lopeyc
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I'm baffled and thought maybe somebody here could help me. Here's my deal:
After having successfully kept alive a 36g reef, I successfully started a 12g mini and a 55g reef. All three have been stable for over a year now. Then, six months ago, I got the not-so-bright idea to start a new tank -- a 90g. I did it up right with a small refugium, Euroreef skimmer, nice lights, etc.
Problem is, fish in that tank keep dying! I've lost far more fish from that tank in three months (5 or 6) than all my other tanks combined in two years ... and it's killing me. I'm doing everything the same, as far as I can tell, my water checks out and I (think I) know there's nobody in there who's eating everybody. Even odder is that the tank's invertebrates are doing fine while the fish drop off one-by-one.
Everytime I think I've figured out what is wrong and fix it, a month later another fish dies. I'm down to two: a scooter and a ocellaris clown (the latter I just moved there last week). The latest to disappear: a red-headed fairy wrasse who, like all the other fish who have died, seemed perfectly healthy until the day he died.
My newest theory is maybe I don't have enough live rock, although I have over a 100lb, at a minimum. Honestly, though, at this point I'm reaching for straws. All my specs are the same as the other tanks!
Any ideas?
After having successfully kept alive a 36g reef, I successfully started a 12g mini and a 55g reef. All three have been stable for over a year now. Then, six months ago, I got the not-so-bright idea to start a new tank -- a 90g. I did it up right with a small refugium, Euroreef skimmer, nice lights, etc.
Problem is, fish in that tank keep dying! I've lost far more fish from that tank in three months (5 or 6) than all my other tanks combined in two years ... and it's killing me. I'm doing everything the same, as far as I can tell, my water checks out and I (think I) know there's nobody in there who's eating everybody. Even odder is that the tank's invertebrates are doing fine while the fish drop off one-by-one.
Everytime I think I've figured out what is wrong and fix it, a month later another fish dies. I'm down to two: a scooter and a ocellaris clown (the latter I just moved there last week). The latest to disappear: a red-headed fairy wrasse who, like all the other fish who have died, seemed perfectly healthy until the day he died.
My newest theory is maybe I don't have enough live rock, although I have over a 100lb, at a minimum. Honestly, though, at this point I'm reaching for straws. All my specs are the same as the other tanks!
Any ideas?
i don't have many corals in there. There's some buttons that have done fine and a condi anemone who is happy. 
