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Originally Posted by mxer485 First before anything how long has you tank "cycled" for before u added the fish???? The tank has been up since mid september, and we "cycled" it for about a week and a half before adding some damsels.

So early last week, I posted a thread wondering why my Yellow Tang died. I received a lot of input, and all very helpful. To bring you up to date, I came home the next day to find the bicolor goatfish dead and the remaining fish (1 tomato clown and 3 blue damsels) acting weird and refusing to...

I have a blue damsel that appears to be dying. He is hanging out at the top of the tank and appears to be turning brown. Should I remove him? Could he possibly have something that could spread to the other fish? I have no idea whats going on. :mad:

Originally Posted by Jerthunter I would say your next course of action would be to just wait, and if you don't plan on keeping the damsels try to get them out asap. What is done is done, in my opinion. If you cycled too fast you are probably past the worst of it now. I would keep testing your...

Originally Posted by promisetbg Sorry to mention this at a bad time,but I hope you researched the bicolor goatfish.They need to eat frequently,grow to over 10 inches,and will compromise the health of your sandbed. Sorry for your loss. More important now though...post all water parameters...

Originally Posted by sleasia You can also add some bio-spira marine. Its a bit expensive but is a great source of "good" cycling bacteria, and will jump start your cycling, or add a couple jugs of "nutri seawater". I actually added the bio-spira stuff a few minutes before I put the first...

Originally Posted by jdragunas ok, everyone helped so much, but i saw one question our newbie here asked that no one addressed. The CYCLE: The whole point of the cycle is to establish a colony of bacteria in your tank. The point of this bacteria is to process the ammonia introduced into your...

So what should my next course of action be?

One last thing -- I was cleaning the tank last night, and he was totally flipping out...could that have contributed as well? Im guessing that might be a possibility.

Originally Posted by ophiura In order to really know how your cycling went, we need to know how you cycled it...live rock, dead shrimp??? The damsels are not "testers" in most cases they are what is used to cycle when described this way. Did you ever see an ammonia spike, nitrite...

Originally Posted by Jerthunter Well it sounds like you probably cycled the tank too fast. Although it is possible for a tank to cycle in a week this is unlikely. For the future reference it is better to wait an extra week just to be sure. The cycling process can be very different from person...

Originally Posted by temple2101 Forgot to add ... I noticed a blackish spot in the middle of the tang as it was dying ... when I pulled the fish out the spot was pretty black. Any ideas? How big was the spot? Mine died this morning and had a large greyish black spot right in the middle --...

Originally Posted by crazyzeus1 Are you saying that you filled the tank with water, ran it for one week, and then put fish in? If that's the case, you probably didn't cycle completely & maybe the fish died because of the cycling damage. Maybe I'm reading this wrong...and believe me, I'm no...

Originally Posted by hot883 Give us some help here. List all other fish and occupants? Any discoloration or white spots. Anyothers acting weird? Size of tank, when purchased tang, water parameters. Sorry ,but needed info. Sorry for your loss.Barry Ok not a problem lets see...i have 3...

Good morning! So I woke up this morning and turned the tank light on to find my yellow tang attempting to bury himself in the sand. He then proceeded to flip out and swim himself into the side of the tank before convulsing at the bottom of the tank right before dying. My question is this: did I...

Originally Posted by shista 1st of all check the water every other day for ammonia nitrite and nitrate you will see an amonia spike within the 1st couple of weeks. then it will drop as you see the nitrites rising then they will lower and your nitrate will rise and stabalise. around 25 ppm. then...

Good morning: So just as some background, we got a 46 gallon bow front tank about a week ago. We set it up, let it run for 5 days, and went and bought some fish yesterday. We just bought some cheap ones to make sure they survived before we got ones we actually liked. The store guy suggested...