Need some advice !

nanoreef

Member
Ok iam in a bit of a glitch here :rolleyes: as if this is new
but anywhoo here it is
my lights fell into the tank (Long Story) :eek: and now iam forsed to go with this 2, 10watt 50/50 Coral Life Bulbs or 2, Regular (non-50/50) 20watt Coral Life Both 6,500 k
the lighting i have now has killed my scooter bleeny and my cleaner shrimp :mad: i guess its the bad spectrum because when i got my water tested all the levels were good
now heres my plan
Once i have my new lighting i wanted to add a yellow watchman (any other ideas?) and an anomnie and later on anouther cleaner shrimp
the anomnie is a pink tipped and my lfs has it under PC's and its thriveing he feeds it 3 times weekly and is very nice colour
What do u guys think ???? :needhelp:
 
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tuningvis

Guest
no anemone
and i dont think lighting killed your fish.. there is something else thats not right
explain your system set-up and specific water test results
thanks
 

nanoreef

Member
10g
Heater 79-80
Rio PH
7 pds Sand
14 pds LR
Skimmer (running carbon)
Salinity 1.026
Cheap Lights 2,700k 10 watt (till fri)
Shroom
Clown fish
2 narricous
2 turbos
my lfs nevers tells me the exact leves just tells me everything looks great
water ch 2 weeks
 
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thomas712

Guest
NO ANEMONE Your lighting (insufficiant) and size of tank (way to small) logically dictate that you should never have an anemone in it.
I also agree that your lighting most likely did not kill your fish, unless you had some real good voltage going through your tank.
I suggest if you are going to remain in this hobby that you get the recomended test kits and learn how to use them.
Ammonia
Nitrite
Nitrate
Alkalinity
Calcium
Phosphate
Just to name a few.
Anemones are/can be a very difficult animal to keep. Believe me I know. Even experienced hobbyists can have trouble keeping them. They do not belong in nano tanks and should only be placed in aquariums that have aged and become stable, this means at least a 6 month old tank, better if a year old stable tank.
Thomas
 

nanoreef

Member
ok i will not get the anomnie :):):) just a thaught WONT HAPPEN NOW
but i did drop some light in there so i think that may of killed them becasue my cleaner had just molted :(
What would be safe to put in there now
 
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tuningvis

Guest
Originally Posted by nanoreef
my lfs nevers tells me the exact leves just tells me everything looks great
water ch 2 weeks

yea you need to get a test kit .. or have your LFS give you exact numbers ..
why dont we try and figure out if your tank is okay to add more life to it first
 
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