My stuff is dying...

[boxfishpooalot]

Anything life threatening will cause the fish to jump out. I would add an ammonia binding agent or get a bacterial supplement or a piece of live rock to keep that ammonia down. But I'm surprised you've got ammonia considering the tank is more than a month old rigt? I wod also suggest seachem ammonia alert.

 

[Jritter02]

I've got 15 pounds of lie sand in the tank along with 15-20pounds of live rock. All the tests I have done in the last month or so including today all read 0 ammonia. The LFS read 1ppm today (yesterday). I went straight home and read with my api kit (same kit he used) and mine read 0. I forgot to mention...about the day the shrimp died a few day ago...the anemone moved from the middle of the tank under the bright lights to the back of the tank behind the live rock. Is that common?

 

[tmz]

Well, while I agree the tangs should not be in such a small tank; your parameters as reported are not incicative of any water quality issue from excess bioload. Sometimes fish ,like tangs or damsels( amppirion/clowns included) become more aggressive and territorial in smaller tanks. The commotion could lead to the jumping. A hitchiker like a mantis could cause it too. A toxin may also be in play . Something may be preying on the shrimp. Were your clowns both females? If so they will fight .

 

[Louis Z]

At 2months old on a school 15gal tank , I only had a hermit crab. I went through all the ugly algae issues without worrying, even though the teacher thought I was neglecting the tank and was probably second guessing why she let me put it in her science lab. After 6 months, I did rush a few things by adding lps corals without quarantine and I lost some. I was trying to add specimens for the topics she was covering. Now everything goes thru QT even clean up crews. As others have said, be patient so that your loss or failure don't defeat you before you have really gotten to enjoy this endeavor. I would question everything that LFS tells you. Read Coral magazine, search old posts here on RC, for a second opinion

 

[Jritter02]

I'm not sure the Sex of the clowns. Ive never seen any of the fish act aggressive at all even at feeding time.