I mean think about this... you invest thousands of dollars into equipment, supplies, test kits. You spend countless hours trying to maintain the environment. You read and read until you can't see straight. And in the end what happens?
2 fish in less than 2 months have passed. The first 2 fish in your new tank, which you cycled for almost 2 full months before even thinking about introducing live stock.
I've really tried hard to do everything right. As bad as I wanted fish, I waited until the cycle was complete. I even added an extra 3 weeks to make good and sure.
The first fish to pass away was a yellow tang. So I decided let's go with a coral beauty next. Less than 3 weeks later he is now gone to.
The tang looked bad from the start. The coral beauty was great, until 3 days ago. He stopped eating, starting having a hard time swimming, would not come out from the rock. I came home today and he looked so bad I decided to "put him down". He could not even move, was barley breathing.
I've checked my water parameters over and over. I even tested twice on ocassion to verify my results. Amm: 0 -> Nitrite: 0 -> Nitrate: Under 5 -> PH 8.0 to 8.2 (depending on time of day the test is done) -> Temp: 79 F -> Salinity: 1.021
I had a huge Ammonia spike durning the cycle, followed by a Nitrite spike. Those leveled off after almost a full month. Then I waited another 3 weeks to make sure there was no other "spike".
Is there something I am overlooking? Something I am doing wrong? Was is just bad luck with these 2 fish. I don't want to harm any more fish and I don't want to continue spending money on livestock and equipment for nothing. Does anyone have any advice? Please?
2 fish in less than 2 months have passed. The first 2 fish in your new tank, which you cycled for almost 2 full months before even thinking about introducing live stock.
I've really tried hard to do everything right. As bad as I wanted fish, I waited until the cycle was complete. I even added an extra 3 weeks to make good and sure.
The first fish to pass away was a yellow tang. So I decided let's go with a coral beauty next. Less than 3 weeks later he is now gone to.
The tang looked bad from the start. The coral beauty was great, until 3 days ago. He stopped eating, starting having a hard time swimming, would not come out from the rock. I came home today and he looked so bad I decided to "put him down". He could not even move, was barley breathing.
I've checked my water parameters over and over. I even tested twice on ocassion to verify my results. Amm: 0 -> Nitrite: 0 -> Nitrate: Under 5 -> PH 8.0 to 8.2 (depending on time of day the test is done) -> Temp: 79 F -> Salinity: 1.021
I had a huge Ammonia spike durning the cycle, followed by a Nitrite spike. Those leveled off after almost a full month. Then I waited another 3 weeks to make sure there was no other "spike".
Is there something I am overlooking? Something I am doing wrong? Was is just bad luck with these 2 fish. I don't want to harm any more fish and I don't want to continue spending money on livestock and equipment for nothing. Does anyone have any advice? Please?