cufishfan
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I don't know what's going on! I'm either the unluckiest person ever, or I'm not fit to look at live creatures..
Early Jan- set up a 55 gallon with an oscellaris clown and yellowtail damsel I got off CL.
Mid Jan- added 4 green chromis. About a week in, one got sucked into a powerhead and died (had an undergravel filter with uncovered powerheads- my fault)
Late Jan/Beginning Feb- added more CUC, things looking good.
2/27- cross brace across top of tank broke, glass started bowing. Upgraded to a 75 RR.
3/7 - added a Banggai Cardinal
3/8- noticed some small aggression between yellowtail damsel and Banggai
3/9- Banggai is missing (never found). Looked EVERYWHERE (in, around, outside the tank).
3/11- one of 3 remaining chromis is missing (never found)
Decide that the yellowtail is to blame, so I take him back to the LFS.
3/14- bought sm oscellaris clown and royal gramma.
3/15- Royal gramma died
3/22- bought a Royal Gramma
3/23- larger Oscellaris clown not eating (start adding Garlic, mixing marine pellets, brine and mysis shrimp)
3/28- bought 2 Banggai Cardinals. Large oscellaris clown is lying on tank bottom, breathing very hard. Take him to LFS, they say it could be gill parasites (no signs of Ich or Brooklynella). Set up hospital tank, transfer clown, 1hr later clown died.
3/30- green chromis (1 of 2) is missing, presumed dead.
Throughout, I've tested every 3 days (good params- SG constant at 1.025, temp 78-80, ammo, nitrite, nitrate all 0, pH 8.2) and had my water tested by 2 LFS who confirmed my test results.
What am I doing wrong??!
Is it possible that I'm just unlucky? Or is there something I can fix?
I feel like I shouldn't keep fish if they keep dying.
Early Jan- set up a 55 gallon with an oscellaris clown and yellowtail damsel I got off CL.
Mid Jan- added 4 green chromis. About a week in, one got sucked into a powerhead and died (had an undergravel filter with uncovered powerheads- my fault)
Late Jan/Beginning Feb- added more CUC, things looking good.
2/27- cross brace across top of tank broke, glass started bowing. Upgraded to a 75 RR.
3/7 - added a Banggai Cardinal
3/8- noticed some small aggression between yellowtail damsel and Banggai
3/9- Banggai is missing (never found). Looked EVERYWHERE (in, around, outside the tank).
3/11- one of 3 remaining chromis is missing (never found)
Decide that the yellowtail is to blame, so I take him back to the LFS.
3/14- bought sm oscellaris clown and royal gramma.
3/15- Royal gramma died
3/22- bought a Royal Gramma
3/23- larger Oscellaris clown not eating (start adding Garlic, mixing marine pellets, brine and mysis shrimp)
3/28- bought 2 Banggai Cardinals. Large oscellaris clown is lying on tank bottom, breathing very hard. Take him to LFS, they say it could be gill parasites (no signs of Ich or Brooklynella). Set up hospital tank, transfer clown, 1hr later clown died.
3/30- green chromis (1 of 2) is missing, presumed dead.
Throughout, I've tested every 3 days (good params- SG constant at 1.025, temp 78-80, ammo, nitrite, nitrate all 0, pH 8.2) and had my water tested by 2 LFS who confirmed my test results.
What am I doing wrong??!