countrygurl84
Aquarium Advice Newbie
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- Mar 7, 2010
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i have a 35 gal tank and in it are 2 big hairy hermit crabs, a porcupine puffer and another puffer that its spikes r always up and a lion fish and a domino damsel and 2 zebra stripe damsels and a snail and a starfish. well, the lion fish died and the lady at the pet store tested my water and said there was no reason it shouldve died so she is going to replace him. a few days later my spiky puffer started to get this white flaky stuff on him like he was peeling and his eyes got cloudy and wouldnt eat so i went back to the pet store and got mardel maracyn plus, an antibiotic for the water, well, later that night the spiky puffer died. i continued the antibiotics like the bottle said and then my hermit crab died and then my starfish started to look funny so i put him in my other tank and he is fine now. well, lastnight my last puffer died, same thing...flaky pelling looking stuff, cloudy eyes and wouldnt eat. my water levels are as fallows: ammonia-.50, nitrite-.25, pH-7.8, nitrate-either 5.0 or 10, and the gravity level is between 1.023 and 1.024. does anyone have any experience with this issue and if so how do i solve it so my fish dont continue to die and i can get more puffers back in this tank. thanks guys