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01/18/2018, 01:57 PM | #1 |
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Help! What am I doing wrong?
Haven’t logged in since 2013, but today I need some help.
the set up 20G high softie tank Fluval canister filter (I think it was the 306) 20 lbs live rock Powerhead for circulation Heater Live sand substrate AI Prime Hd light Stocking Two green chromis Pair of designer clowns $$$ Some Zoa polyps 2 hammer corals The problem The tank has been set up for over 4 months. Completed a cycle, had an algae bloom, and all levels were 0 (API test kit) About 1 month ago I added 2 green chromis to the tank. I decided to use a cheaper fish before purchasing anything expensive to make sure my tank was really ready to go. Feeding was very conservative, did not over feed. Once one month had passed with no problems I decided I was ready for my expensive clowns. This is when everything started going wrong. For the first few days the clowns were doing great and everyone was happy, then one of the chromis went missing. I could not find the fishes body anywhere and assumed the clowns did it. But the next day I found the other chromis dead in the tank... this is when I kicked into high gear and started really messing with the tank. First I did 2 50% water changes 1 day apart. But tests all still showed 0. The next day the clowns started showing clear signs of ammonia poisoning (staying on bottom, red streaks, fast breathing) Testing this time showed .25 ammonia in the system. Figuring I was experiencing a mini-cycle and I had caught it early I immediately purchased Amquel plus and did a 75% water change. I dosed the detoxifier every 24 hrs and levels looked like they were going down. I was also planning on doing another water change today. Clowns were even starting to eat again after I started using the detoxifier. But when I woke up today everything was dead in the tank. I don’t understand how this happened. I was very careful about the cycle and not adding all fish at once. I thought I caught the ammonia very early and treated for it appropriately. Yet the clowfish kept dying. The clowns bodies had no color before they died (normally black) but we’re almost white before death. What should I do? What did I do wrong? I thought maybe it could be the decaying body of the 1st chromis but I still have not found it.
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01/18/2018, 02:14 PM | #2 |
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Sorry about the lost, I know a person with same situation your in loosing fish able to keep corals. His phosphate nitrite or nitrate was high. He had changed out his filter Medias inside his canister filter & gave it a good cleaning. Canister filter know to trap stuff
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01/18/2018, 02:14 PM | #3 | |
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Did you quarantine the fish? Almost sounds like Brook or Uronema.
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01/18/2018, 02:22 PM | #4 | |
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01/18/2018, 02:22 PM | #5 |
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When chromis are not quarantined Uronema is a serious possibility. And when clowns are not quarantined brooklynella is a serious possibility. I am thinking one of these two is the culprit.
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01/18/2018, 02:27 PM | #6 | |
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01/18/2018, 02:28 PM | #7 |
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My first thoughts were Uronema, or Brook, or velvet too.
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01/18/2018, 02:40 PM | #8 | |
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01/18/2018, 06:45 PM | #9 |
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Here is a picture of the female right before she died [IMG]http://i64.*******.com/2ecksp3.jpg[/IMG]
I’m beginning to think this was a quarantine issue and not a bio-load one.
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01/18/2018, 06:46 PM | #10 |
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[IMG]http://*******.com/r/2ecksp3/9[/IMG]
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01/18/2018, 06:51 PM | #11 |
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Sorry bad link! Here is the photo right before she died. She was obviously very black and vibrant when I got her
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