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answers and question James, would these readings be high even a week after the fish died? The clownfish died last Tuesday (12/23). It will always be a fish only tank - probably only the two clownfishes now so we'll look into the copper treatment. We originally anticipated this 20g tank...

illnesses Thank you, HoopsGuru, for helping me. The tang appeared to suffer from HLLE and never got better. The smaller clownfish had one episode of a bacteria that was successfully treated with Melafix. The blue tang died two weeks after that. We then had red slime algae that was treated...

test results I use the Salifert test kits. These are my readings today: Nitrate 10 Nitrite 0.25 Ammonia <0.5 Ph 7.7 KH 14.1 - Alkalinity 5.03 We have two hang-on canister type filters (can get the exact info. from the boxes in the garage if you need to know) and we do a 25% water change...

We have a 20g breeder tank. We started with two clownfishes at the end of July and added a (very small) regal blue tang in late September, hoping to buy a 65g system after the holidays. The blue tang died in early November and we decided to keep the two clowns alone and see how they did (since...

follow up questions Thank you, triggers, for your response. I have two follow up questions - hope you don't mind. The tang has had a "velvet look" from day one so it's highly likely that it's as you say, Amylodinium. What also rung true is that the clownfishes both appear to have a loss of...

Our clowns hung out everywhere until we put in a new coral (on the right side). They immediately took over the left side of the tank and they rarely venture beyond the middle point. It has been that way for almost two months now so I think it's normal.

My clowns do the same, make a mound out of the sand and hang out in the "ditch" of sorts. From my limited experience (going on three months), it is normal.

We had two clownfish in our tank for two months before we introduced a royal blue tang. The tang had just arrived at the LFS and it was an impulsive decision (one that I now KNOW is a no-no). In any event, the tang could not eat for days (the clowns would literally take and hoard the food and...

We are still observing our two clownfishes in their spawning or pre-spawning behavior. I just received Wilkerson's book and immediately noted that she recommends "clay flowerpots . . . or ceramic tile" as a suitable potential spawning substrate. I have never heard of such a thing and I would...

We have two clownfishes in a 20 gallon tank (no anemone or anything else other than coral and rock) and they have been with us for nearly a month now. We had some initial water cycling issues, but everything is fine now and they appear to be happy. The only thing that has happened in the past...

Thank you for your responses. I truly thought I would wake up to dead fish this morning, but they are both fine and swimming. To answer the questions asked in response to my post, I don't know the ammonia test result because my LFS does the test for free and tells me if it's okay or not okay...

We have set up a new tank (20 gal) and after five weeks of cycling, we added the only fish we intend to have, two clownfish, today. They seemed okay all afternoon and evening, but I just checked on them and they were both on the sand, struggling to swim up. After turning on the light and...