ablincoln01
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Our tank finally cycled (after many things dying off due to bad advice, such as cycling with damsels, its okay to put an arrow crab in during the cycle, etc.) and our water was stabilized. We waited for two weeks after everything read zero until adding fish.
We added two clownfish (we know the guy at the LFS and it was a true pair of clownfish - he had them in his display tank for a long time) a week ago. Right now, the smaller of the two is dying and we have no idea why. The ammonia is 0, the nitrites are 0, the nitrates are 20, the specific gravity is 1.024, the temp is 78. There are no other fish in the tank besides the two clownfish. The tank is a 55 gallon with about 20 lbs of LR (we are adding as we can afford it). We are both getting really discouraged because we follow all of the advice and our fish are STILL dying. I am just about sick of this hobby because we can't keep anything alive and have no idea what is going wrong. Is there anything anyone can tell me as to why the fish is dying?
We added two clownfish (we know the guy at the LFS and it was a true pair of clownfish - he had them in his display tank for a long time) a week ago. Right now, the smaller of the two is dying and we have no idea why. The ammonia is 0, the nitrites are 0, the nitrates are 20, the specific gravity is 1.024, the temp is 78. There are no other fish in the tank besides the two clownfish. The tank is a 55 gallon with about 20 lbs of LR (we are adding as we can afford it). We are both getting really discouraged because we follow all of the advice and our fish are STILL dying. I am just about sick of this hobby because we can't keep anything alive and have no idea what is going wrong. Is there anything anyone can tell me as to why the fish is dying?