hey guys!
I could use some advice on my 12 gallon nano cube. It has been running for about 3 months now, water parameters & temperature have been stable/pristine for some time now but I'm having a strange problem that neither I nor any of my LFS's can figure out.
The Tank:
- 12 Gallon JBJ Nano Cube Deluxe
- 20 lbs of live sand
- 10 lbs of fully cured live rock
- Euro Nano Skimmer (producing a decent amount of skimmate)
- Filtration media: Bio Rings & Activated Carbon
- Return Pump: MaxiJet 900 w/ retrofitted Hydor Flo
- Stock LED lighting
- Rid Volt for stray voltage
The Water:
Though I don't know the parameters off the top of my head, everything has been testing out perfect... pH, gH, kH, Alk, phos, with no trace of Ammonia, Nitrites, nitrates etc.
I've been doing weekly 25% water changes... the last two changes have been large 80% water changes... All of which I buy premixed RO/DI from the same LFS and I've been making sure the temperature and every parameter of the new water the same as what's in the tank. The water I buy at my LFS is the same water they use for their massive collection of healthy coral and livestock so I'm confident the water isn't the issue.
The Problem:
the first inhabitant was a lawnmower blenny, then i introduced a small stalk of xenia, a small ricordia, tiny frag of zoas, and lastly a green hairy mushroom coral.... I've also progressively introduced a CUC comprised of a fire shrimp, hermits, and snails...
EVERYTHING keeps dying off...
My xenia last a week and then melt away into oblivion... i tried introducing xenia on two separate occasions...
Ricordia was doing great and then shriveled away. Mushrooms coral melted away and disappeared.... and ALL of my inverts slowly died.
Oh, and i bought a small mandarin which never ate anything so its skin started to stick to its bones and then inevitably died 3 weeks later.
The only thing surviving is the lawnmower blenny and the weird thing is, he is the healthiest lawnmower blenny I've ever seen! If there was something in my water that was killing off every living creature, you would think the lawnmower blenny would've died off too or, at the very least, be sitting in a corner somewhere stressed out and and looking sick. Well, he prances around all day eating algae off the walls and sand and is ridiculously healthy.
No one can tell me what is wrong, and I'm afraid to buy any more corals or fish. what should i DO?!!! Water is perfect, tank parameters have been consistently stable, temperature is stable, water flow is good, lighting is perfect, no stray voltage, algae is under control... I'm defeated. PLEASE HELP
I could use some advice on my 12 gallon nano cube. It has been running for about 3 months now, water parameters & temperature have been stable/pristine for some time now but I'm having a strange problem that neither I nor any of my LFS's can figure out.
The Tank:
- 12 Gallon JBJ Nano Cube Deluxe
- 20 lbs of live sand
- 10 lbs of fully cured live rock
- Euro Nano Skimmer (producing a decent amount of skimmate)
- Filtration media: Bio Rings & Activated Carbon
- Return Pump: MaxiJet 900 w/ retrofitted Hydor Flo
- Stock LED lighting
- Rid Volt for stray voltage
The Water:
Though I don't know the parameters off the top of my head, everything has been testing out perfect... pH, gH, kH, Alk, phos, with no trace of Ammonia, Nitrites, nitrates etc.
I've been doing weekly 25% water changes... the last two changes have been large 80% water changes... All of which I buy premixed RO/DI from the same LFS and I've been making sure the temperature and every parameter of the new water the same as what's in the tank. The water I buy at my LFS is the same water they use for their massive collection of healthy coral and livestock so I'm confident the water isn't the issue.
The Problem:
the first inhabitant was a lawnmower blenny, then i introduced a small stalk of xenia, a small ricordia, tiny frag of zoas, and lastly a green hairy mushroom coral.... I've also progressively introduced a CUC comprised of a fire shrimp, hermits, and snails...
EVERYTHING keeps dying off...
My xenia last a week and then melt away into oblivion... i tried introducing xenia on two separate occasions...
Ricordia was doing great and then shriveled away. Mushrooms coral melted away and disappeared.... and ALL of my inverts slowly died.
Oh, and i bought a small mandarin which never ate anything so its skin started to stick to its bones and then inevitably died 3 weeks later.
The only thing surviving is the lawnmower blenny and the weird thing is, he is the healthiest lawnmower blenny I've ever seen! If there was something in my water that was killing off every living creature, you would think the lawnmower blenny would've died off too or, at the very least, be sitting in a corner somewhere stressed out and and looking sick. Well, he prances around all day eating algae off the walls and sand and is ridiculously healthy.
No one can tell me what is wrong, and I'm afraid to buy any more corals or fish. what should i DO?!!! Water is perfect, tank parameters have been consistently stable, temperature is stable, water flow is good, lighting is perfect, no stray voltage, algae is under control... I'm defeated. PLEASE HELP