meadbhb
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Hiya,
I'm getting pretty frustrated. I've lost almost every fish I've put into my tank, except my two damsels. Which were added AFTER I cycled and because, well, I like them.
Tank is a brand new 37 gallon eclipse, that's been set up since August 3rd. The only chemical I've added has been for calcium, so copper shouldn't be the issue. Amonia, nitrite, nitrate 0 PH 8.2-8.3 temp 80-82, it does vary a little. I use RO water, feed flakes one day, then frozen mysian shrimp the next. Tank started out with 40lbs base and 25 lbs live...didn't really cycle since the LR was very well cured and I carried from my LFS to my house, which is less then 5 minutes from my where I live. So no die off, and practically no cycle.
I didn't start adding fish until a 4-5 weeks after the tank was set up...don't really remember.
1st - a scooter, bad choice, died just a few weeks ago, probably due to no pods. Was in the store a few days before I brought him homem.
2nd - six line wrasse, had a red flatworm break out, he ate them all up, but I could have sworn he was eatting other food. Lasted about a month. There was no aggression between him and the scooter while they were together. He was also in the store at least a week before I brought him home.
3rd - clown fish...was fine for a few days, then died before I had it a week. Didn't seem to be doing well, kinda like faded away, some bleaching out of his color and kinda got thin. I did take him home the day he came into the store.
4th fish - damsel - still going strong.
5th fish - green clown goby - saw it for a week, never saw it eat, died. Was in the store a few days before I brought him home. LFS said he was eating.
6th fish - damsel - still there.
7th fish - new clown, left it at the LFS for a week to make sure it was eatting. Came home, settled in great, was eatting very well. However, this last week or so, it's starting to act like the other clown was...fading away, has some pale/black splotches on him. Also saw a cottony ball on his side last night. Kinda swims in one spot, but will get active when I come up to the glass.
Please help, my LFS has no idea what's wrong. I've read the sticky and am not sure if he has that dieses that starts out lym...
All my corals are doing well. I've got a peppermint shrimp a pom pom crab, scarlet hermits, nass snails, bumble bees, astrea's and a turbo. The only inverts I've lost are one emerald crab and my fire shrimp.
Please help! I hate to loose any more fish.
Meadbhb
I'm getting pretty frustrated. I've lost almost every fish I've put into my tank, except my two damsels. Which were added AFTER I cycled and because, well, I like them.
Tank is a brand new 37 gallon eclipse, that's been set up since August 3rd. The only chemical I've added has been for calcium, so copper shouldn't be the issue. Amonia, nitrite, nitrate 0 PH 8.2-8.3 temp 80-82, it does vary a little. I use RO water, feed flakes one day, then frozen mysian shrimp the next. Tank started out with 40lbs base and 25 lbs live...didn't really cycle since the LR was very well cured and I carried from my LFS to my house, which is less then 5 minutes from my where I live. So no die off, and practically no cycle.
I didn't start adding fish until a 4-5 weeks after the tank was set up...don't really remember.
1st - a scooter, bad choice, died just a few weeks ago, probably due to no pods. Was in the store a few days before I brought him homem.
2nd - six line wrasse, had a red flatworm break out, he ate them all up, but I could have sworn he was eatting other food. Lasted about a month. There was no aggression between him and the scooter while they were together. He was also in the store at least a week before I brought him home.
3rd - clown fish...was fine for a few days, then died before I had it a week. Didn't seem to be doing well, kinda like faded away, some bleaching out of his color and kinda got thin. I did take him home the day he came into the store.
4th fish - damsel - still going strong.
5th fish - green clown goby - saw it for a week, never saw it eat, died. Was in the store a few days before I brought him home. LFS said he was eating.
6th fish - damsel - still there.
7th fish - new clown, left it at the LFS for a week to make sure it was eatting. Came home, settled in great, was eatting very well. However, this last week or so, it's starting to act like the other clown was...fading away, has some pale/black splotches on him. Also saw a cottony ball on his side last night. Kinda swims in one spot, but will get active when I come up to the glass.
Please help, my LFS has no idea what's wrong. I've read the sticky and am not sure if he has that dieses that starts out lym...
All my corals are doing well. I've got a peppermint shrimp a pom pom crab, scarlet hermits, nass snails, bumble bees, astrea's and a turbo. The only inverts I've lost are one emerald crab and my fire shrimp.
Please help! I hate to loose any more fish.
Meadbhb
