xokarmaxo
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Okay... I think that I'm going to have to give up on trying to keep the cute, not-as-active fish, such as the purple firefish and bicolor blenny. The purple firefish "disappeared" after only being in my tank for 2 days, not a single sign of it anywhere, back chambers, etc... (Tank is a Oceanic Biocube 14) When it was in my tank, it mostly stayed in the back, behind or under the rocks, but would come out when I fed the tank. I have a true percula that is doing great and has been there for a month, as well as a sixline wrasse that is doing great. I added the most adorable little bicolor blenny on Wednesday. It would go from hole to hole in my live rock, peeking its head out, constantly on the watch. I have a fire shrimp and a pom pom (boxer) crab that I would notice show some agression towards it. The blenny would be down in its hole and the fire shrimp would wait outside of its hole and when he would poke his head out, the shrimp would beat up on him, same with the pom pom crab. The sweet little blenny never bothered anyone.
This afternoon when I stopped by my office (tank is kept at work), I didn't see the blenny. After searching, I noticed that all of my crabs and the shrimp were gathered at the bottom, in the center of one of my large rocks. I took a skewer out to go between the rocks to break them all apart to see what they were doing. Then I saw the remains of my sweet little blenny.
I took the net and removed it. I checked my water parameters because I was sure that someone was going to be out of whack.
Temp 80.4
Ammonia 0
PH 8.0
Nitrite 0.25
Nitrate 10
Calcium 450
SG 1.030 :scared:
My SG had never been that high before so I called my LFS who advised me to remove 1/2 gallon of my water and replace it with fresh water (RO water). He also asked me if I had Turbo Start, and if I did, to add a capful. I don't have any Turbo Start, so I proceeded with removing 1/2 gallon of my tank water and replacing it with RO water. He advised me to re-check my SG tomorrow when I come by. Me, being impatient, checked it 20 minutes after and it had gone down to 1.027. My nitrite and nitrate had gone down to 0. Of course, I will re-check it again in the morning.
My question is this.... I didn't check my SG last week when the firefish apparently died (?) and was wondering.... aside from harrassment from the fire shrimp and pom pom crab, could the high SG be the cause of death for these 2 fish when everything else (parameter-wise) is fine?
The 2 "active" fish in the tank (percula and sixline) are doing great. It seems like when I add a fish that is not as "active", they die within 2-3 days.
Should I just give up on getting anything like that again and stick with only the "active" ones?
Has anyone ever experienced any agression towards those peaceful, rock dwelling, sand dwelling gobies/blennies by their fire shrimp? I'm wondering if it has been the culprit in the 2 deaths. If so, I will definately take it back to the LFS.
Other info about my tank.... I do 20% water changes every weekend. I use RO water for my top-offs and NutriSea premixed saltwater from my LFS for the water changes.
Any help/advice/suggestions would be GREATLY appreciated.
This afternoon when I stopped by my office (tank is kept at work), I didn't see the blenny. After searching, I noticed that all of my crabs and the shrimp were gathered at the bottom, in the center of one of my large rocks. I took a skewer out to go between the rocks to break them all apart to see what they were doing. Then I saw the remains of my sweet little blenny.
Temp 80.4
Ammonia 0
PH 8.0
Nitrite 0.25
Nitrate 10
Calcium 450
SG 1.030 :scared:
My SG had never been that high before so I called my LFS who advised me to remove 1/2 gallon of my water and replace it with fresh water (RO water). He also asked me if I had Turbo Start, and if I did, to add a capful. I don't have any Turbo Start, so I proceeded with removing 1/2 gallon of my tank water and replacing it with RO water. He advised me to re-check my SG tomorrow when I come by. Me, being impatient, checked it 20 minutes after and it had gone down to 1.027. My nitrite and nitrate had gone down to 0. Of course, I will re-check it again in the morning.
My question is this.... I didn't check my SG last week when the firefish apparently died (?) and was wondering.... aside from harrassment from the fire shrimp and pom pom crab, could the high SG be the cause of death for these 2 fish when everything else (parameter-wise) is fine?
The 2 "active" fish in the tank (percula and sixline) are doing great. It seems like when I add a fish that is not as "active", they die within 2-3 days.
Has anyone ever experienced any agression towards those peaceful, rock dwelling, sand dwelling gobies/blennies by their fire shrimp? I'm wondering if it has been the culprit in the 2 deaths. If so, I will definately take it back to the LFS.
Other info about my tank.... I do 20% water changes every weekend. I use RO water for my top-offs and NutriSea premixed saltwater from my LFS for the water changes.
Any help/advice/suggestions would be GREATLY appreciated.
