4th clown and counting

[tntlover]

I HAVE A 46 GALLON TANK AND THIS IS MY FOURTH CLOWN, THE OTHER THREE DIED

SO I HAVE :
1 SAILFIN TANG
1SIXLINE WRASSE
1 RED WRASSE
1 GREEN DRAGONET
1 SEBAE ANEMONE
1 PINK HATIAN ANEMONE
1CYNARINA
5 HERMIT
10 SNAILS
2 URCHINS
2 COCO WORM
I'VE HAD 2 FALSE PERCULA THEN DEATH, I GOT A SADDEL BACK THEN GRIMM RIPPER.NOW I HAVE A TRUE PERCULA. THE TANG AND THE TWO WRASSES WERE THE FIRST THREE FISH AND THEY'RE FINE. PLZ WHY DO CLOWNS LIKE DEATH IN MY TANK!! :help:
PARAMATERSARE:
PH:8.2
NO2:0.2
NH3/NH4:0.2
ALK:NORM
SALT:1.022
NO3:0.2

 

[mcsd22]

How long has the tank been up? You are showing amonia and nitrite so there is a problem there somewhere. That could be why your clowns have died. The dragonet needs a stable pod population to survive also so need a little more info please.

 

[tntlover]

Ok The Tank Has Been Up For 6 Months We Have 50 Lbs Of Lr And 40 Lbs Of Ls The Dragonet Is A Week Old In Our System Clown Was Put In Today

 

[tntlover]

Oh The First Two Clows Died Month And A Half And To Cope Withe Loss I Got A Saddel Back 3 Weeks Later, The Other Fish Enjoy Life, Why Not The Clowns. The Trueis Swimming At The Top The Way The Other Three Did Before The Died

 

[mcsd22]

Is he breathing rapidly?

 

[mcsd22]

How are you acclimating them?

 

[alyssia]

Their is definitely a problem with your water parameters. You shouldn't have ammonia or trites if your cycle is over.

 

[alyssia]

Also, you should raise your sg to 1.025-1.026 for your inverts.

 

[tntlover]

We Did The Drip Acclimation Recoomended By "saltwaterfish.com" And Took A Littel Over Two Hours. Not Breathing Heavy He Just Waddels (like How All Clown Fish Do) By The Top Of The Power Head, I Understand That Trites Are To High, But I Dont Trust My Test. The Lfs Ssaid It Was Perfect 2 Days Ago.but Why Would My Other Fish Be Alive?

 

[alyssia]

My clowns hang out by my PH's also, especially when first introduced.

 

[tntlover]

Ok Well I Gues We Will Wait It Out, Ill Post In The Am Or Post Back A Obituary Later Tonight, Thanks For The Help And If N E One Else Has Info Feel Free
Thanks

 

[mcsd22]

I think you should buy a new test kit if you are unsure about yours. If the fish you are buying are healthy there is something definately wrong. If you water parameters are good then I think I would up your acclimation time to 3 to 4 hours. Sorry I can't be more help to you, what is your tank temp. Thats about the only other thing I can think of is longer acclimation.

 

[tntlover]

tank is highest 78 and lowest 75

 

[mcsd22]

75 is a bit cool is there a reason that it doesn't stay at 78? Guess I am just thinking about putting a 80 degree fish in 75 degree water could shock him. Let us no the outcome and sorry for no definate answer for you.

 

[tntlover]

well so far so good. my clown is still swimming up by my PH but he doesnt look stressed. :happyfish i will keep you updated. thanx for all the help.

 

[saltn00b]

you may also want to consider using a QT tank to keep new fish in there for a month, so they dont introduce anything bad into your system. if something goes wrong its easily treatable.

 

[saltn00b]

oh and im surprised the tang police havent harped in here yet but they will likely tell you your tanks is way too small for any tang, especially the sailfin.

 

[tntlover]

Yeah So Am I, I Do A Good Job Ducking Them, The Sailfin Is Maybe An Inch I Got A Hippo I "forgot" About Too, But She Is Like Smaller Than A Half Inch. Good Idea About The Qt. How Large Do You Reccomend 10 Gal Or Littel Larger?

 

[saltn00b]

you will definitely run in to problems with both of those tangs in that tank. i would reccommend selling them or moving to a larger tank asap. qt tanks, at minimum 10g but usually bigger the better, mine is 29g