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coco1963
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A few months ago something happened to My 1 1/2 yr established tank. All my fish died, even the worms came out and died. It could have been overload because I just added some new items to the tank including Grape Caulpera Algae. So we deceided to try again. Threw old sand and water out and put in new live sand and saltwater from the petstore. Soaked the live rock in saltwater 2 days, rinsed off and reused it. We waited 6 weeks for everything to cycle and then got 2 cinnamon clowns and coral beauty. Later We got a royal gramma, Lawnmower blenny, emerald crabs and cleaner shrimp. This week we noticed the fish acting strange and color fading a little and then the eyes looked cloudy. We lost all the fish in 2 days. The cleaner shrimp, snails, hermits, emerald crabs are all still ok. In reading it looks like it could have been Ick? or Clownfish Disease? 29 gal, good filter, powerhead, ph 8.4, salt 1025, nitrite 0, nitrate .5 trying to get down, even got mangrove plants to help.
I am so sad and it's quite expensive to keep starting over I don't know what to do now. If the shrimp, snails etc live, will it be safe to get other fish? Start Over? Also I read the cleaner shrimp helps keep them from getting Ick? He was on the coral and blenny cleaning all the time, just don't understand it.
I am so sad and it's quite expensive to keep starting over I don't know what to do now. If the shrimp, snails etc live, will it be safe to get other fish? Start Over? Also I read the cleaner shrimp helps keep them from getting Ick? He was on the coral and blenny cleaning all the time, just don't understand it.