Hello everyone,
I am just starting up a tank. I have been reading a book which says to not use fish to cycle the tank but then when I went to my LFS they told me that my book is wrong. They said you use Damselfish and so I bought 3 to cycle my tank. I think my tank is around 17 gallons. They tested my tank water before selling me the fish. In the tank I also put two pieces of coral skeletons I received with my tank. With in one day the smallest fish had disappeared and I thought maybe he was hiding in the coral. Soon after the tank became very cloudy and yellow and then with in 2 days all three fish were dead. My boyfriend thinks I overfed the fish which might be possible but then someone else told me that it would take longer to kill the fish by overfeeding. I called my LFS and he told me to come in with a sample of water. My boyfriend and I are thinking that the ammonia got too high too quick for the fish and that maybe we should use live rock instead. I want to get some other opinions before I go see my LFS. Any ideas?
I am just starting up a tank. I have been reading a book which says to not use fish to cycle the tank but then when I went to my LFS they told me that my book is wrong. They said you use Damselfish and so I bought 3 to cycle my tank. I think my tank is around 17 gallons. They tested my tank water before selling me the fish. In the tank I also put two pieces of coral skeletons I received with my tank. With in one day the smallest fish had disappeared and I thought maybe he was hiding in the coral. Soon after the tank became very cloudy and yellow and then with in 2 days all three fish were dead. My boyfriend thinks I overfed the fish which might be possible but then someone else told me that it would take longer to kill the fish by overfeeding. I called my LFS and he told me to come in with a sample of water. My boyfriend and I are thinking that the ammonia got too high too quick for the fish and that maybe we should use live rock instead. I want to get some other opinions before I go see my LFS. Any ideas?