What to do to fix my tank?

[hermitkrab]

Hi it's me it's been a long while since I last posted here so it's about do time. But it still have the same problems I always did. My coral, which is in my refuge for now, is growing. Normaly this isn't bad but my refuge is to small. The reason I have my coral (xenia, shrooms, and zoos) in my refuge is because it have a PC light an my main tank has a cheap flourescent light. I need to upgrade my main tank light so I can put my coral into it so it has plenty of room to grow. I was thinking of getting the Coralife Hang-on MH. But I have another problem. My tank has almost been up for a year but I still have no fish. The reason is for some odd reason all my fish kept dying so I stopped getting them until I believed I solved the problem. My two filters, which are a bio-wheel and a power filter, make bubbles which I believe is what killed my fish. What I think I should do is get a MH for my main tank and put my coral in it then get rid of my fuge or just let the plants take over. Then I get a Aqua C Remora Pro and get rid of my other two filters (the bubble causers) and use my fuge and new portien skimmer to filter my water. Then I believe fish will be fine in my tank. I have many inverts in my tank and some have been in there for almost seven months and are fine and healthy so I am not sure if the bubbles are the problem because if they were then wouldn't they kill my inverts to or am I wrong? So what do you guys/girls think?

 

[jjlittle]

The bubbles are not the cause post test results of your water PH,SALinity,alk,nitrite,ammonia,nitrates we can start there. Bubbles dont kill fish other wise you would never see tanks with airators pumping bubbles in tanks.I think you may have Nitrite or ammonia.How long has it been since a fish has died and I am taking there are no fish in there now just the inverts.If it has been a while we may really never know for there may have been something bad going on then but not now. Also how did you aclimate the fish that died.

 

[hermitkrab]

pH- 8.3
Ammonia- 0
Nitrite- 0
Nitarte- I don't remeber exactly from my ast test but it is very low, below .25, which isn't the problem.
Salt- 1.024
This is what my levels where when I had my fish (Two False Percuals, one Lawnmower Goby, two Blue Damsels, and two Green Chromis). I never could figure out what the problem was then which was two months or more ago. There is also a small amount of electricity in my tank but everyone's tank does. I don't think it is a lethal amount (because I my inverts are still fine). But I would still like to get rid of it and I am thinking of getting some type of grounding probe so at least that problem is solved. I also drip accimalte all my tant mates. Even when I had my protein skimmer fish still couldn't live more than several weeks. I use Oceanic salt and distilled water. I do six gallon water changes every other week. About every week I add two gallons of non-salted distilled water and one salted for topoff. Any ideas what my problem is or was? Should I consider buying another clown? Also I had trouble with my fish eating and I fed them varied frozen diets even with Garlic Xtreme added. What should I feed my clowns because my last pair barely ate even daily. Thanks.

 

[jjlittle]

I would definitly get rid of the electricity in the tank with probe or what ever I am not sure how it effects fish compared to inverts which could be in different ways not sure. I am really suprised the clowns didn't eat there are generally mad crazy feeders no matter what you put in a tank. I wonder did you get the fish from same LFS or site maybe they had some sort of thing going on that may have taken effect after you bought them. You also never know maybe the collectors getting the fish for the LFS was same guy useing sionide or something harmfull to fish. You have a strange case if it were me I would try another being your tank perameters seem ok just get rid of the electric problem and give it a try and i would buy the fish from another source.I really cant believe your damcels died they are the one fish that are very hard to kill shoot my friends tank had very high Ammonia and his damcel didn't even show any effects.Try reseaching the electric issue here on teh treads maybe there is more info on the matter.

 

[hermitkrab]

I got all my tank mates from this site. I asked this same question months ago on the forums and couldn't get a good answer. It's a mystery. Something in the tank not living that kills fish slowly over several weeks but doesn't effect inverts over 6 or more months. I will get the probe but I don't think that is the problem because I didn't see latteral fin on my fish which I think is a effect from electricity in the water. My fish just slowly lost mobility and after a while couldn't swim straight then later started to seclude themselves and get weak then die and become clean-up crew food. My clean-up crew works really fast which is good I guess and out of all my fish that died (seven I believe) I only got two of the bodies out before the clean-up crew cleaned them up. I'm not sure what to do, my filters (even though they aren't a protein skimmer) surely should work good enough to keep a few fish alive for a couple months. But I am sure my filtration isn't the problem even though I'd like to get another protein skimmer to stop the salt creep from my two filters. I have insane salt creep beause of the bubbles made by the bio-wheel and power filter. I regulary mantain my tank and equipment. I have no clue what the problem is. But like I said I will try the probe and try another pair of clowns. Anyone have any other ideas to what my problem could be?

 

[hermitkrab]

Ideas anyone? :notsure:

 

[jacknjill]

i dont really know about the fish.. are you sure they didnt have ich or any kind of visible disease? maybe they just didnt ship well. did you add t he fish all at one time??

 

[hermitkrab]

No. I added them in pairs several weeks mor months apart but they all died before the others came and allf rom this site.

 

[hermitkrab]

So what should I do?