My poor clown - I give up (pic too)

trotsky123

trotsky123

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I don't get it.
Tomorrow would've been a week since I got my two clowns - nothing else in my 16 gal tank besides few snails and hermit crabs.
One died today.
Salinity 1.0225
Ph 7.9-8.0
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate went up to between 5-10ppm
I just give up on what to do? Feed them those flakes for clowns (not overfeed) and half of cube of shrimp few times a week.
 
gemmy

gemmy

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Ok, I know you have probably done this before but in order to help you I think it would be beneficial to do a run down of the tank stats. So, what type of filtration do you use (right down to the brand and model)? What type of rock and how much is in the tank? How long has the tank cycled? How do you acclimate the fish? What is the exact equipment used in the tank? What type of water do you use?
 
trotsky123

trotsky123

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Hi Gemmy,
it's a 16 gallon bowfront.
Filter is Marineland biowheel (30 gallon) with 2 (blue) filters.
Koralia powerhead
One 50x50 bulb
50 watt heater - temp always aroun 77
As you can see on the pic, I have all dead corals and rocks. I did buy a small piece of live rock to start the process.
The cycling was going on for about 2 months before I added first chromis - which mysteriously disappeared.
Also have snails and crabs (about 9 total)
Tank is far from sunlight or heating vents
 
teresaq

teresaq

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What kind of rock is that, looks like lava, which can leach metals into tank.
What are your water readings???
Looks like you could use more rock, look into getting some base rock and seed with a little live rock. key largo base rock is really good. very porous.
How did you acclimate them???
 
trotsky123

trotsky123

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I was told 1 hour
20 mins for water temperature to match
then add every 10 mins until the bag is double full from original quantity
The rock I got from a pro fish store. My friend has a tonn in his 50 gal tank and all seems fine.
 
teresaq

teresaq

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Because I buy local and my lfs is only 15 min from my house, I dont do the full 2 hrs. My water is really close to the water at the lfs, so I only drip for about an hour. If your lfs keeps thier salt levels differant than your tank, then yes you need to slowly acclimate to your tank as not to shock your fish.
These are more what saltwater rocks should look like, lots of wholes. These are base rock and in small pieces 4 to 7 inches that could easily be stacked and conected with acylic rods to make nice formations in a tank. you can get this for about 2 bucks a lb
 
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