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tomthewicked
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So, my tank setup is about a month old (60G high, properly cycled) and I've had about 5 fish die.
The first fish I introduced were a maroon clown, a Firefish Goby, and a hippo tang (to the tang police: I had a plan for when it outgrows the tank.). Now, I asked repeatedly at the LFS if it was a good idea to introduce all three of these fish at the same time, and she emphasized it shouldn't be an issue because of the size tank I had (again, only 60G). I took her advice and left with all three fish.
The Hippo was at the LFS for about 3 days before I brought it home. It lasted in my tank for less than 24-hours before it died. I snapped a few pictures of it and sent them to the LFS to see if they could identify the issue. They said that it likely arrived that way, but would credit me if I wanted something else.
So, about a week later I went a picked up a B&W Sabae (sp?) clown which also lasted about 24 hours. This one didn't have have the spots but had a "velvet" type coating on it shortly after it died. Because of this, I was thinking that this fish died of Marine Velvet, pure speculation on my part, but the pics I've seen of other fish confirm it. This fish however, the LFS had for about 2 months before they sold it to me. Sorry, no pics of this one.
At this point, my Maroon clown and Firefish has been in the tank for about 3 weeks, no problems. Ammonia/Nitrite/Nitrate are all 0/0/0, but sometime the nitrate gets up to 3-5 ppm, still shouldn't be a problem though.
I waited about two weeks after the B&W clown died before I introduced any new fish. Wednesday, I went back to the LFS and picked up 3 Green Chromis. One died on Friday, and the other one died just now. Both looked like they had something eating at their scales, and this looks nothing like either thing disease that killed the other two. So essentially, I think I've had three different diseases kill 4 different fish.
EDIT: The one commonality between all of these fish dying was a rapid breathing for the last few hours. All of these symptoms (the spots and heavy breathing) come on rather quickly, and then the fish dies. By rather quickly, I'm talking about a 2-4 hours. I've taken the fish out of the tanks as soon as I start to see the symptoms, but it's always too late.
All of these fish were drip acclimated for 3-4 hours in a bucket and then temperature acclimated in bags for 45 minutes.
My Current readings:
Ammonia: 0ppm
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Nitrite: 0 ppm
Nitrate: 5 ppm
PH: 8.3
Temp: 79.4F
In the tank currently:
4 Turban snails
4 Astrea snails
2 Peppermint Shrimp
1 Sandsifting star
5 red dwarf hermits
Maroon Clown
Firefish Goby
Chromis
Diatoms everywhere (just started full-time lighting)
I know that strings of bad luck exist in this hobby, but I can't help but think it's something I've doing wrong. Hopefully I've given you all enough info to tell me what it is.
Thanks
The first fish I introduced were a maroon clown, a Firefish Goby, and a hippo tang (to the tang police: I had a plan for when it outgrows the tank.). Now, I asked repeatedly at the LFS if it was a good idea to introduce all three of these fish at the same time, and she emphasized it shouldn't be an issue because of the size tank I had (again, only 60G). I took her advice and left with all three fish.
The Hippo was at the LFS for about 3 days before I brought it home. It lasted in my tank for less than 24-hours before it died. I snapped a few pictures of it and sent them to the LFS to see if they could identify the issue. They said that it likely arrived that way, but would credit me if I wanted something else.
So, about a week later I went a picked up a B&W Sabae (sp?) clown which also lasted about 24 hours. This one didn't have have the spots but had a "velvet" type coating on it shortly after it died. Because of this, I was thinking that this fish died of Marine Velvet, pure speculation on my part, but the pics I've seen of other fish confirm it. This fish however, the LFS had for about 2 months before they sold it to me. Sorry, no pics of this one.
At this point, my Maroon clown and Firefish has been in the tank for about 3 weeks, no problems. Ammonia/Nitrite/Nitrate are all 0/0/0, but sometime the nitrate gets up to 3-5 ppm, still shouldn't be a problem though.
I waited about two weeks after the B&W clown died before I introduced any new fish. Wednesday, I went back to the LFS and picked up 3 Green Chromis. One died on Friday, and the other one died just now. Both looked like they had something eating at their scales, and this looks nothing like either thing disease that killed the other two. So essentially, I think I've had three different diseases kill 4 different fish.
EDIT: The one commonality between all of these fish dying was a rapid breathing for the last few hours. All of these symptoms (the spots and heavy breathing) come on rather quickly, and then the fish dies. By rather quickly, I'm talking about a 2-4 hours. I've taken the fish out of the tanks as soon as I start to see the symptoms, but it's always too late.
All of these fish were drip acclimated for 3-4 hours in a bucket and then temperature acclimated in bags for 45 minutes.
My Current readings:
Ammonia: 0ppm
/>
Nitrite: 0 ppm
Nitrate: 5 ppm
PH: 8.3
Temp: 79.4F
In the tank currently:
4 Turban snails
4 Astrea snails
2 Peppermint Shrimp
1 Sandsifting star
5 red dwarf hermits
Maroon Clown
Firefish Goby
Chromis
Diatoms everywhere (just started full-time lighting)
I know that strings of bad luck exist in this hobby, but I can't help but think it's something I've doing wrong. Hopefully I've given you all enough info to tell me what it is.
Thanks
