Can't seem to keep my clowns alive

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jrthomas40

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so here is the situation...about 2 weeks ago i purchased a pair of small clowns from a local fish store...i should have known better the place wasn't really clean and i thought i picked the healthiest ones in the tank, also the tank had a few dead in the tank but against my better judgement i did it anyway well needless to say both died about 3 days later..the first one to die had a few small white spots when i went back to the store to get my money back i noticed the tank i got mine out of the remaining had ich...anyway i went to a better store purchased another pair of healthy, i aske to see them eat and they ate and were active...i got them home acclimated the pair very slowly over about 2 or 3 hours...both did well the first few days being active and feeding and after a few days i noticed small white spots again on one of the clowns so i treated the tank with ICK AWAY from wardley well the original one with spots got more and the other had few none on the other fish....after the first treatment all of the fish stopped eating and the both clowns started breathing rapidly and had a stringy white feces coming off it...one had trouble swimming right and the other was swimming fine still not eating but active...after a day or two the first one died i started researching other types of parasites...did another treatment of ichaway done more reseach and decided to purchase some parasite clear by jungle labs and now the soul survivor is on the verge of dying soon.....I am out of ideas and havent a clue what is going on with my clowns....I also have a 3stripe damsel, yellow tail damsel, a 6 line wrasse, a cleaner shrimp, 7 types of corals and several hermits and snails....all are happy and doing their thing...i would greatly appreciate any and all advice or suggestions
new to aqauriums and currently frustrated and confused
Thank you for your time
PS....water quality tested good, temperature is about 76 and SG is about 1.023
 
trimmer

trimmer

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I like my sg at 1.026 btu that probably is not it. what is all of the other tests like? can you list them? I would really do a water change after all of that ick away.
 
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jrthomas40

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i have done water changes 24hrs after each treatment and one after the treatment was done...my sg is about 1.024, ammonia 0, nitrite 0, nitrate 0-5 and pH is about 8.2
i havent gotten anymore since but i am thinking about going to get some tomorrow do a fresh water dip then put them in my empty for about a week or so...only thing is i dont have any live rock or filtration for it right now so i will probably wait until i get it set up properly cuz eventually i want to breed...it is all in the air right now though
 
swlover

swlover

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You should Quarentine any new arrivals anyway, get that simple tank set up..all you need is a filter, a basic light, heater no rock or sand, maybe something for them to hide in. It seems that O. clowns in LFS are always dieing off..I have never seen any healthy ones. I got mine on line shipped to me very tiny, and they have been real troopers. the LFS tanks are just breeding grounds for parasites..they have such a large turn over of fish and it will settle in the sand beds..seems they never get rid of it. Try a rep. online store, many of them gurantee, your not always going to get your money back but you will get credit or replacement. It may cost you a bit more with shipping, and even then some places will absorb shipping costs if you order enough. It's worth a try..
 
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jrthomas40

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i think that is what i am going to start doing or just doing a little travel to a more reputiable place instead of the stores around here
 
swlover

swlover

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Originally Posted by jrthomas40
i think that is what i am going to start doing or just doing a little travel to a more reputiable place instead of the stores around here
Well good luck and make sure you get that QT up and running..it could be just a small tank like 10 gallon. Mine was fully cycled, alot of ppl don't do this and it makes no sence to me to put an animal in a tank that is not cycled..if the tank goes thru a spike with a new arrival in it..chances are they will get sick, so your like defeating the purpose.
 
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