ameyaraje99
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
Hi guys,
I'm kinda new to the saltwater scenario. About over a month ago, i got a 29 gallon tank. I filled it up with aragonite sand, about 20lbs of live rock . Equipment used - fluval 205 canister filter, maxijet 1200 powerhead, rio nano skimmer and 2 x 24 watt t5 lighting fixtures (acticnic as well as the regular one). After cycling the tank for 2 weeks, i added 2 clowns, 1 tang , 1 shrimp and 1 hermit crab. 2 weeks the tank was fine with all the fish happy and no signs of disease or discomfort. When i did a 15% water change, all my fish died. My lfs told me that this happened due to the canister filter. I did a 80% water change now and havent added any fish yet. After about 3 days, i'm looking at some red slime (certainly cyano bacteria) I've ordered a hob refugium (cpr aquafuge 2) as per my lfs's recommendation. But i'm still not sure if i'm doing something wrong or i've missed something. Please advise. Thanks
I'm kinda new to the saltwater scenario. About over a month ago, i got a 29 gallon tank. I filled it up with aragonite sand, about 20lbs of live rock . Equipment used - fluval 205 canister filter, maxijet 1200 powerhead, rio nano skimmer and 2 x 24 watt t5 lighting fixtures (acticnic as well as the regular one). After cycling the tank for 2 weeks, i added 2 clowns, 1 tang , 1 shrimp and 1 hermit crab. 2 weeks the tank was fine with all the fish happy and no signs of disease or discomfort. When i did a 15% water change, all my fish died. My lfs told me that this happened due to the canister filter. I did a 80% water change now and havent added any fish yet. After about 3 days, i'm looking at some red slime (certainly cyano bacteria) I've ordered a hob refugium (cpr aquafuge 2) as per my lfs's recommendation. But i'm still not sure if i'm doing something wrong or i've missed something. Please advise. Thanks