JDainHanson
Aquarium Advice Newbie
I have had my 80 gallon tank for about 4 years now, before that I had a 55 gallon for about 5 years and a 25 gallon about a year before that so I've been keeping reef tanks for about 10 years now. Recently I moved and had to tear down my tank and move it about an hour and a half away to my new location. It was a complete reef tank with 2 fish in it and mostly LSP, Leathers, mushrooms and a rose bulb anemone, however, I decided I wanted to try something new and get more fish so I gave away most of my coral. I have now been set up for about 5 months in my new location but have been having major problems keeping any new fish alive for more than a week or so. I moved only a large leather, one rose bulb, and a couple of ricordia; my one fish I kept however didn't survive the move.
After about 2 weeks I started to add new fish, starting with a cinnamon clown, and then a week later a regal and yellow tang. The yellow tang lasted only about a week, but the regal tang and the clown are very healthy, and after attempting to add 5 other fish over the months, are the only fish I can keep alive.
At first I thought it may be the livestock at my LFS so I started to try other stores, but got the same results. I unfortunately live in an apartment and don't have room for a qt tank, but I acclimate them on a drip for about an hour, and am good about observing them in the stores before I buy them so I can't figure out what is going on. My tank params are all within the normal ranges, and my current livestock is extremely healthy, my rose bulb has actually split 3 times since the move leading me to believe its not anything having to do with water quality. I'm just at a loss here and any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
After about 2 weeks I started to add new fish, starting with a cinnamon clown, and then a week later a regal and yellow tang. The yellow tang lasted only about a week, but the regal tang and the clown are very healthy, and after attempting to add 5 other fish over the months, are the only fish I can keep alive.
At first I thought it may be the livestock at my LFS so I started to try other stores, but got the same results. I unfortunately live in an apartment and don't have room for a qt tank, but I acclimate them on a drip for about an hour, and am good about observing them in the stores before I buy them so I can't figure out what is going on. My tank params are all within the normal ranges, and my current livestock is extremely healthy, my rose bulb has actually split 3 times since the move leading me to believe its not anything having to do with water quality. I'm just at a loss here and any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.