teapage
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
So, I have a 46g bowfront tank that was set up by the fish store in August. They came and brought the tank, live sand, live rock, saltwater, filtration system and the light. THE "EXPERT' GUY FROM THE FISH STORE SET EVERYTHING UP. HE BROUGHT EVERYTHING WE WOULD NEED. So we thought we were good to go. They told us to wait 30 days before adding any fish to the tank.
So we waited 30 days. At this point the guy told us it was ok to add a couple fish. We bout 2 blue green chromis and 1 reticulated damsel. The reticulated damsel turned out to be a little bastard. He killed 1 of the chromis and later on a percula clownfish - so he had to go! The 1 chromis and damsel seemed to be doing ok so we went back to get more fish. We bought a half back angel, a coral beauty angel, a percula clownfish and a hinneochus butterfly. Mind you, the guy at the fish store told us it was ok to put all these in there. He told us to acclimate them for 45 mintues before putting them in the tank. We did just as he instructed. Our hinneochus was dead the next morning. And the next day, the clownfish was killed by the damsel.
We called the store and they thought the hinneochus might have been sick so they gave us a copperbanded butterfly to replace it. At this time we also bought a yellow tang and a maroon and gold clownfish. The yellow tang and the copperbanded butterfly didn't last thru the weekend. And on momday morning, the half black angel was sick and dying. And today our maroon clownfish was dead. We are down to the coral beauty and the original chromis.
I feel terrible because we didn't know how to properly cycle our tank. We asked and they always said no, it will be fine. I'm aggravated over the money but more so I'm angry over sacrificing these poor fish.
So today, we've bought a water pump to aerate the water. I've looked for a protein skimmer but I don't know which one is ideal for our size tank. Any suggestions? Is there anything else we are missing that needs to be in our tank. We aren't adding any more fish until we know for sure that they are going to survive.
So we waited 30 days. At this point the guy told us it was ok to add a couple fish. We bout 2 blue green chromis and 1 reticulated damsel. The reticulated damsel turned out to be a little bastard. He killed 1 of the chromis and later on a percula clownfish - so he had to go! The 1 chromis and damsel seemed to be doing ok so we went back to get more fish. We bought a half back angel, a coral beauty angel, a percula clownfish and a hinneochus butterfly. Mind you, the guy at the fish store told us it was ok to put all these in there. He told us to acclimate them for 45 mintues before putting them in the tank. We did just as he instructed. Our hinneochus was dead the next morning. And the next day, the clownfish was killed by the damsel.
We called the store and they thought the hinneochus might have been sick so they gave us a copperbanded butterfly to replace it. At this time we also bought a yellow tang and a maroon and gold clownfish. The yellow tang and the copperbanded butterfly didn't last thru the weekend. And on momday morning, the half black angel was sick and dying. And today our maroon clownfish was dead. We are down to the coral beauty and the original chromis.
I feel terrible because we didn't know how to properly cycle our tank. We asked and they always said no, it will be fine. I'm aggravated over the money but more so I'm angry over sacrificing these poor fish.
So today, we've bought a water pump to aerate the water. I've looked for a protein skimmer but I don't know which one is ideal for our size tank. Any suggestions? Is there anything else we are missing that needs to be in our tank. We aren't adding any more fish until we know for sure that they are going to survive.
