Hello everyone, brand new here.
First off, thanks for reading.
5 months ago I set up a 29 gallon tank. The tank cycled well and after a month I added a pistol shrimp and wheelers goby pair. The shrimp disappeared after a few weeks and the goby left their cave so I assume the shrimp died. Still, things were going ok. Added a toadstool leather coral and a zoa frag. Over Christmas, we left town for a week (had a friend watch the house, told her to only feed the tank twice so there wasn't overfeeding), and then when I got back in town the tank was a cyanobacteria disaster, and the corals were DEAD DEAD DEAD, falling apart.
After that it's been only downhill. I've gone through a blackline blenny, mccoskers wrasse, hector's goby, and clown goby- all died within days of adding them to the tank. And then two weeks ago my original Wheeler's goby died. Currently the only livestock in the tank is a black clownfish, six nassarius snails, two tiny ricordea mushrooms and a clove coral frag that won't open. The clown isn't looking good, but he is eating. The cyanobacteria is back completely only a few days after each water change. I dont know what it's eating either, because my nitrates have been reading absolutely 0 for the last month.
I know my tank is still young but I'm about to give up!
Please help me figure out what I'm doing/what is killing my fish and destroying my tank.
ABOUT MY TANK:
29 G
Salinity is 1.023
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 0
Ph 8.3
Calcium 520
Temp 78
Currenly don't have a phosphate test
Reef octopus 100 HOB skimmer
Running a small aquaclear filter with GFO/Carbon mixture only
1 powerhead
30 lbs live rock
Small hang on refugium to grow chaeto (currently empty)
4 bulb T5 fixture with ATI bulbs
First off, thanks for reading.
5 months ago I set up a 29 gallon tank. The tank cycled well and after a month I added a pistol shrimp and wheelers goby pair. The shrimp disappeared after a few weeks and the goby left their cave so I assume the shrimp died. Still, things were going ok. Added a toadstool leather coral and a zoa frag. Over Christmas, we left town for a week (had a friend watch the house, told her to only feed the tank twice so there wasn't overfeeding), and then when I got back in town the tank was a cyanobacteria disaster, and the corals were DEAD DEAD DEAD, falling apart.
After that it's been only downhill. I've gone through a blackline blenny, mccoskers wrasse, hector's goby, and clown goby- all died within days of adding them to the tank. And then two weeks ago my original Wheeler's goby died. Currently the only livestock in the tank is a black clownfish, six nassarius snails, two tiny ricordea mushrooms and a clove coral frag that won't open. The clown isn't looking good, but he is eating. The cyanobacteria is back completely only a few days after each water change. I dont know what it's eating either, because my nitrates have been reading absolutely 0 for the last month.
I know my tank is still young but I'm about to give up!
Please help me figure out what I'm doing/what is killing my fish and destroying my tank.
ABOUT MY TANK:
29 G
Salinity is 1.023
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 0
Ph 8.3
Calcium 520
Temp 78
Currenly don't have a phosphate test
Reef octopus 100 HOB skimmer
Running a small aquaclear filter with GFO/Carbon mixture only
1 powerhead
30 lbs live rock
Small hang on refugium to grow chaeto (currently empty)
4 bulb T5 fixture with ATI bulbs
