im new need advice for my saltwater tank

cisco

cisco

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I have a 75 gallon tank with a fluvol 404 canister filter and a powerhead a 300 watt heater,80 pound araginite reef sand. 10 pound of live rock.a fake plant and tree fake.
fish. 2 yellow tail damsels,2 3 strip damsels,2 violet damsels,1yellow strip sweetlip,1nemo fish percula clown pretty big,1 clown trigger fish 2 to 3 inches,1 big yellow tang, 2 emrald crab,1 sand sniffing star fish thats all help to see if thats a good combo or not and if i should get any thing or give away any fish:rolleyes:
 
michaelstern

michaelstern

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Wow, you have a few problems.
1. and this is a biggy: eventually, your clown trigger, will kill everything else in the tank. The crab and starfish first. then the clown, the damsels, and eventually the tang.
2. how old is the setup. how well established? did you put everything in at once? some more details please
LOL
 
perchpsk

perchpsk

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My advice would be get rid of that clown trigger ASAP and add more live rock. In my opinion I would dump the fake tree and fake plant and go with a more natural look with added live rock. The lve rock will help with filtration and will provide better hiding places and food sources for the fish.
 
lion_crazz

lion_crazz

Active Member
I would get rid of the clown trigger, definitely. Also, get more live rock to establish that tank. That is a heavy bioload on that tank and without the live rock, it will not hold up very well. Plus, like stated, the live rock will provide the fish with better protection and food sources.
 
cisco

cisco

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thanks for ya help my 2 fish died my yellow sweet lip and my nemo fish with white like funges type on its skin and foggy eyes my be its ick or funges type i need help my clow trigger is really's in bad shape dont want to eat or swim or notting just lay on the bottom of tank i got a 10 gallon with filter and heater i set it up with salt and proper ph 8.2 and batira and put the fish in it with Kordon Rid-Ich + Disease Treatment
help me out or should i use Mardel Saltwater Maracyn
 
murph145

murph145

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hey from what i know u probably should have cycled the tank for a lil while longer and started off with just one fish at a time maybe one every week or more.
that many fish in a new tank at once isnt too good. when i started my tank i got a lil anxious myself and over did it. it just takes time and dedication in order to get a tank running it takes time.
but as everyone else said i would get rid of the clown trigger as well i learned the hard way about triggers as well had a niger triger and he ate some of my fish before i realized that they were so aggresive.
also add more live rock it helps in the natural filtration process housing bacteria that help process waste and other living organizims that are beneficial to your tank.
i have a 100g tank with 100lbs of live rock looks great and water is fine.
good luck with your tank
 
murph145

murph145

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oh by the way u should consider getting a protein skimmer and a uv sterilizer ... i had one break out of ick before i put the uv sterilizer on and it was bad sounds like whats going on with u..
since i put it on like 10 months ago not one problem
 
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