Hope someone has some advice...
About 6 months ago, I stopped at a reputable shop and got a Convict Goby and an Urchin.
The goby is still going strong - moving all the substrate around and generally out of sight until feeding time.
The Urchin died like the moment I put it in the tank. At least I'm assuming it did - since it seemed okay before hand and when I put it in the tank it dropped like a stone to the bottom and sat there. I left it there for a day just in case I was mistaken, but it got really hard so I took it out.
So... that brings us to today. Different store. I get a Maroon clown and a Coral Banded Shrimp.
Put the clown in. It's fine.
Put the shrimp in. It gives two sharp jolts like it's having a fit, then sinks to the bototm.
8 hours later, the clown is doing fine. The goby is fine. The damsel which cycled the tank is also still doing fine...
When adding fish, I always float the new fish in the bag inside the tank with the light off for at least 15 minutes.
Now, for the background on the tank:
20 Long tank with a power-compact flourescent
Millenium 3000 filter (over the back with two carbon/floss inserts and two bio-grids)
set-it-forget it thermometer which is set to 74 degrees
Salinity is 1.026
Nitrite = 0
Ammonia = 0.25 or less
pH = 8.4
I've got 6 or 8 large pieces of live rock, a bed of live sand which started the whole tank and the fish listed above along with a condylactis anemone (which was best friends with my last maroon clown but this new one doesn't seem to want to be too friendly...)
So... what am I doing wrong here? I don't see how the fish can be fine and something as big as that urchin or the shrimp can just up and die in seconds...
I don't think there are currently any snails or crabs in there, but I haven't ever had trouble keeping them alive. They only ever seem to give up the ghost when we go away for a awhile and too much water evaporates.
I hope I hit all the necessary info, but let me know if I need to fill any gaps.
Thanks for any help!
ryan
About 6 months ago, I stopped at a reputable shop and got a Convict Goby and an Urchin.
The goby is still going strong - moving all the substrate around and generally out of sight until feeding time.
The Urchin died like the moment I put it in the tank. At least I'm assuming it did - since it seemed okay before hand and when I put it in the tank it dropped like a stone to the bottom and sat there. I left it there for a day just in case I was mistaken, but it got really hard so I took it out.
So... that brings us to today. Different store. I get a Maroon clown and a Coral Banded Shrimp.
Put the clown in. It's fine.
Put the shrimp in. It gives two sharp jolts like it's having a fit, then sinks to the bototm.
8 hours later, the clown is doing fine. The goby is fine. The damsel which cycled the tank is also still doing fine...
When adding fish, I always float the new fish in the bag inside the tank with the light off for at least 15 minutes.
Now, for the background on the tank:
20 Long tank with a power-compact flourescent
Millenium 3000 filter (over the back with two carbon/floss inserts and two bio-grids)
set-it-forget it thermometer which is set to 74 degrees
Salinity is 1.026
Nitrite = 0
Ammonia = 0.25 or less
pH = 8.4
I've got 6 or 8 large pieces of live rock, a bed of live sand which started the whole tank and the fish listed above along with a condylactis anemone (which was best friends with my last maroon clown but this new one doesn't seem to want to be too friendly...)
So... what am I doing wrong here? I don't see how the fish can be fine and something as big as that urchin or the shrimp can just up and die in seconds...
I don't think there are currently any snails or crabs in there, but I haven't ever had trouble keeping them alive. They only ever seem to give up the ghost when we go away for a awhile and too much water evaporates.
I hope I hit all the necessary info, but let me know if I need to fill any gaps.
Thanks for any help!
ryan