Starchar
Aquarium Advice Freak
I am a new member to the community and thought that perhaps I could get some advice here.
I bought my wife a 29 gallon bio cube at Christmas so that we could east into the hobby. Nothing fancy and the tank was recommended by a friend.
I have had the tank up and running now for about 2 months and my levels are doing well. I have about a dozen snails, 10 or so blue hermits a sand sifting starfish and a large starfish (not reef friendly). I have about 30lbs of live rock and about 40 lbs of live sand. My rocks have a nice population of coralline algae and I have a healthy population of copepods.
That being said...my fish keep dying. The levels of the tank are great and the temperature is stable at 78.
To date we have lost:
1 Yellow Tank
1 Lion fish
1 Mandarin Goby
1 Blue Damsel
1 Diamond Goby
The Lionfish/Tank/Damsel kill happened within 1 day. The Tang had developed Ich and we treated (copperfree). The Tank was the only fish showing signs of Ich and was actually the last of the 3 to die.
I had the water tested and everything was good and then purchased the Mandarin and Diamond Goby. The Mandarin died within 36 hours and the Diamond another 48 hours later. I think that the Mandarin was just a freak issue perhaps ill prior to my purchase. The Diamond on the other hand was really active even up to last night. It burrowed under the live rock and I had not seen it all day. I found it just a few minutes ago dead. Is it possible that it buried itself?
Frustrated and not wanting to kill any thing else, could use some support.
Starchar
I bought my wife a 29 gallon bio cube at Christmas so that we could east into the hobby. Nothing fancy and the tank was recommended by a friend.
I have had the tank up and running now for about 2 months and my levels are doing well. I have about a dozen snails, 10 or so blue hermits a sand sifting starfish and a large starfish (not reef friendly). I have about 30lbs of live rock and about 40 lbs of live sand. My rocks have a nice population of coralline algae and I have a healthy population of copepods.
That being said...my fish keep dying. The levels of the tank are great and the temperature is stable at 78.
To date we have lost:
1 Yellow Tank
1 Lion fish
1 Mandarin Goby
1 Blue Damsel
1 Diamond Goby
The Lionfish/Tank/Damsel kill happened within 1 day. The Tang had developed Ich and we treated (copperfree). The Tank was the only fish showing signs of Ich and was actually the last of the 3 to die.
I had the water tested and everything was good and then purchased the Mandarin and Diamond Goby. The Mandarin died within 36 hours and the Diamond another 48 hours later. I think that the Mandarin was just a freak issue perhaps ill prior to my purchase. The Diamond on the other hand was really active even up to last night. It burrowed under the live rock and I had not seen it all day. I found it just a few minutes ago dead. Is it possible that it buried itself?
Frustrated and not wanting to kill any thing else, could use some support.
Starchar