johnd4g
Aquarium Advice Regular
Hi all...
Newbie here so please be patient. I set up my first saltwater fish only tank about 5 months ago and have been doing surprisingly well except for one thing. Some of my fish keep dieing. I presently have a Yellow Tang, two Blue/Green Chromis, a Horshoe Crab, and a few dwarf crabs and snails. I do 10-20% water changes every 2 weeks. I check my water chemistry frequently and its been looking good. I use tap water filtered thru a RO/DI filter. Over the last few months I've lost at different times a Yellow Eyed Tang, a Sailfin Tang, a Tassle Filefish, a Royal Gramma, and 3 False Percs. The Chromis are original to the tank and the Yellow Tang and Horshoe Crab have been with me for about 3 months. I can probably expect that some of my earlier losses were due to my own inexperience. But lately I've noticed that the Yellow Tang has been attacking and killing my more recent fish.... the Sailfin Tang and Tassle Filefish. The Yellow Tang is about 3 inches long and is a beautiful fish in my aquarium, but I don't like the fact that he's killing the other fish. What do you folks recommend? Should I trade him in and introduce a group of new additions at once? Are there any fish that should be safe from attacks? Will the Chromis also start this same behavior? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I really enjoy my tank but would like to add some new fish that will survive.
Thanks,
John
Newbie here so please be patient. I set up my first saltwater fish only tank about 5 months ago and have been doing surprisingly well except for one thing. Some of my fish keep dieing. I presently have a Yellow Tang, two Blue/Green Chromis, a Horshoe Crab, and a few dwarf crabs and snails. I do 10-20% water changes every 2 weeks. I check my water chemistry frequently and its been looking good. I use tap water filtered thru a RO/DI filter. Over the last few months I've lost at different times a Yellow Eyed Tang, a Sailfin Tang, a Tassle Filefish, a Royal Gramma, and 3 False Percs. The Chromis are original to the tank and the Yellow Tang and Horshoe Crab have been with me for about 3 months. I can probably expect that some of my earlier losses were due to my own inexperience. But lately I've noticed that the Yellow Tang has been attacking and killing my more recent fish.... the Sailfin Tang and Tassle Filefish. The Yellow Tang is about 3 inches long and is a beautiful fish in my aquarium, but I don't like the fact that he's killing the other fish. What do you folks recommend? Should I trade him in and introduce a group of new additions at once? Are there any fish that should be safe from attacks? Will the Chromis also start this same behavior? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I really enjoy my tank but would like to add some new fish that will survive.
Thanks,
John