I have a 14 gallon Biocube that has been cycled and looking great. I started with just corals and reef crabs and did very well. I added a purple dottyback, a clown and an arrow crab. They did well for 2 weeks and I added a hippo tang and a mandrin dragonet. Everything went south from there. I have my water checked at my lfs every week and he says everything is great. "Better than my water" he says. I thought I might have had ich on the hippo, and it died. My lfs said try a cleaner wrasse and a cleaner shrimp. The wrasse died in a day (he & I both believe it was a poor specimen to start). Then I see the arrow on the dragonet one night, but the fish seemed as though it was not bothered. Next morning the crab has him in a cave "cleaning up." I begin suspecting the arrow and found several forums that said they were very territorial and not really good in a small tank. I traded him for brittle and sand sifter starfish. two days later the dootyback has white spots and dies and four days after that the clown fish follows suit. All this time, I am having my water tested at my lfs and he says it is very good. Short story is I got no fish!
Sorry about the book, but I figure the more details the better chance somebody will know the culprit.
Sorry about the book, but I figure the more details the better chance somebody will know the culprit.