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I acclimate for around an hour. i open the bag and place it in the tank and add a small amount of my water to the bag every 10 minutes...i only add one fish at a time...i guess i need to look at a refractometer...they have been lasting about 3 weeks after i add them...

And my lfs keeps their salinity at 23

I am using an instant ocean hydrometer...they checked at my lfs as well....my ammonia is 0 and the nitrates are at 10...the lfs is blaming the Ph but I'm not really buying that

I use instant ocean and keep it at 1.023...my temp is 80 I did have it at 78 but the same the thing was happening with the fish

I get it 8.2 to 8.3 and it falls to 7.8...

Help with tank recycle...all my fish are dying... Ok, here is the deal... I have a 125g FOWLR...When I set it up I let it run for about 6 months. I had a good cycle and my water parameters were always fine. I had a nice livestock with 2 damsels, a clownfish, foxface rabbit, blue tang, lion...

My light schedule is 12/12...i think i have a lot of movement...i have a powerhead that ripples the surface, my protein skimmer return and my filter return...when i look in the tank i have a pretty movement of water...i started having trouble after we had a tornado and i lost asll my fish except...

is a marine buffer and water changed the only way to keep my ph up? it keeps dropping and my fish keep dying...it really sucks...thanks

thanks everyone...

The only problem with a small setup is that it is very easy for the water to get out of hand and the maintenance is a ton more. If you are limited on space I would get a nano setup...they are designed specifically for a smaller setup...

That would be more than likely be them trying to establish dominance...My clown does it to everyone in the tank...It's quite funny...

I started a 10 gallon bare bottom quarantine tank and I filled it with water from my pwc's. All the levels were ph 8.2, ammonia, nitrites, and nitrates were all 0. I picked up some fish from my lfs and put them in quarantine (blonde naso and a humu trigger). They were doing just fine but when...

honestly i went to walmart spent 45 bucks got a 10 gallon aquarium set with a heater and used the water from my pwc...45 to save a few hundred in fish is well worth it...

i figured it was just one of those things that happens...its my water was out of whack i would understand...maybe i will have better luck with the next one...

Here is what I have... salinity 1.020 ph 8.2 ammonia 0 nitrites 0 nitrates 0 10% water changes every week He was acting just fine, he ate a live fish on Sunday (just like every other Sunday) and after that he usually just lays about for a day or so. I noticed last night he was laying on the...