Hey everyone. Thanks for taking a look at my post. I started my tank this past April...My issue is that I am losing for fish for what appears to be no specific reason. It is 75g tank with a sump/fuge system. My corals are looking amazing and I couldn't be happier. My parameters are as follows:
Nitrates - 0-5ppm
Nitrites - 0ppm
PH 8.2-8.3
Ammonia 0ppm
Salinity 1.024
I currently perform about 10% water changes a week 6-8g, this is based on the displacement of water due to the 90lbs of LR.
When I first started adding fish about a month into my cycle I lost some and assumed it was too early to add fish. I let my parameters stabilize and over the past 2.5 months I have added in this order 2 oscellaris clowns, purple firefish, exquisite wrasse, yellow tang and flame angel, carribean blue tang, yellow watchman goby. Everything was going great for the past month. Then last Tuesday I find the yellow tang and flame angel dead. Wednesday morning the clowns and Wednesday night the blue tang. Everything was fine I noticed the spikes in testing as expected. All other fish had been doing well. Then Saturday I lose my exquisite wrasse... Loved that fish :fish1:
I had tried a variety of tricks to see if I had a predator in my tank, tried the stocking trick with shrimp in it, tried testing at different periods of the day, rearranged aqua scape looking for something. I am lost at what could have taken my fish. I dose my tank twice a week with Fuel and coral food. I feed my tank every three days or so a blend of shrimp and missus with a touch of Zoe.
So currently I have a beautiful coral tank and 2 fish. The purple firefish and the watchman goby, he is paired with his shrimp friend which is pretty cool.
No I do not have a quarantine tank, I use a drip acclamation process over a 1.5 hour period of time. What do I do? Where did I go wrong? Just tested levels and they are perfect, I want to add some fish but also feel like I am killing everything.
Would appreciate any and all advise. Thanks!
-Governor
Nitrates - 0-5ppm
Nitrites - 0ppm
PH 8.2-8.3
Ammonia 0ppm
Salinity 1.024
I currently perform about 10% water changes a week 6-8g, this is based on the displacement of water due to the 90lbs of LR.
When I first started adding fish about a month into my cycle I lost some and assumed it was too early to add fish. I let my parameters stabilize and over the past 2.5 months I have added in this order 2 oscellaris clowns, purple firefish, exquisite wrasse, yellow tang and flame angel, carribean blue tang, yellow watchman goby. Everything was going great for the past month. Then last Tuesday I find the yellow tang and flame angel dead. Wednesday morning the clowns and Wednesday night the blue tang. Everything was fine I noticed the spikes in testing as expected. All other fish had been doing well. Then Saturday I lose my exquisite wrasse... Loved that fish :fish1:
I had tried a variety of tricks to see if I had a predator in my tank, tried the stocking trick with shrimp in it, tried testing at different periods of the day, rearranged aqua scape looking for something. I am lost at what could have taken my fish. I dose my tank twice a week with Fuel and coral food. I feed my tank every three days or so a blend of shrimp and missus with a touch of Zoe.
So currently I have a beautiful coral tank and 2 fish. The purple firefish and the watchman goby, he is paired with his shrimp friend which is pretty cool.
No I do not have a quarantine tank, I use a drip acclamation process over a 1.5 hour period of time. What do I do? Where did I go wrong? Just tested levels and they are perfect, I want to add some fish but also feel like I am killing everything.
Would appreciate any and all advise. Thanks!
-Governor
