jbfastlane
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Ok - here's another story I'm sure you've heard. I have a pretty new 75 gal. reef setup - 2 months old. I started with live rock and live sand. Water is running great. I run a Tetratec 500, Seaclone protein skimmer and 2 powerheads. Good water movement and filtration. Alk, ammonia, PH, Nitrites, Nitrates and clacium are all fine. Salinity is 1.023 constant...temp runs 75-78 as the house varies a little.
I added a few red legged crabs, hermits, 2 stars and 11 turbo snails and a peppermint shrimp. Everything was still fine. A couple of weeks later I added 2 damsels. That night the smaller of the 2 disappeared. Then I added another damsel, a yellow tang and a scooter blenny. The damsel again disappeared. I then added 2 percula clowns and another domino damsel and a psuedochromium??? (Purple fish about 3 inches long). I have since lost the 2 damsels and the psuedo and a clown.
I've lost 6 fish - so tonight I got mad and moved the reef rock by rock looking for any sign of the dead fish. NOTHING!! My LFS tells me to bring in a water sample........I won't go there.
I have seen a bristle worm about 3-5" or so. Otherwise there is NOTHING large enough to eat a clownfish WHOLE. No parts unlike the crabs which I found quite a few eaten. Also about 5 snails are missing.
Can someone give me a wide-a$$ed guess where my fish are??
Let me also say - I've check the pumps and the filters and my top is covered - they have jumped out. Also although I have 2 cats - they have plead innocent to any moonlight fishing trips.
I can understand fish dying - I am reasonable. But where are the bodies?? WHOLE fish don't just disappear do they?? I've lost over $65 in fish so far and counting.
HELP - I'm confused.
I added a few red legged crabs, hermits, 2 stars and 11 turbo snails and a peppermint shrimp. Everything was still fine. A couple of weeks later I added 2 damsels. That night the smaller of the 2 disappeared. Then I added another damsel, a yellow tang and a scooter blenny. The damsel again disappeared. I then added 2 percula clowns and another domino damsel and a psuedochromium??? (Purple fish about 3 inches long). I have since lost the 2 damsels and the psuedo and a clown.
I've lost 6 fish - so tonight I got mad and moved the reef rock by rock looking for any sign of the dead fish. NOTHING!! My LFS tells me to bring in a water sample........I won't go there.
I have seen a bristle worm about 3-5" or so. Otherwise there is NOTHING large enough to eat a clownfish WHOLE. No parts unlike the crabs which I found quite a few eaten. Also about 5 snails are missing.
Can someone give me a wide-a$$ed guess where my fish are??
Let me also say - I've check the pumps and the filters and my top is covered - they have jumped out. Also although I have 2 cats - they have plead innocent to any moonlight fishing trips.
I can understand fish dying - I am reasonable. But where are the bodies?? WHOLE fish don't just disappear do they?? I've lost over $65 in fish so far and counting.
HELP - I'm confused.