SwampyBill
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There's so much going on here, it's difficult where to start. This may sound harsh, yet we're all concerned for your animals well-being & you succeeding in this awesome hobby. Your 3 month old tank was wiped out in March, yet you continue to add extremely difficult creatures to it w/o knowing your parameters or how to do a water change? STOP ADDING LIVESTOCK until you get a handle on what's going on in your tank.
1--Multiple carpet nems & others in a barely cycled tank. You posted this morning about the nem deteriorating & were given good advice to get them all out of your tank & treat them in a bucket w/ cipro (since you didn't have a QT). It's now 12 hrs later & you still haven't done it? GET THEM ALL OUT & start treatment w/ Cipro or Septra ASAP!
2--You're questioning how to do a water change & if you should change out filters...? Seriously...? What have you been doing since you got the tank up & running? With all the issues going on in your tank, I suggest you do at least a 40% water change. Just siphon out around 30 gallons & replace it w/ fresh RO/DI water.
3--You put corals from the beach in the tank & didn't QT anything? Kinda late to help w/ that...that probly contributed to your tank crash. I'd put them back in the ocean.
4--4 clowns together in your tank (esp. one being a tomato) is another recipe for disaster. I suggest selling that tomato & one of the occy's, or if you have a friend w/ a tank, trade them.
As I said before, I'd run far away from that LFS for giving you such bad advice of knowing you're a noob & still selling 2 carpet anemones (plus others) & 4 clownfish; & saying that's all ok in a newly established system. They clearly aren't very scrupulous or have the best interests of the animals at heart; only interested in taking your money & giving bad advice... Hopefully there are other LFS in your city to do business with...
1--Multiple carpet nems & others in a barely cycled tank. You posted this morning about the nem deteriorating & were given good advice to get them all out of your tank & treat them in a bucket w/ cipro (since you didn't have a QT). It's now 12 hrs later & you still haven't done it? GET THEM ALL OUT & start treatment w/ Cipro or Septra ASAP!
2--You're questioning how to do a water change & if you should change out filters...? Seriously...? What have you been doing since you got the tank up & running? With all the issues going on in your tank, I suggest you do at least a 40% water change. Just siphon out around 30 gallons & replace it w/ fresh RO/DI water.
3--You put corals from the beach in the tank & didn't QT anything? Kinda late to help w/ that...that probly contributed to your tank crash. I'd put them back in the ocean.
4--4 clowns together in your tank (esp. one being a tomato) is another recipe for disaster. I suggest selling that tomato & one of the occy's, or if you have a friend w/ a tank, trade them.
As I said before, I'd run far away from that LFS for giving you such bad advice of knowing you're a noob & still selling 2 carpet anemones (plus others) & 4 clownfish; & saying that's all ok in a newly established system. They clearly aren't very scrupulous or have the best interests of the animals at heart; only interested in taking your money & giving bad advice... Hopefully there are other LFS in your city to do business with...
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