ShannonFaas
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
Hi all! I have a 70 gallon tank that we are really fighting right now. We have had a slow climb of nitrates which we have down to 80 right now but are still doing 2 water changes at 14 gallons a week each. Our blue hippo tang has lateral line disease which we think the nitrates caused. We had an undergravel filter that must have harbored the nitrate. We have been working with a local tropical fish place that said putting live rock with a lot of flow will help. All of our fish have been in our tank for approx 6 months or more. We put the live rock in about a month ago and have had nothing but problems since. Now our fish have ich. The coral beauty seems to be having the hardest time. The local place said to mince garlic in the brine shrimp and feed that once a day, we also do a pellet feed in the morning. Our blue hippo was the first to come down with it, then the sail fin...we increased the water temp, did the garlic, thought it was going away then woke up one morning a couple days ago with the coral beauty covered and looks to be blind in the left eye now...I am not sure if the live rock caused this...please give me any adivce you can...we are at a loss now..and don't want to lose anymore fish....the day after the people came to put the live rock in...we lost our fox face. HELP!!