Ziggy953 said:
Does your LFS tell you when they got the fish? Mine posts the arrival dates of each fish on the tank they are in. I never buy a fish that has just arrived. stress from shipping and then acclimating and then acclimating again is rough. I lost a cleaner wrasse that way and I won't ever do it again. That could be the problem...just my thoughts
Yeah My LFS Keeps a log of all their fish, and the Owner wont sell any of the fish untill they have been there for a week+ and has been cleared by himself personally.
lando said:
It might be worth investigating why the fish are dying in only a month. If water parameters are good, turn your attention to feeding and species. What fish have you lost?
As far as additions, you have many great and hardy options. A royal gramma, sixline wrasse, purple firefish or a school of 3-5 chromis would be nice.
I feed 1 cube of Mysis Shrimp over the period of 1 day. I feed about 1/2 the cube in the morning, and 1/2 the cube in the evening.
The Fish I've lost were 1x Watchman Goby, 3x Copper Banded Butterfly's, 1x Naso Tang, 2x Algae Blennie.
The Watchman goby May have died of starvation, he was skinny, and then stopped eating and died. Why? Not sure. I wated a few months and have purchased another watchman goby, who is doing great, he is eating EVERYTHING, including Algae off the rocks and glass, sifting the sand corner to corner of the tank, and has grown since introducing him to the tank.
The 3 Copper Banded Butterfly's all got Ich in QT, but all had recovered from Ich, showing no signs for several weeks, looked great one day, was dead the next.
The Naso Tang was in the tank about 3-4 weeks, and looked like he was doing fine, Was swiming around eating one day, the next was hiding under a rock, laying against the rock/sand, that evening died.
The 2 algae blennies, the first died a few days after I got him, So probably stress? The 2nd lasted a little over 1 month, was eating well, and looked good the night before, next day, was dead.
As for the Chromis's I purchased 3 of them for my QT tank to keep the tank cycled in between fish purchased, and the slightly bigger one, killed the 2 slightly smaller ones, by chasing them away when feeding, and eventually they died. I am told the 1 still living is a Female because of this action. She is still in my QT tank by herself.
squawkbert said:
Calcium 280-320 (I have a hard time with this test kit, as the Final Color is not even close to the color printed on the instructions)
I'd get this sorted out. Despite Ca being more of an invert (coral) issue, this concerns me. What do you do to keep Ca levels & pH up?
I was using A powdered Calcium Suppliment, but my calcium would never go up. I then started using Purple-Up Instead, and still no increase. My LFS tested my magnesium and said it was at 199, they said it's suppose to be 4x my Calcium level. So they suggested using Seachem Reef Complete, which is a Liquid Calcium, Magnesium, and strontium.
They also suggested using Kent's RO Prep with my PWC to restore missing minerals from using RO/DI water. So Right now I am using Those 2 items. I have SeaChem's Reef Buffer 8.2 which works really good, I used it many months ago when my PH would never go about 7.8, But in the last few months, my PH never goes below 8.2.
roka64 said:
Not Real Big. My Biggest are the Zebra Hermit's and they are about as big as a small margarita Snail, Cus those are the shells they are cruzing around in. Maybe the size of a dime, or nickel..
Thanks All,
-TheChad
