- 20ppm
Nitrite- 0ppm
Ph- 8.2
Alkalinity- Good
Ammonia- 0
For some reason, i put the fish inside the tank, they are all doing fine swimming around, and every morning i wake up, i find one dead. None of the fish are attacking eachother either. Please help!

 

[ronjeremy]

what other inhabitants are in the tank??(all of them)...what kind of fish did you buy that died??? did they show any signs of problems prior to death??

 

[Vi3tKid420]

i have right now a tomato clown fish (inside anenome causing no trouble) about 3 clowns that have died so far, 2 chromis (1 died few days ago), lion fish (died). they all seemed fine when i put them in, swam around for a 2 days then just died all of the sudden. I really just want to figure out what is causing their death.

 

[arizona tech]

are you using ro/di water? how are you acclamating your fish, and like stated above no signs of sickness when these fish have passed?

 

[ronjeremy]

sounds strange...it is difficult to tell from the info that i have..did they exhibit any bad signs prior to death??

 

[cbonito]

Tomato clowns can kill.....they are very territorial. Don't think for once they aren't suspect. lol

P.S. Lions will take any opportunity to engulf a fish like a chromis.

 

[Vi3tKid420]

yes, well my lion died before my chromis did, and my tomato is a little baby, yes i know he is a victim, but he hasnt done anything to anybody yet. they show no signs of sickness just a little stress, when i acclimate them i use the drip acclimation process. i am using mix water

 

[ronjeremy]

it is very hard to tell without knowing more..i would go back and double check the parameters, especially ammonia..have you ever noticed any hitchhiker crabs in the tank??

 

[Vi3tKid420]

i just checked my parameters yesterday, and the day before... still all the same. what do u mean by hitchhiker ckrabz

 

[ronjeremy]

crabs that snuck in on liverock that you bought. also, if you are buying all of these fish from the same source, i would try a new one....is the tomato clown the only fish that is still alive???

 

[Vi3tKid420]

tomato, one chromi, and firefish. They have been in the tank for a while, but the clowns that i got were only in the tanks for a week, idk, yeah.

 

[ronjeremy]

have you ever noticed your tomato clown being aggressive???

 

[Vi3tKid420]

nope, he's a little poon just always in the anenome.