need help! New to the marine hobby.

[zeno88]

hello! I have a 5 gal. evo salt water tank. recently I lost 2 clown fish and have no clue why.. I also have an unknown friend that came with my live rock (will post a picture). my main concern is why am I losing my little guys and my levels are good. I also have a jelly like substance,white in color, please lend my your knowledge!

 

[JVan82]

How longs it been set up?
What are your water parameters?

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[zeno88]

still trying to figure out how to upload photos -_-

 

[zeno88]

saltwater test kit shows all is well and my hydrometer reads 32 1.024 and 1.025

 

[zeno88]

do you have an email I can send the photos to maybe you can identify the problem that way?

 

[Sk8r]

Did you cycle the tank? 2 clowns in only 5 gallons could be an oxygenation issue, could be an ammonia isssue, and your white slime is almost certainly a bacterial sheet which could also deplete oxygen. Go to Imgur and go through procedures on the BBCopy function.

 

[zeno88]

thank you!

 

[zeno88]

http://imgur.com/QQ002sg
http://imgur.com/cFZIFPM
http://imgur.com/Su22fmg
http://imgur.com/gMCv3X5.

 

[zeno88]

 

[zeno88]

 

[heathlindner25]

Damn incur and those large pics...

 

[bonedaddycjh]

Damn incur and those large pics...

yeah im trying to figure out how to get mine smaller too this is a bit extreme haha

 

[homer1475]

This is why I like photobucket. They automatically resize the image for forums if you copy/paste the

tags

 

[MurphyLong]

This is why I like photobucket. They automatically resize the image for forums if you copy/paste the

tags

Photobucket is stopping that now. New T.O.S. stated it won't allow 3rd party site linking anymore.

 

[\Clownfish/]

This reminds me when I first started out without much knowledge. There maybe an ammonia spike. What are your parameters?

 

[Stolireef]

hello! I have a 5 gal. evo salt water tank. recently I lost 2 clown fish and have no clue why.. I also have an unknown friend that came with my live rock (will post a picture). my main concern is why am I losing my little guys and my levels are good. I also have a jelly like substance,white in color, please lend my your knowledge!

Need much more info. Specific parameters (ammonia, nitrite, nitrate), age of tank, how long did the fish survive.

 

[Diana A]

let me see if I can post a photo for you

 

[zeno88]

tank is about 2 months old. testing levels were ok nitrite was a bit high and I did a 60% water change. then added phose guard. tank seems to be doing a lot better. but my main concern now is that white jelly like substance. it seems to be subsiding a little. also can someone identify the fish that is hiding in the coral please?

 

[heathlindner25]

Looks like a stressed out yellow or green clown goby