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yea i do water changes every 3 weeks. test my water every week. ive done the drip. im starting to think ive just gotten an unlucky pair. the pair was pretty acive. ive got lots of hidey holes. not sure.

i used the word cycle loosesly. the tank was completly set up with live rock for 5 weeks before i put the damsel fish in. it has been 4 months since i introduced the fish, then crabs, then snails. my salinity steady at 1.024. my ph is at 8.0. nitrites and nitrates are at zero.

i have a 55 gallon tank. 45lbs, live rock. I have been cycling this tank probably about 4 months now. in the tank i have 1 damsel, several hermits, 3 snails, sally lightfoot crab. couple little brissle stars. all sorts of hangers from original live rock. I have lost 2 pair of clown fish. really...

i brought them home in the bag. its only a 15 min ride tops. i opened the bag and clipped it inside the tank so the temp could even out. i did the drip in a bucket for an hour. i timed 15 min intervals and took about a cup out each 15. after an hour i put them in. left the light off for most of...

they are both dead now. really kinda agrivated about the whole thing. im gonna wait a few weeks maybe more before i try again. i really dont know what i coulda done much different. ive got plenty of life in there already. my sallylight foot crab is always on the move. my hermits a few have...

one died, im sure the second is going to follow suit shortly. So frustrated. i dont mind the time money and effort i put into my tank. im proud of it. but dam this is pissing me off. idk, i guess im gonna take some water to the store have them check my readings are accurate. ive put so much dam...

ok back to not knowing what to do. ive tried flakes, freeze dried brine shrimp, frozen mysis shrimp thawed and basted into water, and now pellets. everything is ignored. my damsel is loving life with all the new foods tho. ugh

since saturday afternoon.

so, i tried the mysis shrimp. completly ignored them. ive got pellets that im gonnna try in the morning. btw i did turn pumps off during feeding. they just stay in the middle bottom part of my tank. i really dont know whats the problem. i did a 10% water change last weds. i tested my water the...

they ignore or get out of the foods way completly. im gonna go to the store this evening and hopefully find something they will eat. theyve been moving around tho. instead of camping out behind the rocks they are right in the middle of my tank now.

Thanks for the replys. I feel a little better. After you disolve the food do you just pour it in? i think ive seen videos on youtube where they r using a baster.

Quick run thru of my tank... It is 55 gallon read the dummies guide and a lot of stuff online. ran tank with just water and filter, cascade 700, for 3 weeks. added 10 lbs of live rock and 35 base rock set them in for another 3 weeks. added a damsel and ten hermy crabs, no problems. bout 5 snails...