vendredi 17 avril 2015

Newbie getting discouraged...

Hello and thank you in advance for any comments. I got into this hobby back in October of 2014 when I set up the following reef tank system.



Fluval M90 Tank 36 total gallons -27 gallon display area in front (9 gallon sump in back)

In the tank I have:

Protein Skimmer

740gph circulation pump

150 watt heater

2" sand bed

10lbs of live rock in the sump area

30lbs of live rock in the display area

4 Nassarius Snails

6 Turbo Snails

2 Peppermint Shrimp

1 Blue Tuxedo Urchin

2 Emerald Crabs

1 Frogspawn coral

1 hammer coral

1 Branched Montipora coral

1 hairy mushroom coral

1 purple people eater

1 Rose Bubble Tip Anemone

Pulsing Xenia



Current parameters



Temp - 79

Salinity - 1.025

Ammonia, Nitrates, Nitrites & Phosphates all - 0

pH - 8.2

Calcium - 400

Alkalinity,KH - 161



The above were all tested with a refractometer and reef master test kits, not strips.



I use Fluvial Pro formula salt mixed into RO/DI water and perform weekly 5 gallon water changes



All of the coral's and invert's are extremely healthy and happy. As a matter of fact the frogspawn has 10 new heads starting and the Hammer Coral has 2 new heads. The growth of Pink Coralline Algae is almost out of control.



With all that out of the way here is a little history and question. In Late January/Early February I lost all of the fish I had in the tank (2 clowns, Royal Basslet, Banggai Cardinal). I was on vacation but the person looking after the tank said it looked like Ich. So, since it is a reef tank I treated the tank as follows. Turned off the protein skimmer and ran through a cycle of treatment with Fishvet's No-Ich per their recommended directions, then allowed the tank to remain fallow for 8 weeks (with the exception of the Anemone, corals & Invert's) I have not been feeding the tank during that time except as follows: 2 days a week I add Aquavitro Fuel for the corals and once a week I hand feed the Anemone a couple pieces of raw shrimp. Yesterday I finally began the restocking process with 1 Ocellaris and 1 Black & White Ocellaris clown fish. I had the LFS order and hold them in their shipping carton for me so the fish were never placed in the LFS's community tank. I used the drip acclimation procedure for a total of 2 hours prior to placing them in the tank.



Finally, I get to the issue and my plea for help or ideas. 24 hours after putting the new fish in the tank, the B&W Ocellaris is dead and the Orange is covered in white spots and is not looking good. I hate losing fish, I am trying my best to do this correctly but am becoming very frustrated.



Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.



Thanks!




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