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civileng68
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I know I may be overreacting but I am a little heartbroken this morning.
I came to work and my wife called me to tell me one of my false perc clowns was dead. I noticed last night he was acting funny but wasn't sure. Can someone please help me determine what is wrong and help me fix it.
I have FULLY cycled my tank. I've approached this whole thing with alot of patience, so that's not the issue.
I have a HOB standard filter
Aqua C Remora Protein Skimmer
130 watts of PC 50/50 light
20 gallon tank
Live Rock
Live Sand
I only have/had the 2 false per clowns, live rock, live sand and some cleanup crews who are doing very well, and an emerald crab, also doing very well.
Water temp: 78 degrees (per fish store advice to lower it from the 82 I had it at before I put the fish in, and yes, the temp was fully dropped before the fish were added.
Acclimation was 1 hour long, first using the floating to even temperature and then dripping in my saltwater with theirs.
I added them Saturday afternoon and now one is dead and my wife says the other one looks stressed.
Here are my latest test results
Amonia .25 (it goes between that and zero depending on when I add something)
Alkalinity 5
Specific gravity: 1.023
PH: 8.4 (I know this is a little high but didnt know how to get it down)
Phosphates: dont remember the exact results but they were perfect
Nitrites: 0
Nitrates: 20 (I know this is high but I've been working on it, could this be it? I was told they were not good but were not as bad as other problems.)
Someone please help me!
I came to work and my wife called me to tell me one of my false perc clowns was dead. I noticed last night he was acting funny but wasn't sure. Can someone please help me determine what is wrong and help me fix it.
I have FULLY cycled my tank. I've approached this whole thing with alot of patience, so that's not the issue.
I have a HOB standard filter
Aqua C Remora Protein Skimmer
130 watts of PC 50/50 light
20 gallon tank
Live Rock
Live Sand
I only have/had the 2 false per clowns, live rock, live sand and some cleanup crews who are doing very well, and an emerald crab, also doing very well.
Water temp: 78 degrees (per fish store advice to lower it from the 82 I had it at before I put the fish in, and yes, the temp was fully dropped before the fish were added.
Acclimation was 1 hour long, first using the floating to even temperature and then dripping in my saltwater with theirs.
I added them Saturday afternoon and now one is dead and my wife says the other one looks stressed.
Here are my latest test results
Amonia .25 (it goes between that and zero depending on when I add something)
Alkalinity 5
Specific gravity: 1.023
PH: 8.4 (I know this is a little high but didnt know how to get it down)
Phosphates: dont remember the exact results but they were perfect
Nitrites: 0
Nitrates: 20 (I know this is high but I've been working on it, could this be it? I was told they were not good but were not as bad as other problems.)
Someone please help me!