Noobie With Questions!!! Please Help!!!

snowman7169

New Member
I have a 20 gal with a whisper 20 cabon filter, a 19w 50/50 light & a 15w Aquarium light, a biocube protien skimmer, and a hydor koralia nano circ pump...there is 20 lbs of live sand and rock...i have a sabea anemone and a Goniopora - Green stony coral, a tru perc clown, and 2 damsels...i add 1 tsp of phytoplankton for the corals every 2 days and give the anemone some squid every 3 days give or take... the fish get a mix of flakes and frozen evry day twice a day the goniopora is dying and i dont want it too every thing else looks ok for now but im new to this only about 1 1/2 months in been changin the water every week...i get my water pre-made @ my LFS and i take out about 3 1/2g and add the same amount back...i have a hydrometer to check it and add freshwater to lower the salinity if needed and whatever amount i put in i take out first i keep it at 32/1.23-24 i change the filter once every month and it just changed to every 2 weeks and have a 100w heater been keeping the water at a steady 79 degrees...i have been thinking of getting a shrimp of some kind to help the snails with the cleaning also... what am i doin wrong what am i don right please help all advice is very much appreciated
 

spanko

Active Member
Couple of things here. The goniopora are a very demanding coral to keep alive and should not be attempted by any but the experienced reefers. Do a search and see some of the comments about this beautiful but demanding creature. Your other coral are probably going to go the same way as the goniopora as you lighting is insufficient for an anemone and stony coral. You should do some research on these creatures and upgrade your lighting for establishing a prime environment.
 
Your main problem has to be lighting. Considering I have been told by everyone that you can't properly maintain an anemone and some corals with the power compact lighting I have (which is much better than your 15W flourescent light) I am pretty sure your corals are dying from lack of sufficient lighting.
 

mboswell1982

Active Member
on top of that, anemones require a well established system, a system thats only a month an a half old really isnt the best environment for one, and you raelly raelly need new lights, bad
 
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