sleeper417
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
I started a 60 gallon salt water tank about 2 months back after initially starting with a 5 gallon nano. Currently I've 2x Tetra EX120 canister filters running with no protein skimmer. (I'm located in Beijing at the moment and can't get access to American/European products. Chinese ones are not good. Have a wave maker and a heater.
I'm experiencing very high fatality rates with my fish. So far I've bought 8x month old ocellaris, 3x blue tangs, 2x yellow tangs, 4x carberryi anthias, 1x lawnmower blenny, 1x yellowtail damsel, 1x ?damsel, 1x scarlet cleaner shrimp, 1x banded coral shrimp, 1x bloodred shrimp, 3x ?angels, 2x saddleback clownfish total. Didn't buy them all at the same time. When something died, I restocked.
Currently, the survivors are: 1x blue tang, 3x ocellaris, 2x saddleback clownfish, 2x damsels, 1x bloodred shrimp.
Can anyone tell me why they keep on dying? I change the water roughly 10% a week. I'm pretty sure the tank is finished cycling because I get the brown diatoms and the live rock purple things are spreading well.
I originally thought my problem was the banded coral shrimp which was bigger than everything except the tangs. He now resides in a bucket. I was thinking my clowns might of been eaten by my anemone because I can't find a body even after hours of searching. I don't see any aggression among the fish except the clownfish fighting for dominance and the damsels chasing each other away.
I've thrown too much time and money into this hobby to stop, but I need to stop the deaths.
Any help would be GREATLY appreciated.
I'm experiencing very high fatality rates with my fish. So far I've bought 8x month old ocellaris, 3x blue tangs, 2x yellow tangs, 4x carberryi anthias, 1x lawnmower blenny, 1x yellowtail damsel, 1x ?damsel, 1x scarlet cleaner shrimp, 1x banded coral shrimp, 1x bloodred shrimp, 3x ?angels, 2x saddleback clownfish total. Didn't buy them all at the same time. When something died, I restocked.
Currently, the survivors are: 1x blue tang, 3x ocellaris, 2x saddleback clownfish, 2x damsels, 1x bloodred shrimp.
Can anyone tell me why they keep on dying? I change the water roughly 10% a week. I'm pretty sure the tank is finished cycling because I get the brown diatoms and the live rock purple things are spreading well.
I originally thought my problem was the banded coral shrimp which was bigger than everything except the tangs. He now resides in a bucket. I was thinking my clowns might of been eaten by my anemone because I can't find a body even after hours of searching. I don't see any aggression among the fish except the clownfish fighting for dominance and the damsels chasing each other away.
I've thrown too much time and money into this hobby to stop, but I need to stop the deaths.
Any help would be GREATLY appreciated.
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