mpderksen
New member
While all 7 fish have been healthy for almost a year with no losses, I seem to have real trouble with various inverts.
I've had a tuxedo urchin, abalone and turbo snail that seem to be doing well, long term. But I have lost 2 Emerald Crabs, a cleaner shrimp and a banded coral shrimp. Not all at once, since I have added only one each time I lose the first. Also most of my snails from Reef Cleaners seem to die off within a few months, so I have to keep ordering. I have no hermits that could be eating them.
The latest to disappear was the coral banded. He was in there around 4 months, and molted twice in that time period, which looked like a healthy sign. My cleaner shrimp in my nano tank molts monthly and still doing great, and I use the same water and change schedule (but 2 completely different tanks isn't really a comparison).
I don't believe any of my fish actually eat inverts, but the list is below, just in case. My parameters seem reasonable, although my Ca is a bit high at 470.
Do inverts just have short lifespans or should I be looking for something that affects them and not the corals and fish in the tank?
Livestock:
Blue-Green Chromis
Spotted Cardinalfish x2
Maroon Clown
One-Spot foxface
Dwarf flame angel
Kole tang
I've had a tuxedo urchin, abalone and turbo snail that seem to be doing well, long term. But I have lost 2 Emerald Crabs, a cleaner shrimp and a banded coral shrimp. Not all at once, since I have added only one each time I lose the first. Also most of my snails from Reef Cleaners seem to die off within a few months, so I have to keep ordering. I have no hermits that could be eating them.
The latest to disappear was the coral banded. He was in there around 4 months, and molted twice in that time period, which looked like a healthy sign. My cleaner shrimp in my nano tank molts monthly and still doing great, and I use the same water and change schedule (but 2 completely different tanks isn't really a comparison).
I don't believe any of my fish actually eat inverts, but the list is below, just in case. My parameters seem reasonable, although my Ca is a bit high at 470.
Do inverts just have short lifespans or should I be looking for something that affects them and not the corals and fish in the tank?
Livestock:
Blue-Green Chromis
Spotted Cardinalfish x2
Maroon Clown
One-Spot foxface
Dwarf flame angel
Kole tang